What's going on? I must have read 5 or 6 articles/editorials in gun mags lately about how the revolver isn't dead and how superior it is to a semi-auto for police, CCW, and self-defense.
It seems that in praising the revolver, which it is certainly worthy of, semis are essentially demonized as if they were all about to stove pipe, double feed, fail to feed, fall apart, get dirt in them and stop working, have magazines always ready to fail, semis have too many springs in them, the springs will break at the worst possible time, they are beyond most to maintain properly, they are harder to clean, and they produce a disproportionate number of ADs/NDs. They can't be shot from inside a pocket (how does one practice that and how often?), you can't shove them into someones "gut" and shoot. Semis hold too much ammo, reloading one will get you killed, and they are dangerous to press check. They won't handle a wide variety of ammunition like revolvers will and are too picky about ammo anyway. The SA semis are accidents waiting to happen, you can't hit fast with DA/SA autos, DAO semi triggers are too hard to pull and don't have a good feel like revolvers, Glocks DAO triggers are too light, and in general, semis are so complicated and tricky to operate that few should use them and they aren't as accurate as revolvers. Some don't have fully supported chamber and are likely to ka-boom if you shoot them. And besides all that, a semi lays so flat on a bed side stand, you can't pick it up as fast as you can a revolver.
You'd think by now that someone would be producing a low capacity (5 - 6 shot), reliable semi by now!
Maybe gun sales are slow and they are trying to stimulate sales by "selling" us on revolvers.
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It seems that in praising the revolver, which it is certainly worthy of, semis are essentially demonized as if they were all about to stove pipe, double feed, fail to feed, fall apart, get dirt in them and stop working, have magazines always ready to fail, semis have too many springs in them, the springs will break at the worst possible time, they are beyond most to maintain properly, they are harder to clean, and they produce a disproportionate number of ADs/NDs. They can't be shot from inside a pocket (how does one practice that and how often?), you can't shove them into someones "gut" and shoot. Semis hold too much ammo, reloading one will get you killed, and they are dangerous to press check. They won't handle a wide variety of ammunition like revolvers will and are too picky about ammo anyway. The SA semis are accidents waiting to happen, you can't hit fast with DA/SA autos, DAO semi triggers are too hard to pull and don't have a good feel like revolvers, Glocks DAO triggers are too light, and in general, semis are so complicated and tricky to operate that few should use them and they aren't as accurate as revolvers. Some don't have fully supported chamber and are likely to ka-boom if you shoot them. And besides all that, a semi lays so flat on a bed side stand, you can't pick it up as fast as you can a revolver.
You'd think by now that someone would be producing a low capacity (5 - 6 shot), reliable semi by now!
Maybe gun sales are slow and they are trying to stimulate sales by "selling" us on revolvers.
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