One Platform? Revolver or Semiautomatic?

[WisBorn]

If you could only have one platform revolver or semiautomatic what would it be? Please take it one step further with a brand of firearms.
This is for fun! Its not about limiting yourself to one or two handguns it's about choice. If you want every model of Glock great! Or every model of Colt revolvers

If you want ever configuration of a model thats fine too!

 

[AirForceShooter]

Wheel gun. .357 mag

AFS

 

[Hartkopf]

I like revolvers and appreciate good workmanship but I'd have to pick semi autos. Specifically Glock. Variety would have to come from shooting the odd caliber 45GAP and the hot 357Sig.

 

[2ndtimer]

While I grew up with revolvers and prefer a .357 Magnum for the woods and mountains, I have to be pragmatic and vote semiautomatic. For concealed carry, Glock 48, and if open carry.., CZ P-09. 19 beats 10, beats 6.

 

[bangswitch]

Much less possibility of a malfunction when in dire need; no safety to have to remember, just pull the trigger. Revolver, and I carry a 2-1/2" M66-1 And if you don't feel that 6 is enough, practice more and carry a speed load.

 

[SterlingBullet]

Why not a hybrid. Here’s info on one of them:

The Mateba Model 6 Unica (often known simply as the Mateba or the Mateba Autorevolver) is a recoil operated semi-automatic revolver, one of only a few of this type ever produced. It was developed by Mateba, based in Pavia, Italy. Inventor Emilio Ghisoni (1937–2008), who was also famous for later designing the Chiappa Rhino, is listed as the owner of U.S. Patent 4,712,466 which details the operation of the weapon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autom...o known,revolvers are actually semi-automatic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateba_Autorevolver

 

[NorthBorder]

It would be a revolver for me. I have Smiths and Rugers but if I had to choose, not sure which way I would lean.

 

[mcb]

I promised my love to just one women. Not doing the same with my handguns, variety is the spice of life!

I love revolvers and use them 95% of the time but the semi-auto brings certain capabilities to situation the revolver just can't bring.

 

[CDW4ME]

I have revolvers but have not shot one in years; I prefer a semi for comparatively less recoil, quicker subsequent shots and capacity.
A Glock 19, 26, 22, 30 or Sig 365 (if "pocket size" is required) all offer 10+ capacity and would be preferred over any revolver for SD against human attackers.

 

[jdc1244]

…as long as I can have as many revolver as I want.

 

[LimaCharlie]

Colt 1911s

 

[fastbolt]

Depends on my anticipated use. Shooting my DA & DAO snub revolvers makes me better at shooting any/all of my pistols. (The very attributes that make snub revolvers handy for CCW also tend to make them harder to shoot well. )

Kind of like how shooting a .22 pistol doesn't prepare you for the recoil of shooting a .45ACP, but shooting a .45 makes shooting a .22 seem easy, by comparison. The same can be said for shooting .357MAG, and then going to .38SPL target wadcutters.

It's usually easier to turn an experienced DA revolver shooter into a skilled pistol shooter, than vice versa.

Now, if the maintenance and repair issue is going to be included, as someone who has been through armorer classes, I'd almost always rather repair a pistol than a DA/DAO revolver. (Although the newest advances in MIM manufacturing and tighter tolerances has made it a lot easier when it comes to S&W revolvers.)

 

[chicharrones]

Option C. All of the above.

 

[JTQ]

If I hunted with a handgun, I'd choose a revolver, but I don't, so I choose the semi-auto pistol.

 

[Speedo66]

I like revolvers, but since the OP didn’t narrow down what the usage would be, I’d pick a semi-auto for an “any situation” gun.

The ability to fire 15, 17, or 33 rounds in a row, like say from a Glock, definitely beats trying to empty and reload a revolver under stress.

 

[WrongHanded]

Semi-autos for me (though several years ago that was not true). More specifically Glock. They're relatively cheap, very reliable, simple to maintain, readily available and in the cartridges I like, have great aftermarket support, etc..

Yes they're ugly and plastic and have funky triggers, but they're easy to deal with and they get the job done. That's more important to me than all that other stuff about how it looks, and how it feels, and how it makes me feel.

 

[21H40]

How about CZ instead of Glocks? If the world was limited to only one manufacturer, at least CZ allows steel, aluminum, and plastic frames.

 

[DeepSouth]

Revolvers, not even a hard decision.
It’s not a “tactical” decision in anyway. I just enjoy them more than semi autos, if they were still making new semis like they were 100 years ago then maybe. But there haven’t been many semis made in the last 50 years that interest me, that are also affordable.

 

[JCooperfan1911]

A .44 wheelpiece.

Snake shot for snakes, light specials for people, full power maximums for deer and wilderness carry.

Can’t be beat. 6” stainless double action with adjustables and plenty of speedy loaders.

 

[The_Quartermaster]

Semiauto, it's what I was trained with and have maintained proficiency with and what I went to war with, so I will stick to it. No other explanations needed, I don't do the mental gymnastics game for what I carry down to the only brand being carried, size of, where it's being carried, it's caliber, and how much is in the magazine. I'll leave that anguish to the mall ninjas to argue for amongst themselves.

 

[Buzznrose]

I like revolvers and appreciate good workmanship but I'd have to pick semi autos. Specifically Glock. Variety would have to come from shooting the odd caliber 45GAP and the hot 357Sig.

If I could only have a few handguns for the rest of my life, I could get along just fine with just Glocks, especially a G44, 19, 43X, and 20.

 

[Armored farmer]

That's a tough question @WisBorn. I have been contemplating a wilderness gun for a few years now(the contemplation is the fun part).
My choice is an auto due to slim design, capacity, sight radius, ease of cleaning, and lastly, price.
Brand?
Listen to Ep. 291 | Is the Glock the Perfect Pistol? by Vortex Nation Podcast on Audible. https://www.audible.com/pd/B0C8J9XXLB?source_code=ASSOR150021921000V
These guys talk guns and hunting and keep me thinking about the outdoors even when I'm working.
I don't own a glock, but I think I will soon.
They are relatively inexpensive and they run right out of the box according to the info I have access to.
If they get dirty, take it apart and spray it down with any solvent, solution, or brake cleaner and you are good to lube and go again.
If it goes to the bottom of the lake, get another one for less than $650.00.
Available in many Calibers and sizes.
I want to try one first.....but I think this is the direction I am headed for the future.
Model 29 10mm with weapon light.

 

[Varminterror]

I’m a revolver guy, but I’m a pragmatist.

• Semiautos are better for home and self defense. I carried an S&W60 and an SP101 for a long time, carried an LCR a while, but I prefer to carry semiautos - flatter, more ammo, typically better sights, lighter, better triggers, faster reloads…

• There are more competition formats for semiautos than for revolvers. The only format I have competed where I could ONLY use revolvers was SASS (not counting Wild Bunch stages/sun-matches with a 1911 as part of the game, no moreso than revolver classes in IDPA or USPSA), but the way SASS/CAS has gone, I probably won’t ever shoot that again anyway.

• I LOVE shooting 22LR pistols, and I hate slow loading 22LR revolvers.

• I can build sufficiently powerful semiautos for hunting. I can’t do with an SA what I can with a revolver, as there is no semiauto analogy for super magnum revolvers like 460 S&W, 475 Linebaugh, or 454 casull, but I can build a 460 Rowland and a 10mm and hunt with SA’s just fine.

• Technically, Ruger Chargers and AR-15 pistols are semiauto pistols, and there really isn’t a revolver analogy for these - and I really like shooting specialty pistols.

So I wouldn’t like it, but I would have to pick semiautos over revolvers, if I had to choose only one.

 

[wayneinFL]

I'd have to vote 1911 or Glock.

 

[DMW1116]

Not sure of the make or model, but I'd go with a semi-auto. For practical reasons it would be 9mm, or for a do it all chambering I'd go with a 10mm. It's one millimeter better. I shoot Glocks pretty good for the 2 or 3 I've tried. If top accuracy was a priority, a 1911 of one form or another would be the way to go.