Full Disclosure
In the interest of full disclosure, I admit to being a former 'tacticool' goober, and, when I was young, would not have thought a revolver, let alone a single action revolver was in any way suitable for protection in the era of dozens of AK-47 wielding assassins out to exterminate me.
Twice I have used a gun, due to poor mindset / skillset of my own (Edit, putting myself in the wrong place at the wrong time, if that makes sense), and, looking back, I was not using my tiny brain prior to each incident, and no shots fired, no 'high capacity semi auto toting' gang members fired on me.
Having now seen a couple of people outshoot myself (and shooters with Glocks, etc) with single action revolvers, I am more now of the thought that is the user that matters, less so, the tool.
Having asked poor marksmen to try shooting a single six and watching them learn to make their shots count, watching their groups go from 'most rounds on the paper sillhouette' to 'all hits in the paper plate', I think there is some detriment to the 'high capacity mentality'...
I am also more of a fan of layering defense, and, personally, prefer a K frame and a J frame, and, tipoc, a knife, and pepper spray, etc, (rather than 17-18 of my old Glock, or 13 of the High-Power I shot till it's frame cracked... ) But we are all different, and have different likes / dislikes, lifestyles, favorite foods...
Be safe, and have fun..
In the interest of full disclosure, I admit to being a former 'tacticool' goober, and, when I was young, would not have thought a revolver, let alone a single action revolver was in any way suitable for protection in the era of dozens of AK-47 wielding assassins out to exterminate me.
Twice I have used a gun, due to poor mindset / skillset of my own (Edit, putting myself in the wrong place at the wrong time, if that makes sense), and, looking back, I was not using my tiny brain prior to each incident, and no shots fired, no 'high capacity semi auto toting' gang members fired on me.
Having now seen a couple of people outshoot myself (and shooters with Glocks, etc) with single action revolvers, I am more now of the thought that is the user that matters, less so, the tool.
Having asked poor marksmen to try shooting a single six and watching them learn to make their shots count, watching their groups go from 'most rounds on the paper sillhouette' to 'all hits in the paper plate', I think there is some detriment to the 'high capacity mentality'...
I am also more of a fan of layering defense, and, personally, prefer a K frame and a J frame, and, tipoc, a knife, and pepper spray, etc, (rather than 17-18 of my old Glock, or 13 of the High-Power I shot till it's frame cracked... ) But we are all different, and have different likes / dislikes, lifestyles, favorite foods...
Be safe, and have fun..
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