Should everyone have a revolver in this day and age

Who an I to tell someone else what they should or shouldn't own? I have "enlightened" many Glock-S.I.G.-M&P shooters by letting them shoot my Python,M-19, M-29, M-686, Police Positive,etc. Once they experience a quality wheel gun, they can make up their own mind.

Revolvers are fascinating machines at the engineering level. I'm a gearhead so owning revolvers is a natural for me. I'd carry my Smith 610 every day if the 6-1/2" barrel didn't bang against chairs and tables so much!

Revolvers, autos, single shots...bolt rifles, levers, autos, pumps,...

Entirely what lights your fire. I like them all.

Sure.

Should everyone have a revolver in this day and age

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There is a myth that revolvers are more reliable than semi-automatics. The myth is that revolvers have fewer moving parts than a semi's. A typical double action S&W revolver has 6 moving parts (not including cylinder/crane) and no less than 3 springs. A Glock has from I can determine, 6 moving parts including the slide not including springs which are also somewhere around 3 or 4. The 1911 typically has somewhere around 6-8 moving parts not including the springs.
I quote David E: Revolvers tolerate neglect better than they tolerate abuse.
Semi-autos tolerate abuse better than they tolerate neglect.

http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-540767.html

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I don't remember where I read this report but it was 30 years ago and it was a torture test the US Military conducted (I don't remember which branch) between the Revolver & the SA. The semi won hands down. Milspec semi's are built to handle a certain amount of grime and mud, the revolver will lock up with one grain of sand in the wrong place. Having said that, the revolver is what I carry because it is most dependable for the situation I expect, the springs are always at rest and there are always 5/6 rounds ready to be fired. Dust bunnies are no problem, no FTF and normally no FTE. The weak link of the revolver is usually the cylinder where extraction problems lock the gun and make it useless as anything but a rock. FTF & FTE on SA's are easily remedied and not usually catastrophic as in the revolver. I love revolvers but if I were forced to choose one handgun it would probably be a Glock in either 45 or 10mm.

Anyone who wants one! Same goes for any other caliber/action type.

Well I've got some revolvers and I like shooting them. I shoot them as good or better than my semi-autos. No real clear advantage for one over the other.
I reload and revolvers don't have me chasing after my brass. Nor do they have me chasing after the brass scroungers to get my brass back. Also, revolvers are more tolerant of bullet weight and powder charge, without changing recoil springs.
As for pronouncing that one or another should be mandatory part of your collection, well that's beyond my pay grade.

Come to think of it, I never have to chase brass with my revolver either.

Never know when you may need to use one that isnt yours, and its all thats available.

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That's really the best reason I've ever read, and I don't even like revolvers.

I think that once you become a decent shooter, everyone should at least rent/borrow a revolver just to see how it shoots and become familiar with it. I don't think I would ever drop serious money on buying a revolver because I really just don't like them. But I'm glad I've shot them and know how they work, how to reload, etc. Like you said, you never know when you might need to use one for real and if you don't know how, you could have a bad day.

After shooting semi autos for a while, I like to take a revolver out for a run. It is just plain fun for me to shoot a revolver.

yes..... Actually no. Everyone should own several...... not just one.

I don't know--my test is longevity and reliability. All things being equal, if I were to put my tail on the line, or my Grandkids tails on the line 100 years from now, I'd sooner at the moment of truth a stout wheel gun was pulled from a drawer or safe than ANY automatic now extent. More and more, my thought is--*if* a revolver didn't suffice, you needed MORE gun than an automatic pistol could provide. Revolvers are the one-handed, no safety, no brainer, proven tech that should stay around.

(May G--, JMB, my 1911a1,1903, and MK II forgive me).

Of course not. If everyone own a revolver there would not be enough of them left for me.

I'm no longer military and I'm not a LEO. Revolvers suit me just fine, but that is not say that I don't own, carry and shoot some semi-autos.

I carry, target shoot and hunt revolvers.

I have carried and shot targets, sometime still do, with a 1911 or a Browning Hi-Power.

I also have hunted and shot targets with a Ruger Mk II.

I have no use for a polymer pistol with a double stacked magazine.

Should everyone have a revolver in this day and age?

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Gym,

Yes. In fact I prefer new shooters start out with either a revolver or single stack auto so they learn the fundamentals and not drift to the spray-n-pray mentality.

Kind of like a bolt action .22. Conserve ammo and learn ones trigger, sights, breathing, stance, etc... Learn control.

Do that right and you will find it's not how many shots per minute you can fire, or even hits per minute, but how many GOOD hits per minute you can get.

Now I pack a Glock. Have several of them all set up for CCW, but I have MORE revolvers than I do simi-autos. Some are for collecting, some are for recreation. But a few are still used as fighting guns.

And if all I had was one of my revolvers I wouldn't be cowering in the bushes. But I would make every shot count.

Deaf

Yes.........

The first handgun I owned when I became legal was a Ruger Single Six Convertable.

I've since switched mostly to S&W, but I've never been without revolvers since, never will.

Revolvers have a good way of training new and (sometimes again) old shooters.

Took a young man out to the range a couple weeks back and he was a new auto guy all the way but his accuracy wasn't there. The sixth pull of the trigger on my five shot snub showed him exactly what the problem was.

I only own two autos myself and the wife might disagree on ownership of the first.

Never know when you may need to use one that isnt yours, and its all thats available.

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Yep, I'd say everyone should be at least familiar with their operation on a basic level, for use in an emergency. But if you don't like 'em, don't buy 'em. Same goes for semi autos.

Why buy something you don't like?

The sixth pull of the trigger on my five shot snub showed him exactly what the problem was.

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The use of dummy rounds is a valid part of any training. The revolver doesn't necessarily have an advantage here if the shooter is counting. Group placement from the shooter tells the instructor how to help the shooter long before the empty chamber click. Pistol Correction Chart

My wife argues about ownership of the revolvers with the pretty grips on them. Won't even pick one up that doesn't have nice wood grips on it.

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I don't know about everyone,but when arthritus hits you and you can't work a slide anymore,they're a Godsent! Lot easier to load than a mag.loader.

My penchant runs toward the revolver also, I do own a couple of semi's, both very good shooters, however.......... glad that Python isn't a semi !

Fishslayer said:

Two things everybody should own. A 1911 in .45ACP and a .357 Magnum wheelgun.

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I agree completely. That's one reason I keep my old 3 screw that I seldom shoot.

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Only if they want to complete their enjoyment of handgun shooting and collecting. A collection without several is just incomplete and to shoot only semi-autos is just wrong.

Yes.