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Inexpensive revolvers are the main topic of this episode. Many people who are on a tight budget but also have the need to obtain a firearm for self defense should consider an inexpensive revolver. This episode features a special guest, Glen Tate to discuss this subject. You’ll also hear some excellent listener voice mails and my response.
Links and show notes:
CRG-2 Suarez International April 2014 San Antonio
.327 Federal Magnum
Ruger LCR .22 magnum revolver
Charter Arms
299Days.com
MY AMAZON STORE
MY RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Hi Bob. I enjoyed the show. Several years ago I fell upon a yard sale that turned out to be a foreclosure sale. I picked up 3 snub nosed revolvers for $150 total. I sold two for $450, and kept one for myself. It is a .38 sp. gen.1 Charter Arms “Undercover” pocket hammer model. It was new. The Charter Arms generation one guns are nice little pistols, and usually slips into my pocket where other carry options are not available.
Hearing Glen speak of a chapter in his book about a man’s Wife not allowing him to prep was sad.
I guess I am damn lucky, as my Wife had multiple books on survival and several guns when we met. Being a mountain boy growing up in the Sierra Mountains, you learn how to prepare or die living in a harsh landscape.
My friends and I were always outside, shooting guns, bows, wrist rockets, hiking in Desolation Wilderness, fishing, etc. Being out in terrible blizzards was not unusual. Even as early as 10yrs old we were out on our own. You had to rely on your wits. There were no cell phones if you got into trouble, and we did. Moving to the mountains from the city when I was 5 years old was the greatest gift my parents could have ever given me. It provided a learning in self reliance lost on many of the kids today. It really was not so long ago. I am only 42.
We were also poor, as was my Wife growing up. We were garage sale kids. I can’t remember buying anything new. I quickly found that a lot of gear, bows, knives, could be had on the cheap. This is a skill useful to this day.
Back in those days in the late 1970’s and 1980’s, people with my mindset were called, “Survivalists”. A book that I loved when I was a mid teen was, “SURVIVAL- Live Off the Land in the City and Country”
As for the Sierra Mountains, I am still here. My trek to work is over a 7740ft. mountain peak, often in “White Out” blizzard, or what I refer to them as, “Suicide Mission commutes”. My vehicle is carrying the gear needed to sustain life or get out alive. No cell service for this area. Survival is a real thing on a daily basis here in Winter.
It is nice to know I have been right all along. It makes me feel good to see people being self sufficient has caught on. We embody the spirit of America. regards- Doug in Nevada