Gotcha! I knew with a title like this, I would get people's attention. Seriously, though, I look at posts dealing with revolvers and they receive very few replies. Pretty much ho-hum. BUT, someone posts a question/comment on some nuance of a semi-auto, no matter how trivial, and everyone's got an opinion. The funy thing is, I used to be pretty much the same way. I owned a single token revolver, which I suppose I orginally bought as a throwback to the good ol' days of shootin' six-irons. Lately, that has changed. My last two handgun purchases were wheelguns, and now my collection is split evenly between the two. What is the ratio of your collection? Have you abandoned the revolver, or have you, like me, rediscovered this fine weapon?
This board is biased towards semi-autos!
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PreserveFreedom
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Most here have at least one revolver in their collection. I guess that most of us have gone to autos though for the higher capacity and ease of a fast reload. Plus an auto has a lot more things to talk about that can get confusing. One of these days I need to get back into the old thumb busters. Another reason may be that more revolver buffs go to Cowboy Action Shooting instead of Handguns and Pistolcraft.
My collection (if you can call it that), I have 1 autoloader and 1 old top break H&R revolver. I got the revolver because I knew I could work on it myself and wanted a project gun. Most autoloaders are really hard to work on, lots of parts while revolver has relatively few parts.
That being said, what I use for defense and if I could carry I'd without hesitation use an autoloader. And you're right this board is very autoloader biased.
-bamf
That being said, what I use for defense and if I could carry I'd without hesitation use an autoloader. And you're right this board is very autoloader biased.
-bamf
Semi-autos have more that can go wrong and more that can be made "right." So, better fodder for jawboning. Like most people on the Forum I have both types and while the semi-autos seem to have the sex appeal, the wheelguns just get it done everytime. The handgun beside my bed isn't one of my Glocks, it's an old Colt revo.
Mike Irwin
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Well, let's take a run down through the old collection...
Revolvers
Charter Arms Off Duty (first revolver I ever bought)
Charter Arms Bulldog Tracker, 4"
Hi Standard Sentinel
Smith & Wesson Regulation Police, 4"
S&W Model 19, 2.5"
S&@ Model 19, 4"
S&W Mod. 28, 4"
S&W Mod. 28, 6"
S&W Mod. 58, 4"
S&W M1917 Brazilian Contract
S&W Mod. 042, 2"
Those are the shootable revolvers (I have a couple of others that are truly collectors).
Semi-Autos
Taurus TP22
Springfield 1911 MilSpec
Radom Vis 35
Beretta 92
Kahr K9
HK P7M13
Looks like revolvers have a roughly 2 to 1 advantage over semis in my collection. That's just the way I like it.
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If you want a Smith & Wesson, buy USED!
Revolvers
Charter Arms Off Duty (first revolver I ever bought)
Charter Arms Bulldog Tracker, 4"
Hi Standard Sentinel
Smith & Wesson Regulation Police, 4"
S&W Model 19, 2.5"
S&@ Model 19, 4"
S&W Mod. 28, 4"
S&W Mod. 28, 6"
S&W Mod. 58, 4"
S&W M1917 Brazilian Contract
S&W Mod. 042, 2"
Those are the shootable revolvers (I have a couple of others that are truly collectors).
Semi-Autos
Taurus TP22
Springfield 1911 MilSpec
Radom Vis 35
Beretta 92
Kahr K9
HK P7M13
Looks like revolvers have a roughly 2 to 1 advantage over semis in my collection. That's just the way I like it.
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Smith & Wesson is dead to me.
If you want a Smith & Wesson, buy USED!
Semi-autos are slimmer, making concealment easier; use a box magazine, giving more rounds in the gun and making reloads faster. Also, the slender box magazine is more readily concealed than a revolver speedloader and is faster than a speed strip. Each has its benifits and drawbacks.
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Guns cause crime like spoons cause Rosie O'Donnell to be fat!
I hunt, therefore I am.
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Guns cause crime like spoons cause Rosie O'Donnell to be fat!
I hunt, therefore I am.
I own revolvers for 3 limited purposes.
1. A ruger Hamilton Bowen 45 colt 5 shot for big game hunting and bear back up protection
2. 38 airweight for backup when I am on duty. This will probably be replaced with a mini Glock
3. Colt Cowboy in 45 long colt just to bring me back to what it was like when most of the posters on this board started shooting.
Revolvers are nice to own and shoot but not to carry when a good semi auto is available.
PAT
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I intend to go into harms way.
1. A ruger Hamilton Bowen 45 colt 5 shot for big game hunting and bear back up protection
2. 38 airweight for backup when I am on duty. This will probably be replaced with a mini Glock
3. Colt Cowboy in 45 long colt just to bring me back to what it was like when most of the posters on this board started shooting.
Revolvers are nice to own and shoot but not to carry when a good semi auto is available.
PAT
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I intend to go into harms way.
Well, if my handle doesn't make it obvious, maybe this will.
My ratio is greater than 10:1 in favor of revolvers.
Of the few autos I own, one is a 1911A1/70 in 45 of course, and a Jennings J-22.
The reason I'm hanging on to the Jennings is twofold.
It was/is my first handgun, and have some sentamental value.
Second, I wouldn't get more than $40 or so by selling it, so what's the point?
I don't have anything against autos, or the people that love 'em.
I just gravitate toward the revolvers, especially ones in great shape from pre-WWII.
And before anyone gets on me for loving S&W revo's, let me say one thing.
Nearly all have been bought used through private parties, so S&W (even before the agreement) did not profit.
I have bought some S&W's since the deal with the devil, and those have been bought privately.
So, not only did S&W not profit, any complying dealers (with the "agreement") did not profit either.
If I thought that buying from S&W currently would help their situation, I would do it.
But, it wouldn't, so I won't.
So, support a boycott or don't, I don't care either way.
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Anyway, back to revolvers.
I'm not saying that autos are not, but: Revos are widely known for their ease of operation, maintance, safety, and reliability.
Also, aesthetically, I just like them more than most autos.
I also like the mechanical precision of a K-22, something a blowback .22 lacks.
In my mind, revos are more like a classic windup Swiss masterpiece, and the wondernines are like a quartz digital.
Nothing wrong with autos (or quartz digitals), I just have my preferences.
-Kframe
My ratio is greater than 10:1 in favor of revolvers.
Of the few autos I own, one is a 1911A1/70 in 45 of course, and a Jennings J-22.
The reason I'm hanging on to the Jennings is twofold.
It was/is my first handgun, and have some sentamental value.
Second, I wouldn't get more than $40 or so by selling it, so what's the point?
I don't have anything against autos, or the people that love 'em.
I just gravitate toward the revolvers, especially ones in great shape from pre-WWII.
And before anyone gets on me for loving S&W revo's, let me say one thing.
Nearly all have been bought used through private parties, so S&W (even before the agreement) did not profit.
I have bought some S&W's since the deal with the devil, and those have been bought privately.
So, not only did S&W not profit, any complying dealers (with the "agreement") did not profit either.
If I thought that buying from S&W currently would help their situation, I would do it.
But, it wouldn't, so I won't.
So, support a boycott or don't, I don't care either way.
*************
Anyway, back to revolvers.
I'm not saying that autos are not, but: Revos are widely known for their ease of operation, maintance, safety, and reliability.
Also, aesthetically, I just like them more than most autos.
I also like the mechanical precision of a K-22, something a blowback .22 lacks.
In my mind, revos are more like a classic windup Swiss masterpiece, and the wondernines are like a quartz digital.
Nothing wrong with autos (or quartz digitals), I just have my preferences.
-Kframe
K frame
22 autos like the Ruger Mark 2 series and the Browning buck mark are more accurate than any 22 revolver. Thats why bulleye shooters use auto's. I have owned my share of 22 revolver and auto's and I can attest to this. Now in centerfire revolvers are tend to be more accurate.
PAT
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I intend to go into harms way.
22 autos like the Ruger Mark 2 series and the Browning buck mark are more accurate than any 22 revolver. Thats why bulleye shooters use auto's. I have owned my share of 22 revolver and auto's and I can attest to this. Now in centerfire revolvers are tend to be more accurate.
PAT
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I intend to go into harms way.
Nightcrawler
New member
I saw something that can appeal to both once, on The History Channel's "Tales of the Gun". It was a British invention, that came out around World War One, and answer to a question nobody asked. An automatic revolver. No, not a double action revolver. This revolver had a slide you pulled back like an auto, that cocked the hammer, and the slide went back after every shot, just like an auto. But it was fed from a wheel instead of a box magazine. Kinda cool...pointless, though, really.
You mean the Webley-Fosbury Automatic Revolver?
The conventionally-sited cylinder was turned by having a zigzag groove cut into it that was engaged by a pin in the fixed gripframe as the cylinder/barrel assembly cycled back and forth.
I have three wheelguns and five semi-autos.
I have three Glocks and five non-Glocks.
Bias can be so hard to prove...
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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!
The conventionally-sited cylinder was turned by having a zigzag groove cut into it that was engaged by a pin in the fixed gripframe as the cylinder/barrel assembly cycled back and forth.
I have three wheelguns and five semi-autos.
I have three Glocks and five non-Glocks.
Bias can be so hard to prove...
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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!
Nightcrawler
New member
Yeah, it was the Webly. Very strange indeed, especially since by that time, regular double action revolvers had already been invented...
Indeed... The Webley-Fosbury managed to combine all the faults and none of the virtues of both semis and wheelguns into one cumbersome and awkward package... 
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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!
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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Most autoloaders are really hard to work on, lots of parts while revolver has relatively few parts. [/quote]
Not really. Compare, for instance, the parts count for a Glock 17 and a S&W Model 10. Furthermore, all of the Glock's parts can be replaced without any fitting.
Not really. Compare, for instance, the parts count for a Glock 17 and a S&W Model 10. Furthermore, all of the Glock's parts can be replaced without any fitting.