Are Revolvers Actually better than Autos?

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Having magazines loaded over long periods of time worries me some.
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Magazine springs weaken with use, not with storage, loaded or not. I recently found a Hi Power magazine that I had loaded 30 years ago. It had gotten packed up with some things when moving and the box got put on a shelf and never unpacked until a few months ago. Took it to the range and at ran fine. Still does.

But if I know I'm going to be in a gun fight tomorrow, I'm taking a rifle, body armor and plenty of back up.
 
Revolvers are more versatile. Autos are more concealable and generally have higher capacities. Neither is "better" than the other. Ya pays yur money and ya takes yur pick...
 
Are Revolvers Actually better than Autos?
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I'm not sure revolvers are better than autoloaders, but they are different. Revolvers are fairly straightforward to handle and use. Revolvers tend to have fewer function problems; I don't know anyone who carries a reload for a revolver in case of a malfunction, yet when a revolver goes down it usually down and can't be resolved by dropping the mag, racking the slide, and re inserting a new mag.

Revolvers are somewhat slower to reload, but in most situations it will not be necessary to reload, If I can't do it in 6 I'm in more trouble than 12 can fix.

At my age this is academic but if I were to go into a military style conflict I would be very tempted to acquire a high quality autoloader. Glocks need not apply, if the unthinkable happens.

I carried a revolver to work daily for 27 years and never felt under gunned, so all in all this old man will stick with what I know best, a Smith and Wesson .357 magnum.
 
^Guess it's not Glock Leg then, but where do you find a double action revolver (not cocked) with a trigger pull of 5.5 pounds like a Glock? A 10 pound double action trigger would seem to make Revolver Leg harder to inflict.

Doesn't NY City give their cops Glocks where the triggers are adjusted up to 11 pounds to protect them from themselves?
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"Glock leg" with a revolver is very easy if the hammer is cocked. It's very easy with a SIG or any other gun because the problem is the user.
 
I don't know anyone who carries a reload for a revolver in case of a malfunction,
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I carry a spare mag for more rounds, having it for malfunctions is a perk. If I carried a revolver I would carry spare ammo.
 
But if I know I'm going to be in a gun fight tomorrow, I'm taking a rifle, body armor and plenty of back up.
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If I know I'd be going to a gunfight tomorrow, I'd be sure to call in sick...
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If I know I'm going to be in a gunfight tomorrow, I'm going to get on the phone tonight and arrange for air support.
 
I have both. Each have their place and their role in a person's armory.

For longer distance accuracy, I use my 5" 1911 or my 6" GP100.
For simplicity and concealed carry, I have my Glocks: 23,27,30,36
However, for pocket carry I use an LCR. I just acquired a P238 that may enter the pocket carry rotation.
Plinking, I use 22s or 9mm.
Home, I prefer my 8 shot 357 revolver.

One is not necessarily better. It's best to have both. Once you've mastered a double action trigger on a revolver or Semiauto, then you can shoot anything.

I don't have a favorite type. I shoot them all.


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I have an old S&W Model 19 .357 magnum with a 4" barrel. For accuracy at greater distances it outshoots my Glocks 19 and 17, and for sure my Para-ordnance 45ACP officers model and my Kahr CM9, both of which have barrels that are too short.

It's a wonderful piece of work and a joy to look at, but for EDC CCW it's the Para and Kahr, and for duty the Glocks.

It's also my preference as a bedside gun. When I was a uniform in CA I carried a Model 10 (obviously a long time ago); then later as a detective it was a Model 36, so I've got more experience shooting wheel guns than semi-autos. You might say they're like old friends.
 
4. Your retort is complete nonsense. Magnum revolver cartridges begin at the .357Mag while the best auto cartridges only nip at its heels.
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I guess we did away with .22 WMR, .32 H&R Mag and probably more I dont remember.

Yes Revolvers are better, most times.
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I guess we did away with .22 WMR, .32 H&R Mag and probably more I dont remember.
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.327 Federal Magnum

As far s chasing magnums goes, a Desert Eagle in .50 AE runs a good race.
 
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Clearly chunky peanut butter is better than smooth.
Chunky can pilot a jet. Chunky restores hair, lost due to male pattern baldness. Chunky tastes better, period!
Smooth can make you go blind. Smooth plots the overthrow of any given political system. Smooth has no real texture, that's yucky!

'NUFF SAID!
 
But if you make your own peanut butter, you can control the texture to your exact taste.

I don't like chunky or smooth. I prefer coarse.
 
MicroTecniqs, that's all well and good if your a ''Peanut-smith." Of course, even though, I can't make peanut butter. I am naturally an excellent peanut butter operator. I didn't need somebody to teach me how to use it.

I heard of a guy that left the grocery store with creamy peanut butter. On the way home his car got totaled.
I've left the grocery store many times, with crunchy peanut butter. My car never gets totaled.
Thus it's clear, crunchy peanut butter is superior to creamy peanut butter!

'Nuff said!
 
Compare creamy peanut butter from the dollar store to my crunchy peanut butter.
My crunchy peanut butter costs $90 per ounce. It was crafted by virginal elves, using time honored techniques. It tastes like the very essence of roasted peanuts.
Show me an, out of date, jar of creamy peanut butter from the dollar store that can do that.
Crunchy is better.

Case closed!
 
devalier, you keep your anti-peanut agenda out of it.
This is clearly a serious debate. Nobody is using their personal opinion, as justification to make narrow minded, ignorant, vague proclimations of absolute, quantifiable fact.
 
I heard of a guy that left the grocery store with creamy peanut butter. On the way home his car got totaled.
I've left the grocery store many times, with crunchy peanut butter. My car never gets totaled.
Thus it's clear, crunchy peanut butter is superior to creamy peanut butter!
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Best argument ever! You sold me. I'm switching.
 
Creamy peanut butter is injection packaged. Clearly a cost savings measure with reduced QC requirements.

Crunchy peanut butter is still hand packaged by expert packagers. Granted, crunchy requires more hands on time to get the crunchiness evenly spread throughout the jar but you get what you pay for.
 
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