Help me choose!

[hard_r]

I'm going to make my next purchase next week, but I have a short list to work from, and I can't decide.

1. Smith and Wesson 642 Airweight - I'll be signing up to take my concealed carry class sometime this month. And this is what I have decided to start with for every day carry. If I get it now, I'll have a lot of time to practice with it while waiting on my CCW.

2. Stoeger Coach Gun - I can use this for rabbits, doves, fun, and I don't currently have anything in the house for HD other than my .22.

3. Pietta 1860 Colt Army - Cheap, Fun, and Historical

Vote and help me decide! I trust you OSA!

 

[David2012]

I'm going to make my next purchase next week, but I have a short list to work from, and I can't decide.

1. Smith and Wesson 642 Airweight - I'll be signing up to take my concealed carry class sometime this month. And this is what I have decided to start with for every day carry. If I get it now, I'll have a lot of time to practice with it while waiting on my CCW.
....... help me decide! I trust you OSA!

When you take your concealed carry class, you need to beg, borrow or steal a semi-auto of any caliber to qualify with!!!! By qualifying with a semi auto weapon, you can then get licensed to carry a semi-auto, a revolver and / or a derringer. If you are going to be spending that much money... you might as well get all the bang for you bucks as you can. If you qualfy with a revolver, a revolver will be the only thing you will be able carry... concealed or open carry.... until you retake the shooting portion of the class.

 

[hard_r]

When you take your concealed carry class, you need to beg, borrow or steal a semi-auto of any caliber to qualify with!!!! By qualifying with a semi auto weapon, you can then get licensed to carry a semi-auto, a revolver and / or a derringer. If you are going to be spending that much money... you might as well get all the bang for you bucks as you can. If you qualfy with a revolver, a revolver will be the only thing you will be able carry... concealed or open carry.... until you retake the shooting portion of the class.

Ya I will take the class with my Buckmark. I will want to carry semi-auto in the future, I'm sure.

 

[AKguy1985]

I vote the 642. I carry one every single day.

 

[thegomezclan]

I voted the 642 also, it can pull double duty as your carry gun and HD gun

 

[AtomicTango]

As much fun as coach guns are, I voted for the snubbie. My philosophy is that all the guns in a collection need to have a specific purpose and I see the 642 as filling more of your immediate needs.

Just my .02

 

[druryj]

I agree, the 642 is an awesome carry gun. Either that, or it's sibling, my 442 rides in my pocket daily. Why do I have one of each you may ask? Because in general, Snubs rock, and I like to dress them up in purdy grips according to my wishes, and because they go bang, and because of the short list from which have to choose, it's the only all-around choice for carry and HD as stated so well above. There's a reason the 642/442 revolvers are best sellers...oh, and did I say that Snubs rock? Take that class, my young friend, with a semi-auto and then practice with and carry that 642. You'll figure out through trial and error what you might want for a carry pistol in time. Just go to the range and try some out. Stay with established names, stay away from the cheap junk guns and know that if, when on the range, you sufficiently admire and oogle the fine pistol(s) in the lanes on either side of you, it will often lead to conversation and an offer of "Would you like to shoot it?" My regular range buddy now carries a 642 as well, after having shot mine a bit and I betcha he would agree, if and when he reads this, and not just because I am smarter and better looking than him either. Plus, a 642 is not as prone to failure due to being dirty, and he is also slovenly when it comes to that. But one thing I will give him besides his choice in friends, he can count to 10 better than I can.

 

[65ny]

I have to agree about the 642. Check out Sooner State Pawn. When I got mine…they beat everyone else's price.

 

[piston10]

I agree, the 642 is an awesome carry gun. Either that, or it's sibling, my 442 rides in my pocket daily. Why do I have one of each you may ask? Because in general, Snubs rock, and I like to dress them up in purdy grips according to my wishes, and because they go bang, and because of the short list from which have to choose, it's the only all-around choice for carry and HD as stated so well above. There's a reason the 642/442 revolvers are best sellers...oh, and did I say that Snubs rock? Take that class, my young friend, with a semi-auto and then practice with and carry that 642. You'll figure out through trial and error what you might want for a carry pistol in time. Just go to the range and try some out. Stay with established names, stay away from the cheap junk guns and know that if, when on the range, you sufficiently admire and oogle the fine pistol(s) in the lanes on either side of you, it will often lead to conversation and an offer of "Would you like to shoot it?" My regular range buddy now carries a 642 as well, after having shot mine a bit and I betcha he would agree, if and when he reads this, and not just because I am smarter and better looking than him either. Plus, a 642 is not as prone to failure due to being dirty, and he is also slovenly when it comes to that. But one thing I will give him besides his choice in friends, he can count to 10 better than I can.

His range buddy does agree. My 642 spends lots of time in my pocket.

 

[scooby13dew]

642 Its a good ccw (but i carry a glock 20sf 10mm) it is a fun shooter and its reliable for home defence just make sure you load it with gold dot that's some good stuff