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Are Semi's inferior to Revolvers?
Forget about the Glock brand name for a second.
I was raised into and spent a long time in a high risk work. Glocks were not even around...
Again, I ask folks to look at the definition of "inferior", and set aside brand names, instead keep in mind what environments they are in, and what they shoot best and other factors.
Me? I most often carried a bone stock Gov't Model of 1911, except for the gold bead front sight. I also carried revolvers.
One thing I learned in "set-ups and lessons" (ya'll call these stages and training now") is I wanted a revolver for "vehicle" use.
-In a close setting, such in a vehicle, I did not want to worry about a slide hanging up on me, the bad guy, or seats, or anything. It did not matter if a 1911 or BHP I carried, I wanted less stuff for Murphy to mess up my day.
-I also kept a .44 mag as a "vehicle gun" with full tilt boogie loads. MY environment, MY needs, MY...etc, included bad guys using guns, including long guns, and forcing me off the road.
So coming up as I did, and my real deal concerns, and lessons shared:
Reliability:
Forget Glocks or any other brand name semi auto for a moment. With a semi one does check their gun AND all the mags they will use for serious carry with loads, for reliability.
The reality is, ammunition may not fire, be it in a semi auto, or revolver. Hence the reason for "tap-rack-bang" and other skill sets in keeping the gun running.
With a revolver, one can pull trigger again and hopefully have a live round fire. Then again being a Southern Boy, I knew about "Southern Reloads"...just pull another gun, and in my case it was most often a revolver.
Internet discussions are great, just keep in mind discussions from those that have been there and done that are useful as well.
Forget about the Glock brand name for a second.
I was raised into and spent a long time in a high risk work. Glocks were not even around...
Again, I ask folks to look at the definition of "inferior", and set aside brand names, instead keep in mind what environments they are in, and what they shoot best and other factors.
Me? I most often carried a bone stock Gov't Model of 1911, except for the gold bead front sight. I also carried revolvers.
One thing I learned in "set-ups and lessons" (ya'll call these stages and training now") is I wanted a revolver for "vehicle" use.
-In a close setting, such in a vehicle, I did not want to worry about a slide hanging up on me, the bad guy, or seats, or anything. It did not matter if a 1911 or BHP I carried, I wanted less stuff for Murphy to mess up my day.
-I also kept a .44 mag as a "vehicle gun" with full tilt boogie loads. MY environment, MY needs, MY...etc, included bad guys using guns, including long guns, and forcing me off the road.
So coming up as I did, and my real deal concerns, and lessons shared:
Reliability:
Forget Glocks or any other brand name semi auto for a moment. With a semi one does check their gun AND all the mags they will use for serious carry with loads, for reliability.
The reality is, ammunition may not fire, be it in a semi auto, or revolver. Hence the reason for "tap-rack-bang" and other skill sets in keeping the gun running.
With a revolver, one can pull trigger again and hopefully have a live round fire. Then again being a Southern Boy, I knew about "Southern Reloads"...just pull another gun, and in my case it was most often a revolver.
Internet discussions are great, just keep in mind discussions from those that have been there and done that are useful as well.