jad0110
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Yep, they help prevent Range Knee too!
revolver vs semi auto,
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Yep, they help prevent Range Knee too!
BCRider
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Up here north of the 49th shooting for fun is ALL we're allowed to do.
And yeah, I can't decide since I love both semis and revolvers. If I had to give up all but one handgun it would come down to my CZ Shadow in one hand and my S&W 19 in the other and then the brain would go into meltdown and my hands would lock closed on both of them.
And yeah, I can't decide since I love both semis and revolvers. If I had to give up all but one handgun it would come down to my CZ Shadow in one hand and my S&W 19 in the other and then the brain would go into meltdown and my hands would lock closed on both of them.
riflenut
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revolver is my choice!!!
I have owned both over the last 30 yrs, and i would have to say revolvers are my favorite. I own S&W 686 AND A COLT TROOPER MK 111 both are 357 .I have always enjoyed the fact you can use 357 and 38s in the same revolver.this helps keeping the cost down to target shoot. plus the simplicity of the revolver, six in the wheel is all you need for possible danger. dont have to worry did i chamber around ? is the safety on or off?
I have owned both over the last 30 yrs, and i would have to say revolvers are my favorite. I own S&W 686 AND A COLT TROOPER MK 111 both are 357 .I have always enjoyed the fact you can use 357 and 38s in the same revolver.this helps keeping the cost down to target shoot. plus the simplicity of the revolver, six in the wheel is all you need for possible danger. dont have to worry did i chamber around ? is the safety on or off?
mljdeckard
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No, it's pronounced "Toe-MAY-toe" trust me on this, I looked it up.
NMGonzo
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Nothing makes this shooter more humble than trying to group at 10 yards using the double action on any revolver, offhand of course.
BCRider
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Oddly enough I shoot my wheelguns tighter than my semis. This is pretty consistent too. And since I put the Wolff spring kits into my revolvers I've shot DA as tightly grouped as SA.
In fact it was trying a model 19 one day for something different a few months into my new shooting hobby that assimilated me as surely as Captain Piccard being pulled into the Borg cube. I was hooked half way through the second cylinder's worth of shots due to the uncanny grouping and the pleasant feel of the .38Spl rounds.
In fact it was trying a model 19 one day for something different a few months into my new shooting hobby that assimilated me as surely as Captain Piccard being pulled into the Borg cube. I was hooked half way through the second cylinder's worth of shots due to the uncanny grouping and the pleasant feel of the .38Spl rounds.
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I am very quickly becoming a 100% wheelie man.
No longer enjoy picking up brass.
Enjoy weapons with round trigger guards and no rails.
Enjoy the fun of shooting S/A at the range.
Enjoy plinking with .38 in a .357 frame.
Crap, I'm starting to drool.
No longer enjoy picking up brass.
Enjoy weapons with round trigger guards and no rails.
Enjoy the fun of shooting S/A at the range.
Enjoy plinking with .38 in a .357 frame.
Crap, I'm starting to drool.
MacTech
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Both for me, thanks
I have a Ruger GP100 4" .357 Mag and Kimber Custom II 5" .45ACP, I haven't taken the GP out to the range yet, but I love the way it points, and the grip angle, very comfortable, lines up perfectly every time, I reload for my Kimber, and love the "push" of the .45ACP recoil, I'm also planning to reload for the .357, set up some wadcutter .357's with .38 SPL powder charges for target shooting
I also have a Ruger Mark II 5.5" Target, and an H&R 949 9-shot revolver, both are tackdrivers, and incredibly fun
at the moment, I'm leaning more towards revolver, simply because the 959 and the GP are my newest range toys, I do really like the fact that I don't have to chase brass with my wheelies, or, as I say at the range, the semiauto gives you the fun of shooting, *and* the "fun" of a scavenger hunt....
I have a Ruger GP100 4" .357 Mag and Kimber Custom II 5" .45ACP, I haven't taken the GP out to the range yet, but I love the way it points, and the grip angle, very comfortable, lines up perfectly every time, I reload for my Kimber, and love the "push" of the .45ACP recoil, I'm also planning to reload for the .357, set up some wadcutter .357's with .38 SPL powder charges for target shooting
I also have a Ruger Mark II 5.5" Target, and an H&R 949 9-shot revolver, both are tackdrivers, and incredibly fun
at the moment, I'm leaning more towards revolver, simply because the 959 and the GP are my newest range toys, I do really like the fact that I don't have to chase brass with my wheelies, or, as I say at the range, the semiauto gives you the fun of shooting, *and* the "fun" of a scavenger hunt....
The available cartridges in revolvers are better than semi autos. Aside from the desert eagles, the most powerfull semi auto rounds are 10mms and 40s/45's. All of which are outdone by simply stepping up to a good 45 colt revolver. It goes from mediocre rounds that mall ninja's argue about, up to manly, elite cartridges that rule the day.
You might sit comfy on having a little hipoint or barretta carbine chambered for 40/45acp/10mm, but you can get a real rifle with .45LC and .44 Mag. Want to carry the big revolver rounds for protection, fine. Even a little lady can shoot a loaded down 45 Colt with ease, and a rhinoceros can eat hot 45LC's with certain death. You can take those 454 and 460 revolvers and play with cowboy 45colts all the way up to the hottest elephant killers in the exact same gun. Revolvers rule.
You might sit comfy on having a little hipoint or barretta carbine chambered for 40/45acp/10mm, but you can get a real rifle with .45LC and .44 Mag. Want to carry the big revolver rounds for protection, fine. Even a little lady can shoot a loaded down 45 Colt with ease, and a rhinoceros can eat hot 45LC's with certain death. You can take those 454 and 460 revolvers and play with cowboy 45colts all the way up to the hottest elephant killers in the exact same gun. Revolvers rule.
huntsman
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Why not just carry a really real rifle in a high velocity cartridge?
jmortimer
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Mr. Huntsman, with all due respect - "Why not carry a really real rifle..." A 10 round "Trapper" style lever action with .45 Colt ammunition (or .44 mag) from say Buffalo Bore will kill anything on the earth. When Veral Smith created LBT, God Bless him for that, he started a revolution. Cry baby "high velocity" proponents could not handle the truth, i.e. that an LBT hard cast would kill as well as a .300 Winchester Mag. A 300 grain LBT hard cast from a Blackhawk or "Trapper" at 1200 FPS will shoot through large game like Buffalo. Nice to stuff one round in the revolver and rifle.
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huntsman
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and archers proved they could do the same, but there always seemed to be a back up rifle of at least .375 HH mag on site.
Like the famous quote says "Use enough Gun"
Sorry for the thread drift.
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There is an art to shooting the 1911. I sucked at it till a friend spent 15 minutes explaining how to hold it and to keep my wrist straight.
I can now shoot autos as accurately as my revolvers. The difference is I have to think about hold. The revolver is just point and shoot.
I can now shoot autos as accurately as my revolvers. The difference is I have to think about hold. The revolver is just point and shoot.
Zundfolge
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Variety is the spice of life
I was until my more practicle side kicked in. I love revolvers and prefer them just for fun. However, I finally had to accept that I could get a lighter, thinner handgun that could hold at least twice the ammo of a revolver for ccw. For me, the semi-auto is a tool, the revolver is a passion.
michiganfan
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Nothing like ripping off 15 rounds as fast as you can pull the trigger, unless its a 44 Blackhawk going off in your hand, then there aint nothing more fun than pulling that big beast back on target. LOL..
Cocked & Locked
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Revolver is more fun because I can just eject the brass for reloading where I want it. Auto is fun but I don't like having to harvest the brass like picking beans.
content
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Hello friends and neighbors // Going by round count.
My Semi-auto Stoger Luger, .22lr, 4", 11+1 /////(but I'm really a Revolver guy)
I bought it used, for $65.00, 25 years ago and it was no virgin.
I used it as an East Coast trail gun for years and I warm up with it every time I go to the range. I have put 10's of thousands of rounds through the Stoger. It now has the occasional FTF and FTE but will normally run the first nine in mag great.
Still groups better than I do, everyone loves to shoot it, just enough recoil to think you are doing something.
My Semi-auto Stoger Luger, .22lr, 4", 11+1 /////(but I'm really a Revolver guy)
I bought it used, for $65.00, 25 years ago and it was no virgin.
I used it as an East Coast trail gun for years and I warm up with it every time I go to the range. I have put 10's of thousands of rounds through the Stoger. It now has the occasional FTF and FTE but will normally run the first nine in mag great.
Still groups better than I do, everyone loves to shoot it, just enough recoil to think you are doing something.
smoothdraw
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I shoot both. Both are fun i different ways.
doubleh
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I voted both. Single actions are my first love but 1911's aren't far behind. Can't say I enjoy chasing the brass from the fast shooters though. Not anything wrong with the DA's either and they are easier to load than the thumb busters.
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