Actually, I agree with what you said. I just don't agree with folks having as their primary CCW, a pistol selected only for size. It discourage regular practice and training.
If I get a smaller pistol for certain modes of dress that won't allow me to conceal my Glock 19 properly, it will be a Walther PPS. Imagine a Glock 26 cut in half. Great little pistol, not in a pocket pistol caliber (it comes in 9mm and .40).
If I get a smaller pistol for certain modes of dress that won't allow me to conceal my Glock 19 properly, it will be a Walther PPS. Imagine a Glock 26 cut in half. Great little pistol, not in a pocket pistol caliber (it comes in 9mm and .40).
I agree with you (missed this comment when you said it, so I'm late) and you are obviously speaking with the experience of someone who has burned a lot a powder and seen a lot guns fired, especially in high level classes.
But I think you are missing the boat by dismissing revolvers as being only good for people who don't shoot a lot. I think a lot of very knowledgeable people use 'little revolvers' like S&W 442s and 642s for back up and or hot weather, deep concealment carry.
A very bright former SWAT guy and current high level bodyguard that I know recently made a statement that represents a heckuva reality check (to paraphrase): most of us are gun carriers a lot more of the time than we are gun fighters.
For example, a P7M8 is faster to reload and might be a better "gunfighting" gun than the older, heel-mag release P7...but the older P7 sure is perfect in an inside the waistband holster with nothing to snag on, etc.
I use a S&W 642 for backup quite often, and I am sure there are few platforms around that will function more perfectly for FIVE rounds after being carried around in a dusty/linty ankle holster or pocket holster, no matter how much I limp-wrist it(if I am wounded, say) or no matter the ammo (bad primer, etc.) but no, it wouldn't be what I would take as my primary to a Larry Vickers pistol class.
So in that sense, I agree with you. I shoot a Glock a lot more than the 642...but I find the 642 a nice tool in the toolbox, too.