Okay, please forgive me for posting before reading through the many posts, but I've got more chores to do before one of our granddaughters arrives for her normal sleepover, but thought I'd respond with a casual comment to the OP ...
I had 2 Pistols or Semi-Automatics. Both were Glocks, a G19 & a G43.
The G43 started to jam on me constantly. I switched magazines but that didn't help. So I did some investigation & found out that the G43 jams. When your carry stops working 100% that gets very scary. I sold my G43 & put my G19 into my safe. I can carry it ITW holster put that's uncomfortable or I can get a sholder holster for it. But in my mind, there's that little whisper that kepps saying what if it jams too?
My 3 Revolvers have never misfired or jammed yet. I have a Ruger 6 shot LCR 327, a EAA 6 shot 357 & my newest, a 4" Colt Python 357. The first 2 I can carry ITW & the Python I will carry using a sholder holster. Lastly,all of my Revolvers have better stopping power than my 9mm Glock.
So I've gone full cycle of carrying Revolvers then to Pistols then back to Revolvers.
Has anyone else have their Pistol jam on them?
Day and day out, at the end of the day the significant majority of "pistol problems" can be attributed to "shooter problems" in one way or another, followed by ammunition problems and then, lastly, actual "pistol problems".
Listening to many folks (engineers, techs, reps, etc) from some of the gun companies, as well as LE firearms instructors, this "ratio" can usually be broken down to fall along the lines of 95% shooters, 3% ammo and 2% pistols.
Now, being a long time revolver guy myself, and having carried issued revolvers back in the day, and having gone through one of the S&W revolver armorer classes, etc ...
... I'd not go out of my way to particularly disagree with someone who decides it's "better" for them to choose to carry a revolver as a dedicated personal defense weapon.
However ...
... I'd also not express any particular shock to ever hear that the revolver carrier might someday discover, to his shock and dismay, that the long trigger recovery required for a DA revolver ended up being "short-stroked" by him under unexpected stress and duress. That's a bit of a sticky
shooter-induced mechanical situation to resolve when the fur is flying and your trigger finger just keeps defaulting to CRUNCHING the jammed trigger mechanism, desperately hoping for a different result for each trigger press.
FWIW, while I still quite often choose to carry one of my many different pistols as retirement weapons (and over the years invested a respectable number of hours using them for training/drill and range qual hours), I still more often rely upon one of my several J-frames for retirement weapon roles. I spent ample years carrying belt holstered weapons to now enjoy being able to pocket-holster lighter wheelies.
Gotta go with what works for you.
I'd just not totally dismiss and ignore the idea of a
shooter-induced functioning issue with a "reliable" revolver occurring under the worst of unexpected conditions, when time compresses and muscles may not want to easily relax from clenched states.