What I Carry and Why: Ralph’s S&W 642 Airweight

By Ralph

[ED: In response to reader requests, this is part of a series of posts by TTAG writers revealing their choice of carry guns.]

Sometimes I carry a .40 caliber M&P, and sometimes I don’t. It depends on what I’m wearing, which is determined by the weather, which in Massachusetts can be charitably described as “variable,” or realistically described as “atrocious.” What isn’t variable or atrocious is the Smith & Wesson Model 642 Airweight revolver that I carry every day, everywhere, even when I’m toting the .40 caliber pistol . . .

The M642 is small and light. With its internal hammer, there’s no spur to snag in my pocket or on a garment. Because of the Apex trigger kit that I installed, with its lightened (but still substantial) trigger press, my 642 is accurate at self-defense distances. At the closest of close quarters, snubbies have proven themselves to be formidable contact weapons. I can pocket-carry my 642, stuffed into a Blackhawk #3 pocket holster for safety’s sake. I can also carry the petite revolver in an IWB Remora holster or OWB Blackhawk leather holster. Any way I choose it, it prints less than an unemployed typesetter.

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