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Buerste

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Dec 11, 2009, 9:24:03 AM12/11/09
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The S&W 442 is DA and the 438 Bodyguard is SA/DA shrouded hammer.
Essentially the same pistol otherwise. The main disadvantage I see in the
Bodyguard is that the hammer slot can accumulate foreign material from your
pocket and such. The 442 is DA only. In a defense situation, SA really
doesn't present an advantage, does it? I only see SA being better on the
range. Can any advantages of SA outweigh the spooge-in-the-hammer
possibility?

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bo peep

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Dec 11, 2009, 1:29:43 PM12/11/09
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On Dec 11, 7:24 am, "Buerste" <buer...@wowway.com> wrote:
> In a defense situation, SA really
> doesn't present an advantage, does it?

Correct. And, in a courtroom, SA could even possibly be a small
disadvantage.

Jim

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Dec 11, 2009, 1:33:30 PM12/11/09
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Has that ever happened?

greylock

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Dec 11, 2009, 5:57:08 PM12/11/09
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:24:03 -0500, "Buerste" <bue...@wowway.com>
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If you need to shoot at longer range, you might benefit from being
able to cock the gun SA to lighten the trigger.

That said, the striker fired "Centennial" pattern guns seem to me to
have a better DA trigger pull. I have reasonable luck with taking the
slack out of the DA trigger and then pulling the last bit to actually
shoot.

A lot depends on what you like and don't like - rather than a actual
measurable advantage on one side or the other. I happen to like the
striker fired guns, but I don't have any problems iwth the shrouded
hammer guns - in fact a shrouded hammer gun was my first snubbie.

Diogenes

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Dec 11, 2009, 8:04:40 PM12/11/09
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:24:03 -0500, "Buerste" <bue...@wowway.com>
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>The S&W 442 is DA and the 438 Bodyguard is SA/DA shrouded hammer.

I frequently carry a Smith 438 (when my .45 auto would be to
obtrusive) but the SA capability is, in my opinion, a bad idea in a
pocket revolver. You may be tempted to cock the hammer in a defense
situation, and if you do that shrouded hammer makes the Bodyguard
difficult to safely uncock.

I suggest you go with the 442 and also look into CrimsonTrace laser
grips. I have them on my 438 and they work great. My wife loves them
and for Christmas I'm getting a pair for her Chief Special.

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Diogenes

The wars are long, the peace is frail
The madmen come again . . . .

Diogenes

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Dec 11, 2009, 8:24:35 PM12/11/09
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:57:08 -0600, greylock <greyl...@gmail.com>
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Technically the Smith 442 and other so-called 'hammerless' revolvers
are not striker-fired. They are actually 'concealed hammer', and the
lockwork is otherwise identical to exposed or shrouded hammer
revolvers.

"Striker fired" refers to semi-auto pistols in which the trigger
action compresses and releases a spring-loaded firing pin (e.g.,
Springfield XD, Ruger SR9, Glock series, etc.). I've never seen a true
striker-fired revolver, but I'm sure somebody has designed one.

Buerste

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Dec 12, 2009, 3:31:23 AM12/12/09
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Thanks, well worth considering even if a budget stretcher.

Stormin Mormon

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Dec 12, 2009, 10:54:13 AM12/12/09
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Pistol? You posted a link to a revolver!

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Jim

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Dec 12, 2009, 12:52:37 PM12/12/09
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Yep, he said pistol.

As in:


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Jim

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Dec 12, 2009, 12:57:23 PM12/12/09
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It has to have a rotating cylinder to be a revolver, but it's still a
pistol.


pis·tol (pĭs'təl)
n. A firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand.
tr.v. pis·toled, pis·tol·ing, pis·tols
To shoot with such a handgun.

[French pistole, from German, from Middle High German pischulle, from Czech
píšt'ala, pipe, whistle, firearm, from pištěti, to whistle, of imitative
origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


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Stormin Mormon

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Dec 13, 2009, 11:10:09 PM12/13/09
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It has to have a rotating cylinder to be a revolver, but
it's still a
pistol.


pis·tol (pĭs't�Tl)


n. A firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand.
tr.v. pis·toled, pis·tol·ing, pis·tols
To shoot with such a handgun.

[French pistole, from German, from Middle High German
pischulle, from Czech

píšt'ala, pipe, whistle, firearm, from pišt�>ti, to

Buerste

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Dec 14, 2009, 7:31:06 PM12/14/09
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> Thanks. Learn something new every day.
>

I had never thought about it before, you made my think and to look it up.
In any case, I want one of these! And, that'll be my last gun, I promise!
...for a while.

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