Is 6 rounds enough in today's America where you have your bangers doing a spray and pray shooting. Psycho mental people doing mass shootings. I have revolvers and autos, I am a wheel gunner though. I like autos, just prefer the revolver as my carry gun. I carry a speed strip with me as my reload if needed.
I'm either packing my Rossi 720 in 44 Special or my Ruger Speed Six in 357 The 44 is a 5 shot.
When I do carry auto. It's either my S&W Shield 9mm or my Taurus G3c.
I live in a nice 35k town 35 miles outside Kansas City. I work in the city M-F.
Just reevaluating what I may want or need to do going forward.
Yes, this is a valid question, however, is not the real question is should you carry a revolver or a modern handgun.
I have seen in the last year or so the people that like/carry revolvers have been come more vocal about that being a good choice for carry. Usually, the old myth that "a wheel gun is more reliable" or "if 5 is not enough then it is your fault" (or variations).
I suspect that part of this is due to the "gun grabbers" trying to make semi-automatic guns out lawed and socially unacceptable, but also some of it is that there are still a lot of "older males" that started out on a revolver and are not willing to change, so they push that opinion on new shooters, especially young females.
My observations are as follows:
1) not willing to accept the hot gases that are expelled by revolver from between the cylinder and barrel. (very dangerous to shooter and other near them)
2) the small revolvers do not provide a large or ergonomic grip for good control of firearm. (Weight is not evenly distributed)
3) At least at my local ranges, revolver shooters have a lot more accuracy issues than the norm.
4) due to the cost of ammo and time required to reload, revolver shooters usually practice/train much less often
5) when a revolver fails, it almost always means a gun smith and a medical person is required, where for semi-automatic firearms worse case is mag replacement.
6) red dot sights are less common on small revolvers
7) semi-automatic handguns are much easier to conceal carry
So, are we really "old white bald guys" so set in our ways that we can not learn better ways of doing things?
(for the record, I am an old white bald guy)