Revolvers...why?

I find that particularly using moon clips, I can reload my revolvers faster than I can swap mags in my semis. Now a lot of people have called BS on this and that's fine. But that doesn't change the fact that I beieve this to be true. Maybe, if I practiced as diligently with my semis as I do with my revolvers the results might change. But I don't think so.

Moonclips Forever.:D ;) :) :cool: :p
 
I don't know what the others look like as I don't have Hydra Shok dummies and I'm not enough of a dummy to check out the business end with live Federals in there.
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Use a mirror.

Also good for checking our your "I'm gonna kill you" look.
 
advantages

The revolver is more powerful generally for size, more accurate and more reliable.
Stop and count the actions of the firing cycle for both guns.
The revolver cylinder rotates, locks up and fires. Then you repeat.
The semi auto fires, unlocks, extracts, ejects, rechambers then you repeat.
That's five seperate steps before you can repeat....
Show me a 39 ounce semi auto that can fire a 240 load at 1365 feet per second. Show me a 17 ounce semi auto chambered in a round as effective as .357 magnum for that matter.
Also, so long as you have a barrell, a cylinder and a frame, you can keep rebiulding your revolver over and over again.
Slides and frames can crack and batter to uselessness on semi-autos.
The wheelgun is the real gun.
 
Sixguns

I forgot, Elmer Keith has a whole chapter on this in his book sixguns and he points out stuff lesser gunwriters never ever thought of...such as
"With the revolver you have all of it, with the auto, if you lose your magazine and it is your only magazine you have a single shot."
Keith also points out that in the case of a misfire in combat, you just pull the trigger a second time, as opposed to clearing a jam with two hands.
Hey, he wasn't the first Outstanding American Handgunner for Nothing.....
 
For me it was simple:
Need: .44magnum for deer hunting
Options:heavy Desert Eagle@ $600-900, heavy LAR Grizzly-$even more
OR
relatively lightweight Ruger Super Blackhawk@ $250 used.

Need: inexpensive, powerful handgun for home defense
Options: Glock @ $400 used, Ruger P series @$300+
OR
Ruger GP100 @ $250
 
Dag nabbit!!! :mad:

Just when I had gotten my gun purchasing under control, I have to go and read this thread. Now I feel woefully inadequate for not having a wheelgun!!!

Guess I better start saving my pennies again..... :p

:D :D
HL.
 
I agree with a lot of the reasons already given. One that I think has been missed is that it is much easier to do "ball and dummy" drills on your own with a revolver.
 
For me it is the smoothness of the double action on an older S&W K frame revolver. Trick out your 1911s to have a 2.5lbs pull all you want. A smooth double action revolver is a joy to shoot.
 
Another wheelie weighs in...

...I was gonna mention the "ball and dummy" drill, but somebody beat me to it. One version of this is to load 2 live, 1 dummy, 1 live, 2 dummy rds. Close cylinder, perhaps spin it a bit, begin practice. You won't know what is coming next til gun nearly empty. Other method is have shooting cohort load gun for you, unknown # of live rds. in cylinder. Oh, revos in auot pistol cal. are good for shooting up ammo that won't feed/cycle in auto pistol (Ask me how I know this!):D Skunkabilly, get a revolver and go out and play already, would you? :)
 
Also...

A revolver is much easier to shoot from the hip.

A revolver is much less dependent on perfect cartridges for cycling.

A revolver has a longer sight radius, compared to a pistol with the same bbl length.

For me, at least, a revolver is a finer one-handed weapon.

But...

A misfired revolver can lead to a true "jam" that is much tougher to fix, quickly, than a misfired pistol.

A revolver, often touted as as "idiot proof", can suffer more severely than a pistol if abused by said idiot.

--
Brian
 
Faster

Remember, folks, Eric's contention was that Semis are "faster to reload" than wheel guns. All of the other certainly adds info and opinions but the facts re. fastest to load weigh much heavier for a revolver, all controlable things being equal.

Eric probably has a better idea now of what he had "missed".

Eric??
 
I took 5 revolvers to the range last night 4-.357/.38's and 1- .45. -used about 6 types of ammo (about 300 rounds total). All were as accurate as they could be in my hands (another story) - had no misfires or misfeeds- didn't have mags laying everywhere- ejected my (perfect) brass into a little bag for reloading. When I got home, I cleaned and lubed all five revolvers in 40 minutes. When I put my HD M19 away, I didn't have any nagging doubts about whether I had the "good" mags with it or the "right" ammo. Simple is good...I've got more important things things to worry about.
 
I find that particularly using moon clips, I can reload my revolvers faster than I can swap mags in my semis. Now a lot of people have called BS on this and that's fine.
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Those people calling BS on that obviously have never seen Jerry Mikluk's (sorry for the spelling) sub 1 second reloads with a 625 using moon clips.

It might not be faster than somone good with a semi auto, but it ain't much slower!
 
My understanding is that revolvers are also more powerful based on the way the gun functions. The only action performed by the bullet in a revolver is moving forward. In a semi, that same bullet energy gets used to eject the brass and chamber the next round. Because every operation of firing is in a direct line on a revolver, the energy is delivered more efficiently, as well. So, you have no energy spent on chambering the next round and it is delivered more efficiently. Its kind of like a bolt action rifle being more powerful than a semi-automatic rifle in the same caliber.

I also like knowing that revolver will perform its function no matter what. And if the round fails to fire and is a dud, I like knowing that I can just squeeze again and there goes Mr. Bullet. To me, I would rather take a .22 revolver over any semi-auto that has ever jammed on me for home defense.
 
At least on a recoil operated handgun (1911), the bullet has left the barrel before the action begins to cycle - its the recoil energy that cycles it - so you could say that a revolver delivers more felt recoil.

Also, revolvers lose some pressure from the cylinder gap.

All in all, I think its a wash.

I think my next 4-6 handguns will be revolvers...
 
I bought my first revolver, because, i got tired of bending over and picking up brass.

Now my auto's are gathering dust, and I don't miss the hot bouncing brass.
 
Skunkabilly,

Use the same excuse for the wheelgun that you used for the bottom-feeder. If you need an excuse maybe you don't need a wheelgun:D :D

"Those that know, understand."
"Those that don't, necver will."

Stay safe.
 
Hi, Skunk :p

What happens if your first four shots are misfires? With a revolver you just keep pulling the trigger.

Besides, how many cowboys have you ever seen with autos?
 
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