Model12Win
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I like revolvers. I need one now.
Utterly amazing that there's anything left of this dead horse.
Ahh...the myth of revolver invincibility.
If you've never experienced a reliability issue with a revolver, methinks you've never pushed them very hard.
Most people dont drive their cars like they "can" be driven. When you do drive them like that, you tend to find their weak points.So, using that same line of logic, we should push our cars hard until we blow the engine?
Oh, I dont know. A good many of the horses in the WWII pics Ive seen, were dead on the ground, while the "machines" were driving past.Revolvers are like horses (live ones). Long after your machines have taken a crap, the horse will still be there and running.
If you shoot a revolver long enough, and especially if youre shooting one realistically, youll get to experience all sorts of ugly things. Those "things" will give you a whole new outlook on revolvers too.
Except when it doesn't!Reliability Spells Revolver!
Originally posted by AK103K
The glaring difference between the two when you do is, the revolvers are usually DRT when something goes wrong, and require time and often outside help to get them back in the game. Autos, not so much. Most problems can be resolved with a TRB.
You meant it gives a mathematical edge to semi-auto pistols right?A revolver has 5-6 chambers, or 7 in some S&W revolvers, this gives a mathematical edge to revolvers
Not always. A couple of months back, I had a bullet jump its crimp in my S&W model 28, and that was that, until I fished the hammer and drift out of my box and pounded it back. Until that was done, the gun was DRT, and the cylinder could not be opened.In my experience, a revolver will usually give advance warning before going "DRT" and, so long as you stop and investigate the issue, you can usually head things off before you get to the point of "DRT".
Originally posted by AK103K
Not always. A couple of months back, I had a bullet jump its crimp in my S&W model 28, and that was that, until I fished the hammer and drift out of my box and pounded it back. Until that was done, the gun was DRT, and the cylinder could not be opened.
Originally posted by AK103K
Ive had poorly constructed rounds in autos caused stoppages as well, but they were cleared in the moment and without tools.
Originally posted by AK103K
I also had the cylinder fall off the gun with a model 29, when the side plate screw that held the cylinder in place backed out and left the gun, as did the cylinder when it was opened for the reload.
Originally posted by AK103K
As long as youre aware of the issues with the revolvers, you can usually head off most of the issues. But if you dont know to LocTite a few things, werent taught to reload the gun properly, check your ammo for issues, etc, youre chances of trouble go up a good bit.
Autos arent really much different, its just they usually arent usually DRT, nor do they normally require tools to get them back into action.
Originally posted by AK103K
Regardless what you choose, you need to understand what might could go wrong, and address anything before hand if need be, and/or try and replicate the problems in practice, so you can deal with them. Assuming its possible to do so, in the moment.
If the round jumps on the starboard side of the frame, the cylinder is not coming open until you drive the bullet back into the case. Take a loose bullet and a fired case and give it a try, you'll see what Im referring to.I've had rounds jump crimp in my S&W 629 before too (had one of the slightly shorter cases from Hornady LeverEvolution ammo sneak into my brass and miss getting crimped) but I found a way to clear it relatively easily. If you pull the hammer back just far enough for the cylinder stop to drop down into the frame, you can rotate the cylinder backward to the point that it can be opened and the offending round ejected.
Youre probably right, it most likely would have, but its not a real awe-inspiring thing. Best to find out about it at the range too, if you have to fnd out about it at all.Now, to be fair, you could have just picked up the cylinder, loaded it, put it back on the gun, and closed the action and the gun would have likely worked
A revolver has 5-6 chambers, or 7 in some S&W revolvers, this gives a mathematical edge to revolvers
You meant it gives a mathematical edge to semi-auto pistols right?