On December 3-4, 2005 at the American Police Hall of Fame in Titusville, Florida, a one-time event called “The Snubby Summit” was held. It was an event all about the snub nose revolver. The presenters there were a veritable who’s who in the snub world, such as Massad Ayoob, Jim Cirillo, Ed Lovette, Andy Stanford, Michael de Bethencourt, Claude Werner, Tom Givens. Others were there too, like SouthNarc and Paul Gomez.
Sounds like it was a heck of an event. Wish I could have been there.
But in place of being there, I discovered videos from the event are available online!
I’m still working my way through all the videos, but if you watch nothing else you must watch parts 6 and 7 — the Tom Givens segment. Tom comes into a snub conference and talks about how after 30+ years he gave up the snub in favor of a Kahr. While that in and of itself is a compelling talk, it’s all the other things that Tom talks about that are well worth your time to watch.
It doesn’t matter what you carry: a semi-auto, a snub, a pointed stick. Take the 20 minutes and watch Tom’s segments. There’s fantastic insight there.
While you’re at the POSA website, they’ve got lots of other interesting videos as well.
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That video makes me want to trade my LCP for PM9 even more.
Don’t it tho?
When I was first deciding upon a carry gun, the Kahrs were in serious contention. But they have a reputation of questionable quality control… even after break-in. And while most people are able to send them back to the company and get all the bugs worked out, I’ve also heard horror stories about their customer service. So… that was enough for me to say no to the Kahr. However, I do believe they are improving. Those that have good Kahr’s find them to be very reliable.
If I was in the market for a small semi-auto, I reckon the PM9 would get a serious look.
Awesome series of links. Personally, I won’t be trading revolvers for semi-autos any time soon, but I’ve just got this thing for round guns.
-Rob
Yeah, a great find no doubt. I’m glad someone took the time to document the Summit.
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