For me it's excellent reliability, increased capacity, faster reloads,
less bulk, better grip angle, less maintenance, easier to suppress...
I own a nice revolver, but my go-to hand guns are all .45 ACP semi automatics.
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H2O MAN
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Tue 7 May, 2013 12:49 pm
@spendius,
For you...
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OmSigDAVID
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Tue 7 May, 2013 01:52 pm
@spendius,
I disagree. My defensive revolvers r more powerful
than most automatics (ofen lower calibration, e.g. little 9mm).
For defensive purposes I use .44 caliber revolvers with hollowpointed slugs
for optimal energy-dump within the target; good stopping power.
Get rid of the guns, and there won't be the huge numbers of people killed with them every year, far more than are killed with people driving cars into crowds.
People driving into crowds is about as rare as school shootings.
Revolvers are a hundred times or so more dependable then semi auto handguns and the one thing you do not wish to need to do is to clear a stove pipe during a fire fight.
Did it go away with different loads? I have a PPK in .380 that has never had a malfunction of any sort. I have a similar PPK-S in .22 that stovepipes regularly with the standard loads, but not once with CCI Minimags.
It has never failed to stop anything I hit squarely.
I think you get my drift here, David.
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BillRM
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Wed 8 May, 2013 05:27 am
@H2O MAN,
Quote:
Easier than reloading a revolver in a fire fight...
Two words for that [speed loader] and in any case if I can not take care of the situation with five rounds of 357 ammo the situation call for heavier weapons then a handgun of any type.
Of course I make a point to spend enough hours on the range so that I can hit anyone within 15/20 yards with almost every shot.
Once more if the engagement is beyond 15/20 yards I am using the wrong type weapon to try to deal with the situation.
Agreed, qua most of what u said, Bill.
I c no long distance engagements in my future,
but (if u don't mind my asking) with .44 special
being available, Y 'd u prefer the lesser round of .357??
c no long distance engagements in my future,
but (if u don't mind my asking) with .44 special
being available, Y 'd u prefer the lesser round of .357??
I am in love with my S&W model 19 revolver that I had have for well over 25 years and who for some reason seems a part of me. My groupings at the range have always been far better then with any other hand gun.
I far prefer to have the maximum possible faith that I will hit what I am aiming for with a 357 round then perhaps miss with any other type of round 44 or otherwise from some other handgun.
