Tin pocket colt4/4/2023 ![]() The Pocket Positive was an outgrowth of Colt’s New Pocket Revolver, introduced in 1893. Not merely cute, mind you, but cute as Brittany Spears’ … nose. And if you can forgive me for using such a word, I might even say that the Pocket Positive is cute. The Pocket Positive has the one critical attribute that characterizes so many Colt revolvers: style. ![]() That distinction would have to go to the old Colt Pocket Positive, manufactured from 1905 to 1940. Yet the Model 36 isn’t my favorite snubbie. A Model 36 in the pocket beats a 1911 left in the nightstand any day of the week. It’s utterly reliable and totally foolproof. Really, I was only kidding, anyway - sir.īut insofar as I’ve expressed my opinion on snubbies, I might as well go whole-hog and admit that I believe the Smith & Wesson Model 36 Chiefs Special is the greatest self-defense gun of all time. If you’re carrying a semiauto right now, you doubtless have good reasons for doing so, and I would be the last person to argue with you. How I wish I could say the same of semiautos!īut I try not to be dogmatic about such things. Semiautos get all the press nowadays, but I keep coming back to the fact that in three decades of shooting all types of guns, I’ve never had a snubbie jam, lock up or otherwise put me in a pickle. ![]() To my admittedly antiquated way of thinking, the snubbie is the perfect self-defense gun. ![]()
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