Revolvers VS. Semi autos

How come it's always one or the other? No middle ground?

I prefer revolvers, but no by much. The autos I have are all very good handguns and they're as accurate as I can shoot 'em.

I just like to fire my DA revolvers single action, though. Seems like I can do a better job on targets at ranges over 25 yards.

don't we have this poll every few months? i guess at least this time it was posted in hanguns - general. it's funnier when they post it either in the revolver or semi-auto forums. results are quite predictable when posted in one forum or the other...

I have a slight preference for revolvers, as I generally shoot them better. And I'm lazy at heart, so I don't care for chasing brass.

Like them both equally

Shoot both with about the same amount of success but chose pistol because for carry purposes it will give me faster reloads, more rounds available if needed. When I hunt it is with revolvers because I need the power. (unless its squirrel hunting then its 22 pistol)

I prefer revolvers. Always have.

Have obtained several semi-autos in the last few years, though. Am seriously considering changing to a semi-auto carry.

I voted Auto, but still love revolvers.

Not quite equal numbers, but I like & own both

If I was awake and alert, I'd go semi-auto. I just got a 9MM Star that holds 16 rounds. I have a revolver by the bed, though. I can hit a target in the dark without thinking with that old S&W .38.

How about asking if I still beat my wife.
Yours is a question that cannot be answered. I own 6 revolvers, each with its own value, use and particular reason for living in my safe. I own 8autoloaders each of these with its own value, use and particular reason for living in my safe. All are used, cared for and appreciated. One type is not viewed as being more valuable or useful than the other. If it came down to the last two to go, one would be an autoloader, the other a revolver.
Still a tie at the end.

Roger

I like both, but if I could only have my Smith 65 or SA 1911, I'm taking the 1911.

If I am going to be out in crap weather, I will take the Smith, as it is stainless.

I prefer revolvers for the following reasons;

1) Generally much more accurate.

2) Generally much more reliable.

3) Generally much more powerfull

4) I shoot them better, either in a target situation, or in point and shoot.

5) They are readily adaptable to different ammo types, ie 38 wadcutters or
full house .357 loads

6) I prefer inside the waist band or pancake holsters. Both of these types
actually stabilize better with a 4-6 inch barrel.

7) Statistics show that in the average gunfight, less than 3 shots are
EXCHANGED.

8) Grips are almot infinenitely adjustable.

9) Give you the option to use rubber, plastic, or wax bullets. Learning to
engage arial targets is great practice for moving targets. You can also
practice draw and fire drills in your basement or garage this way.

10) With moon clips, a revolver is faster to reload thant a semi.

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Revolver all the way. I do like 1911's, but always return to a revolver. Ultimate simplicity...point click bang...repeat as needed.

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I always have a loaded magazine in my XD and a round in the chamber. No thumb safety to disengage on the XD.

I just point, click, bang and repeat as needed. I also have the added bonus of being able to repeat more than twice as many times as a revolver, before having to reload. Ultimate simplicity.

I own both, and I shoot both regularly. I even carry both for protection (though not usually at the same time )

But I prefer semiautos. I struggled for quite awhile to get really proficient with the DA trigger on my snubbie. Finally "got it" when I got a 66-3 that had had the trigger smoothed out which helped my technique, which in turn enabled me to shoot the snubbie better.

But I have only ever had to really struggle with one semiauto, and that's my husband's full size Springfield GI. It's just a shade too big in the grip and it's a shade too heavy and those make for less than acceptable results.

Springmom

1) I don't have to crawl on the ground, on my hands and knees, picking up cases.

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Ditto. Definitely prefer wheelguns for other reasons as well, that have been covered in other threads.

Always had revolvers and semis, until 6 months ago when I sold my last 1911,
a Series 80 Gold Cup. Shooting revolvers made me a better semi-auto shooter, and a better shooter overall. I also standardized caliber, .357 magnum, with exception of a .22 SW M-17 for cheap practice.

No regrets so far.

Revolvers...

I like autoloaders well enough, but I shoot revolvers better. I like the ammo flexibility of magnum revolvers along with the accuracy, the reliability, the simplicity.

Autoloaders have better capacity and are quicker for most folks to reload. I own three revolvers and no autoloaders, yet.

This is as if asking a carpenter which he likes better, a hammer, or a saw?

Justin said:

Even the revolver I own is semi-auto.

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Please elaborate.