[Poogsdad]

Originally Posted by Bombard

My personal taste only - I like the fully enclosed hammer Centennial style more than the shrouded Bodyguard style. The Centennial is a *little* smaller and lighter, and to me just looks better. The Bodyguard lets you fire single action - but are you really going to use that little gun single action?

Like Bombard, I like the looks of the fully enlosed hammer of the Centennial Style. The 638 is a good revolver, however, it's looks do not appeal to me. The Body Guard Style does provide the best compromise, in my opinion, between the three S&W J-Frame Styles. It provides the snag free attributes and ability to shoot from within a pocket like the Centennial with the increased accuracy of single action when necesarry provided by the Chiefs Special.

Accuracy in a snubnosed revolver has been the subject of jokes and derisive comments for as long as snubbies have been around and I do not dispute these comments or jokes. Most of us, however, who have made the effort to master the snubby and learned to trust it have found that it is capable of far greater accuracy than we imagined, if we do our part.

Snubbies will in most cases be used a SHTF Gun or BUG, however, there are instances where the snubby may be the most appropriate choice as a primary weapon.

For those of you who practice controlled pairs and failure to stop (FTS) drills with a snubby, the ability to thumb cock the weapon for that third precision shot can be quite valuable.

The body guard style is a proven style with many adhearants. It still looks and feels funny to me so I have always gravitated toward the Chiefs Special Frame style. I practice double action shooting 90% of the time, but I appreciate the ability to thumb cock the weapon for a more precise shot should the need arrise.

Having just said that the Body Guard style is funny looking, I think is also appropriate to paraphrase a statement many of us have heard before. "If it is stupid but it works it is not stupid", likewise "if it is funny looking but it works.......". The Body Guard does work and anyone who chooses to carry one could do far worse.

Thanks to this forum I am a Kimber convert and have learned to trust my Kimbers completely. I still have a S&W 637 on my CCW, however, and rarely venture out without it.

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