Originally Posted by
Uni-Vibe
I mostly agree with Det-Sog, most of the time, about most things. The man has his feet on the ground, and his head out of his . . . alimentary canal. Most definitely.
But as a person who can't possibly avoid such areas (Big City, TX) I have come around to the more-is-better school of ammo. I carried a compact 1911 for ages. No more. I took a good look at urban situations, and you'd be amazed at how quick you can get to slide lock and still need more to save your hide.
And study shootings: you could make solid hits with every slug out of a J-frame and the bad guy(s) won't even blink: they will go on trying to do you in until they collapse due to exsanguination. I made the transition to double-stack plastic.
And forget that aspect of shooting that is ignored by law enforcement and concealed citizens alike: suppression fire. Shooting at the baddies to keep their heads down while you re-position or run for the next zip code. Not enough ammo. You're either out by then, or you daren't waste one of your precious five slugs on such. Not good to foreclose a very important but underappreciated tactical option.
And this business of reloading a revolver with speed strips or a speed loader? Nope! Hard enough to do at the range. Not going to happen when multiple armed thugz are shooting at you, or pummeling your person, or trying to run you off the road, or holding an ice-pick to the neck of your wife/girlfriend, or doing other nasty things, at close quarters. Whatever's in that J-frame is what you're betting your life on; there is no succour.
Get real on the mean streets. Carry plenty of ammo.