What do u think of using my 44. mag 6.5 inch for conceal carry?

It is great if you CAN carry a gun like that. Unfortunately, bigger guns are harder to carry. This is the whole reason that there have been a slew of small/slim/subcompact pistols flooding the market recently. The problem is that if a gun is uncomfortable or inconvenient to carry you may convince yourself to leave it at home. In real shootings smaller calibers with good quality bullets have really good percentage rates of single shot stops, some including the .357 actually have better records for stopping aggressors than the .44. Finally, as was mentioned before, you really are shooting to stop not to kill. For example a shot running clean through an assailant that causes him to bleed out and die only after he has stabbed or shot and killed you is a failure, while a shot that does enough tissue damage to quickly incapacitate the same bad guy is a success even if he suffers no lasting harmful effects of being shot.

The .44 magnum is the worst gun for carry, its way to heavy at around 3 pounds with a God awful recoil! Your second shot is going to be real slow and off target.

By the time you pull that boat anchor out you will have been shot twice by anybody proficient with handguns. The only reason to carry something that big is Bear country. Your follow up shots will be very slow and inaccurate.

If you don't have anything more compact, it can be done. But it ain't easy to do Only if you are very dedicated and determined will you find the effort worthwhile. Packing a 6.5' Super Blackhawk in a northern Winter is no great feat. In a heavy winter coat you can probably conceal a 16" Barreled Winchester M-1892 Saddle Ring Carbine, or a Marlin Model 1894.. Summer is a much bigger challenge though. For one thing you will have to forgo running around in tee-shirt and shorts, You will have to have a suitable cover garment, and the right holster, which won't be easy for a big Super Blackhawk. With that long barrel, your choices are shoulder holster or IWB holster. if you wear shirts that don't need to be tucked, and are two or three sizes larger than you normally wear, you can get away with a shoulder holster. Same with an IWB holster. I can't recommend a shoulder holster for you. I've searched for a comfortable shoulder holster for 30 years and still haven't found one to suit me. As for iWB Holsters, I know only one maker who can fit an IWB holster for a 6.5" super Blackhawk. Contact Rob Leahy at Simply Rugged www.simplyrugged.com. order one of his pancake holsters for your Super Blackhawk and ask him to fit it with lops tor iWB use. 9Tel him I sen you.) BTW, if you use an IWB holster, you will need to buy your pants a couple of inches larger to make room for the holster and cylinder thickness. With that said, let me go on to say that a 6.5' Super Blackhawk is a very poor choice for CCW use. Not only is a 6.5" Super Blackhawk a large, and heavy handgun to conceal, but the .44 RemMag is not a great man-stopper. The .357 Magnum, and .45 ACP are far superior as man-stoppers. I'm sure you are scratching your head and asking "Why?" The power of the .44 RemMag actually works against it. The bullet will pass through a human body without expanding significantly due to their heavy construction, and most of the kinetic energy for which the .44 RemMag is famed will be wasted down range, endangering innocent bystanders. On the other hand, .357 Magnum and .45 ACP bullets are designed to expand in human targets. They will readily expand and dump most if not all their kinetic energy inside the target. I'm not telling you not to carry a revolver. In fact I encourage you to carry a revolver! I'm not even telling you not to carry a single-action revolver. I often carry a 4.75" Italian Peacemaker in .44 S&W Special myself. I'm just saying that a 6.5" Super Blackhawk is a poor choice, and any other revolver in .44 RemMag won't be a much better choice. Doc Hudson rm is intended to convey to investigating officers, "I was in fear of my life and I just had to stop him. He didn't stop coming until after I'd put two shots into his chest." The term 'Shoot to kill" might be more honest, but if you tell cop or district attorney, "Those sumbitches came into my house armed. Ii knew i had to kill 'em so I shot them." You will need a very good lawyer. Whereas if you told hem< "They broke into my home and I had to stop them before they hurt my family." you'd probably get a pat on the back and a compliment on your good shooting. Shooting to stop means you shoot at an attacker's chest until he falls to the ground, if he lives to go to jail, fine. If he croaks, it is just as fine.

Hey, if Dirty Harry could do it, why can't you? And if faced with the threat of serious bodily injury or impending death the correct term is "neutralize the threat rapidly" That will generally involve several shots to centre mass. Do not shoot them in the arm of leg in order to just "stop" them. That is just asking for trouble.

Only You a certain San Fran cop think this is a good gun choice...... In cold February, With heavy coats You can get away with it. Try packing that thing in August?? Kinda hard to wear a coat in mid summer. The barrel is too long & heavy. At best you need a lightweight .44 like the S&W scandium or Taurus titanium alloy models in 4" or 2".

I think you should check your attitude a big. Carrying a firearm is to neutralize a threat. If you can get away from a threat, then do that instead. Run if you have to. CCW requires maturity. If someone calls you a b**ch and wants to fight about it, you have to man up and walk away because if you escalate it and end up shooting them, YOU WILL GO TO PRISON FOR MURDER. That said, .44 mag is large and the recoil/flash are not ideal for concealed carry defensive situations. If you shoot that thing once at night you will be deaf/blind for at least a few seconds after, so forget about follow up shots. If you still want to go the wheel gun method, I say .38/.357 depending on your environment. .357 has more penetration, but that can be a good or bad thing depending on where you are (don't want to shoot the bad guy, through the wall, and the neighbor!) Think about your decision in concealed carry. Get some range time with different guns and check out holsters for different type. Check out your buddy's guns too.

Dude, Go for it. I wouldnt use it for a primary carry piece. I use mine as a back up piece in a ankle holster. My primary conceal piece is a m249 with a can of ammo..... go for it Dirty Harry Jr. As far as shoot to kill... shoot to stop.. I believe you shoot center mass until there is not a threat.

* Yes with the correct shoulder holster it is A-OK.