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elong01
I just won this gun on gunbroker today thinking it was a light weight model! Turns it out it's the 16oz model. Does anyone think that the 4oz difference is a big one? I hope I didn't just throw 300 bucks out the window. I was looking for a lightweight gun to carry inside my waistband. Comments anyone. Thanks
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  • 11b6r
    Yeah, totally wasted your money. Just go ahead and ship the revolver to me, and I promise I will not tell anyone of your shame. [:p] 4 oz are not going to make that much difference. Except to make shooting it quite a bit more comfortable. Those weighs-less-than-the-dust-in-the-air-around-it revolvers tend to BITE the hand that feeds them.

    BTW, when you said carry inside your waistband, I DO hope you mean in an inside the waistband holster. Still find people sticking a handgun in their pants- which results in (a) gun falls OUT at a very inconvenient time, or (b) gun fall INTO your pants at an even more inconvenient time.
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  • nmyers
    Unless you are really sensitive to weight, I doubt that you will find the extra ounces a problem. When you add in the weight of the bullets, the percentage difference isn't quite as great.

    I'm hoping that you really mean that you plan to carry it in an "inside the pants" holster. If you are just going to jam it in your waistband, I see an unpleasant outcome sometime in the future.

    Neal
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  • beantownshootah
    16 ounces *IS* a lightweight model.

    Consider, the Smith model 642 hammerless aluminum alloy frame "airweight" 5-shot .38 snubnose weighs 15 ounces. Your gun only weighs one ounce more.

    Meanwhile, the comparable all steel Smith model 36 weighs 20 ounces. The super-duper expensive Smith Scandium model 360 weights 12 ounces.

    So I'd say not to worry about this, PARTICULARLY if you're carrying in an in-waistband holster. (You're not REALLY going to stick an unholstered revolver in your waistband, are you?).

    12 ounces vs 15 ounces vs 16 ounces? Who cares. . .

    A FEW ounces more or less are NOTICEABLE if you are carrying in a pants pocket, but its not that big of a deal. I've carried both 15 and 20 ounce guns that way. . .while 15 is better, 20 isn't "torture".

    *IF* you intended to carry primarily in a pants pocket, I'd say 12 ounces is arguably a bit better yet, but don't forget you also "pay" for decreased weight with increased recoil, and with the super light guns in particular, you have a chance of the hard recoil snap causing bullets to "walk" in the cases under recoil.
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