I think I'm becoming a revolver guy

Me too, and I've given semiautos 40 years to win me over. I still like my CZ's and 1911's and nice 22's. The rest are starting to feel kinda "meh".

I think I've purchased ten handguns in the past couple of years. Eight were revolvers.

I used to give semiautos and revolvers equal time at the range, but lately it's been mostly revolvers. I just enjoy shooting them more.

My typical carry piece is usually an LCR or 642.
 
I have spent most of my years shooting rifles off the bench and semi auto pistols. The 1911 semis got boring with the same ole repition. Learning to master a DA revolvers just like BR shooting is an art in itself. I bought a 686 a few years ago on a whim and never looked back. I still carry a semi, but for range duty these days it's a revolver. The semis ride the safe these days. Chasing brass is a thing of the pass and I would not hesitate to carry a revolver for SD.
 
I've always been a revolver guy and always will be.... BUT I currently have more semi's than revolvers. I love everything about revolvers except capacity. If it's for target shooting and fun, I chose revolver. For carry right now it's semi, mainly because my smallest current revolver is a 4"
 
Me and the OP are in the same boat, I have more autos than revolvers, but I have a strong desire to change that, I have for some time. Unfortunately funds are hindering my progress.

I could be wrong but I think (generally) youth enjoys hi-cap autos and nights clubs, while age prefers revolvers and good steak. Of course this based exclusively on my experience and observation.
 
As for my shooting hobby a revolver is my first choice. For EDC a J Frame is my first choice. Carrying in an official capacity then I go to a semi auto. I have more revolvers than Semi’s. But my Sigs and 1911’s get some love too!
 
Thats me. I've only got a couple M&P 40s anymore, one of which I carry everyday. The full size is an LE model which is a fantastic shooter.

With the exception of maybe finding the right MarkIV 22, the next purchase will most likely be another revolver, probably another Blackhawk/Super Blackhawk in 41Mag
 
I started out being a revolver guy (Charter Arms Undercover, Hawes Deputy Marshall, Colt Trooper Mk.III, Ruger Super Single Six), and quite a number of S&W J and K frames and Ruger Six Series guns), but somehow between then and now I switched over to semi-autos. Maybe it was the overpowering allure of the Colt Government .45, the beautiful bluing of the Browning Hi-Power, the high capacity efficiency of the SIG P365, or the high tech design of the HK VP9; all of these things have appealed to me for a number of years now and continue to do so.

Perhaps however there still is a glimmer of hope for me and a return to my wheel gun's roots as recently I picked up a Ruger Wrangler a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed once again the attractive simplicity of the single action revolver as I held it in my hand. At the time I wasn't looking for a revolver; just happened to see they had the Wrangler on sale and decided to get it! Got a holster for it from my daughter for Christmas but still have to do something about the grips!
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Tcruse said:
The number of parts in a Glock 17 is smaller than most (all?) revolvers
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Generally speaking yes, however ...

Years ago, I used to like going through the old Numrich parts catalog to count the number of parts in various firearms. It turns out that there are indeed a number of simple SA revolver designs with surprisingly low parts counts -- take the Colt New Line revolvers for example:

ColtNewLineParts.jpg

The New Line was noteworthy for spawning a whole breed of cheap "suicide special" revolvers sold by Sears and other retailers in the late 1800a.

Even counting the six separate percussion nipples on the cylinder, the Remington 1858 Pocket model was quite the minimalist design.

Remington1858Parts.jpg

Several late 19th-century double action service revolvers also managed to reduce parts counts to a surprising degree. Here's a Bodeo with fewer total parts than a Glock:

BodeoPartsDiagram.jpg

On the autopistol front, the Austrians had a service handgun with a smaller parts count more than half a century before the Glock:

SteyrHahnParts.jpg

Even the 'complex' P08 Luger didn't have all that many parts (though nearly every one was hand-fitted!)

LugerP08Parts.jpg

The FN 1910 (and it's many Spanish knock-offs) also has a pretty low parts count

FN1910.jpg

I wouldn't pick any of these for CCW use over my Glock -- or over one of my S&W J-frames.
 
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I greatly prefer revolvers. I have very practical reasons to choose thusly, but also some of it is just being a contrarian and nostalgic. I also now exclusively carry slip joint pocket knives just to be difficult! At this rate I will soon be carrying a flintlock pistol and a piece of chipped obsidian fashioned to a stick by sinew fibers.
 
my first, dismal, one mag, handgun experience with a clapped-out g.i. m1911 in the army in 1972 turned me to revolvers. circumstances then dictated that my only personal firearm for 25 years was an excellent taurus 85 j-frame revolver. i would be happy to live in a world where a ruger single action revolver could be my edc. but…my favorite ccw is now a keltec p32 pistol. and if a revolver ever wigs out it needs a gunsmith, no d.i.y. first aid can fix it.
 
I spent several consecutive range sessions last year shooting only autoloaders, some defense-oriented, some not. I enjoyed them.

One day, I took three newly-acquired (previously-used) guns to the range to test them, one of which was an old Rossi 68 revolver. I shot the two autos first, both .22s, and got what I wanted out of them, then switched to the wheelgun. It actually surprised me as I pulled the trigger back the first time how much I enjoyed seeing the cylinder turn as that trigger crunched rearward, almost like mechanical poetry in motion. I remember wishing then that I had brought more revolvers and ammunition for them with me that day. It certainly revived my fondness for them.
 
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