Why semi auto handguns are my favorite type of arm...

I find the 10s jab my ribs too much. 8s work good for me.

JR24 said:

I find the 10s jab my ribs too much. 8s work good for me.

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That's why I carry with an 8-rounder in the gun, and reload with 10 rounders, if needed.

Vern Humphrey said:

That's why I carry with an 8-rounder in the gun, and reload with 10 rounders, if needed.

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Sensible plan.

I have quite a few of both. I like revolvers better and shoot them better... or maybe it's vice-versa.

If I take a few nice centerfire revolvers and centerfire service pistols to the range, I will shoot the revolvers better every time.

Maybe it's because I'm middle-aged and grew up shooting them.

Here's some gratuitous revolver porn. I got this S&W 625 recently. It sure is one sweet shooter.

Tallball said:

I have quite a few of both. I like revolvers better and shoot them better... or maybe it's vice-versa.

If I take a few nice centerfire revolvers and centerfire service pistols to the range, I will shoot the revolvers better every time.

Maybe it's because I'm middle-aged and grew up shooting them.

Here's some gratuitous revolver porn. I got this S&W 625 recently. It sure is one sweet shooter.

Smith And Wesson Model 625

• Tallball
• Apr 5, 2018

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I believe what you say but would never expect someone to shoot a DA revolver as well as a SA semi-auto pistol. My 9mm 1911 cut my revolver groups sizes in half. The 1911 trigger is peerless.

I usually cock the hammer and shoot them single-action. Another cheat/hack is barrel length. My favorite revolvers all have barrels at least 6" long, with a couple of 7.5" and an 8 3/8" thrown in for good measure. With one of my Glocks or Berettas or whatever I do okay. But when I pull out something like the Super Blackhawk, it suddenly looks like I really know what I'm doing.

Tallball said:

I usually cock the hammer and shoot them single-action. Another cheat/hack is barrel length. My favorite revolvers all have barrels at least 6" long, with a couple of 7.5" and an 8 3/8" thrown in for good measure. With one of my Glocks or Berettas or whatever I do okay. But when I pull out something like the Super Blackhawk, it suddenly looks like I really know what I'm doing.

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Over about 5 inches the longer the barrel on a revolver, the worse I shoot. I can’t keep the gun on target when it is front heavy.

There is surely no rule about how a gun must be used, and firing a revolver SA is perfectly acceptable. But I wouldn’t compare that to shooting a semi-auto pistol. You would not be able to use a revolver that way in the vast majority of self defense situations where the results of the shooting are really important.

I practice DA shooting too. My preferred HD handguns are revolvers, and I can shoot them very well DA at HD distances. My carry revolvers tend to be DAO.

Everyone's different; it seems like the longer a revolver barrel is, the better I shoot it.