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Towards this end of positive feedback, advice & tips, I'm creating this thread.
The Smith & Wesson Shield has been a market hit with millions sold. A friend of mine has owned three. He prefers the 9mm after trying the .40 and finding it a bit too snappy.
I've always been a 1911 guy but that huge chunk of steel is too much to carry. I've become very interested in the CC market and especially pocket carry over the last few years. In that light, I have two pistols for you:
When S&W came out with the Shield in .45, I got one. Single stack .45. It's a handful to shoot but pleasant as all .45s are. They push more than snap. It's my Winter/Fall heavy clothing CC and glove compartment pistol.
For warm weather light clothing, I have the Colt Mustang XSP in .380. It's single action trigger is crisp and I can print an impressive (for me) pattern with it. It fits in my pocket and is well hidden by my Desantis pocket holster.
I haven't been impressed with the micro carry .380s out there that are double action only. If you're only firing a .380, you bloody well need to hit what your aiming at. Single action allows for far better accuracy.
My boxes of Hornady 10mm also say .400" in small font. Am I correct in assuming that I can reload .40 S&W brass with them and run them through my .40's? Not sure about it cus 10mm is about .393" (rounded to the thousandths) by my calculation... Well actually I know that I 'can' run them but is it advisable to do so being .007" under?
Any tips on shooting heavy recoiling revolvers more accurately & overcoming that inevitable flinch factor? I've got a .44 mag that I'm determined to master, lol.