My normal carry is my Colt LW Commander, my full size Springfield, or my old 66.
I gave my last snubby to my dad. My wife has a 442 and a flat latch 36, but she keeps close tabs on em.
I've had this NIB Colt Detective Special for over 20 years. I decided a couple weeks ago it was kind of a waste. Wasn't going to sell it, so I should get some use out of it. The action is so smooth it feels broken. I wondered if it would shoot..... ? I put 100 rounds through it last week and it didn't disappoint. Wow! I've always been able to shoot a J-frame pretty well, but this thing is fantastic! Shouldn't have waited so long.
When I turned 18, my dad gave me a piece of paper. I looked at it and it was a concealed carry permit! It was issue dated 3 days BEFORE my 18th birthday. Things were pretty informal here back then. Even less so now, I suppose. We have constitutional carry now, but not at 18 I guess.
Anyway, back then I had a pretty small collection of handguns. I had a 1939 S/42 Luger, a Colt New Frontier .22, and a brand new Smith and Wesson 6" 629 my dad bought me for graduation. Not a lot of carry options for a skinny 18 yo. I scraped up some cash and bought a little Armi Galesi .32 auto. It wasn't much, and i didn't have it long, but it got me used to carrying on the mean streets. They weren't very mean back then.
This past fall a good friend of my dad's passed away and his widow gave me this nice 4th model Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless and a Parker 20ga. The little 1903 had a much better reputation than my old Armi Galesi by far. While the .32 ACP is considered basically useless today, it was very popular back in the day. In doing some reading on the subject, it seems its performance is better than its recent reputation. I'm going to rattle the dust of this old codger and give it a whirl for old times sake.
If my posts stop, you'll know it didn't work out.
