I have always preferred semiautos to revolvers - oh I liked the look of the old colt SAA, but I really didn't like shooting them as much as I did a 1911 or a Glock, or a HP, or a nice .22 semiauto. In fact the first and last revolver I ever owned (I had shot other revolvers) was a Ruger single six - I detested that gun and after I traded it in on a new semiauto .22 swore I would never own another revolver - a vow I kept until a few months ago.
Last year I took a hangun class for a CCW license, the course provided all the guns and ammo to be used during the class - all the guns were revolvers chambered in 38 special or 357 mag. I enjoyed the class a lot and found that my groups had tightened up considerably in the two short days of shooting - and the improvement remained even when I switched back to my semiautos. I puzzled over why this could be - as I had trained and worked on my shooting before but had never seen such improvement in such a short time.
I believe that the difference was that the revolver shooting was all double action and it forced me to focus more on my trigger pull as the revolvers trigger pulls were much longer and heavier than any of my semiautos. I also discovered that the revolver is easier to use in training to diagnosis and treat flinching - as you can load up the cylinder with live and inert rounds, spin it, then close it and not know when you pull the trigger if the next round will go off or not - (it can be done with semiautos but not as easily or conviently).
On the last day of class there was an extra 2 to 3 hours of - paid range time left and everyone brought their own guns to shoot - one gentleman brought a ported Taurus in 44 mag - and let me shoot it with full house loads - and shockingly to me it kicked less than my Kimber Combat Carry in 45 ACP. I also found the action to be relatively smooth to what I was used to in revolvers. That day I decided to get a Taurus in 45 ACP - for both the training benefits and so when I shot outside at my range - I wouldn't always have to track down brass. I went with Taurus as it was much cheaper than any other readily available revolver in 45 ACP - $307 delivered - and because I liked the 44 mag Taurus I had shot earlier.
So far I must say I am very happy with my decision to break my vow to never again own a revolver - I must admit that while I still may prefer semiautos to revolvers if forced to choose - I can certainly see why some prefer revolvers over semiautos and why some just can't decide between the two. Anyway I love my new revolver and I want to publically recant my private slander of the good name of the revolver. Too bad John Browning didn't design a revolver.
Last year I took a hangun class for a CCW license, the course provided all the guns and ammo to be used during the class - all the guns were revolvers chambered in 38 special or 357 mag. I enjoyed the class a lot and found that my groups had tightened up considerably in the two short days of shooting - and the improvement remained even when I switched back to my semiautos. I puzzled over why this could be - as I had trained and worked on my shooting before but had never seen such improvement in such a short time.
I believe that the difference was that the revolver shooting was all double action and it forced me to focus more on my trigger pull as the revolvers trigger pulls were much longer and heavier than any of my semiautos. I also discovered that the revolver is easier to use in training to diagnosis and treat flinching - as you can load up the cylinder with live and inert rounds, spin it, then close it and not know when you pull the trigger if the next round will go off or not - (it can be done with semiautos but not as easily or conviently).
On the last day of class there was an extra 2 to 3 hours of - paid range time left and everyone brought their own guns to shoot - one gentleman brought a ported Taurus in 44 mag - and let me shoot it with full house loads - and shockingly to me it kicked less than my Kimber Combat Carry in 45 ACP. I also found the action to be relatively smooth to what I was used to in revolvers. That day I decided to get a Taurus in 45 ACP - for both the training benefits and so when I shot outside at my range - I wouldn't always have to track down brass. I went with Taurus as it was much cheaper than any other readily available revolver in 45 ACP - $307 delivered - and because I liked the 44 mag Taurus I had shot earlier.
So far I must say I am very happy with my decision to break my vow to never again own a revolver - I must admit that while I still may prefer semiautos to revolvers if forced to choose - I can certainly see why some prefer revolvers over semiautos and why some just can't decide between the two. Anyway I love my new revolver and I want to publically recant my private slander of the good name of the revolver. Too bad John Browning didn't design a revolver.
