Is it time to put revolvers in the museum?

My mother in law can't work an automatic slide. But, she can easily open and close a revolver. She's a good shot with a Model 10.

Use a gun that you can use. So ... yes revolvers are definately relevant.
 
I've got 35 years in Law Enforcement. I've been in 6 shootings. I've never fired more than 4 rounds in any of'm. Most Cops do not shoot except when they have to qualify. IMO, most Cops, not all, hope that a high capacity auto gives them a better chance of at least hitting the Bad Guy once. Most don't realize that practice would give'm a way better chance of hitting that Bad Guy than hosing down the area. It's not how many round you shoot it's how many hit their intended target. 'Die Hard' was just a movie.
 
Once again should I treat it as I do with vinyl records
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OK, you just stop right there, sonnyboy...Uncle Servo finds your disdain for vinyl records to be crazy talk :)

Just as many people prefer the sound signature of vinyl over digital, many people simply shoot revolvers better. I'm one of them. Maybe I can expend more ammunition in a shorter period of time with an automatic, but holy smokes, where are all those rounds going?

Give me a good S&W K-Frame, and I'm hardly "outgunned."

Give me some Coltrane on a turntable, and I'm a very content man.
 
My everyday carry gun is a J frame and I prefer revolvers over semi's, but when it comes to self defense guns anything larger than a J frame and I am bumping up to an auto. The next size up from a J frame is a pretty big leap, and when I can carry something with a close to 20 round capacity as easily as a 6 shot K frame then I am going with the auto.
 
Personally, I have no use for a semi-auto. Spent several years in the Marines and fired many rounds through a Colt Government 1911 and a Beretta 9mm as well as other semi's that friends have owned. They were always just ho hum for me. Never felt good in my hands. After qualifying at the range with those guns it just made me want to go back and get my Smith 25-5 or one of my Colt SAA's and shoot some of my freshly reloaded .45 Colt. All I own are revolvers. And that's all in a handgun that I want.

Sorry, I just don't get turned on at how fast and how many rounds I can fire off in the blink of an eye. I'll leave that for today's young macho hi capacity semi-auto crowd who believe the next gun fight will require they really need all that ammo tucked away in that plastic shell they carry. And yes, I realize not all semi owners think this way. I prefer target shooting at a nice slow and easy pace. I guess I'm pretty boring when it comes to shooting.

Time to put revolvers away to a museum? That thought sickens me. I basically don't think so.
 
Why do I want a 9mm revolver so badly ???
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You must not love yourself very much.

According to the internet, a revolver is useless for self-defense because it only holds six (or, gasp! five) rounds.

According to the guy hanging around at the gunshop counter, the 9mm is also useless, as it lacks tactical knockwow power.

Therefore, a revolver in 9mm is...well, I'll send flowers :)

(Says Tom, who'd give his eyeteeth for a nice S&W 547 in 3")
 
Funny...a book I read about SEAL Team Six by a former member had them using S&W L Frame 686's in ship takedowns...while they are well known for their SIGs and MP5's, the SEALs are not ready to put the revolvers in the museum...
Neither am I.
 
With my auto loaders I can quickly fire off a mag or two in the same amount of time.
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I'm a bit surprised no one has taken the OP to task for assuming that the essence of good hand gunning is to fire as many rounds as possible in the shortest time.
 
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With my auto loaders I can quickly fire off a mag or two in the same amount of time.

I'm a bit surprised no one has taken the OP to task for assuming that the essence of good hand gunning is to fire as many rounds as possible in the shortest time.
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There's nothing wrong with speed (in fact its a good thing) so long as its accompanied with accuracy. That being said, its a rare shooter that could accurately fire two full magazines from a semi-auto in the time it takes me or most other moderately experienced revolver shooters to reload with a speedloader or moonclip.
 
The 3 inch 9MM is a kick in the pants to shoot. i got to play with one recently.

And onlyone of the many posters made mention of the differnces in strenght need to operate an auto vs a revolver.
I was out looking for another 686 today.
 
I like autos, but I love revolvers.
Especially Colts, they are just drop dead sexy.

There are probably more snubs carried as primary or backup than any other type.

The Kahr did not obsolete the snub. You'd think it would have obsoleted the pocket .380 but even they seem to be proliferating.

My brother's wife's mother asked for help picking out a gun since she lives in a high crime area. She is in her 60's. I brought a Kahr PM9, a Sig P238, a Glock G26 and a Ruger SP101 for her to handle and take to the range to try out.

She did not like the autos with their slides and releases and safeties and magazines. But she really liked the revolver. She wound up buying a really nice S&W model 60 no-lock. She loves to shoot soda cans with it and is getting very good. I suspect there are many women like her who will always prefer the simplicity and reliability of a good revolver.
 
I think there is a place for revolvers, hunting and target shooting. To me, a revolver isn't as good of a choice for me to carry than a semi auto.

My daily carry is basically a snub nose .357 but is semi auto and holds 12 rounds instead of 6. Thats my G33.

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I started reading gun magazines in the late 50s, this debate was going on then, looks like it will be in another 50 years. The wife has lost a lot of her hand strength, an there are few autos that she can work the slid on, she has a small 38 sp. I like and shoot both so no the revolver is not out dated yet. :D
 
I thought I might buy a semiauto because I rented one when I got my CHL.
Now I own 4 revolvers, carrying two whereever I can legally carry, and no
SA's. Not saying I want ever buy one, but I have 10 rounds before going to
speedloaders. Not being LEO I don't think I need more than that, and none of the mechanical problems I have experienced with SA's seem to happen when I am shooting my revolvers. But the more guys who don't want to carry revolvers leaves me more to choose from. So don't send them to a museum.

:)
 
I have a few of these so I can say this :D but sometimes I wonder about these 15 or 17 round autos.

If you need that many rounds , you either shouldn't have gotten yourself into a situation where you need THAT many rounds or you really need to head back to the range and practice more. haha.

Ok, yes I'm mostly joking but think about it for a minute. even LEOs say they have only fired 4-6 shots in a gun fight. The only reason I can think of that I would need that many rounds is if I wanted into a black panthers meeting wearing a KKK outfit and closed my eyes before pulling the trigger.
 
When I started my LE career in 1989, I was issued a revolver. Today, of course, I'm issued a DA auto, but on my own time, I quite often pack a full-size DA revolver...and if I could, I'd still happily tote same on duty with no qualms whatsoever. Heck, the Sig P220 my agency issues me has twice broken it's trigger return spring while on the firing range, leaving me with a non-shooting weapon. This same parts failure has also recently occurred to another officer on my department. Now, anything man-made can break, but I can't say I've ever had a revolver fail me in such a fashion. "Outdated" doesn't necessarily translate to "obsolete".
 
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