bigfatdave
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junk under the extractor starMany trips to the range, and no failures, what's to fail on a revolver?
delicate precise clockwork that maintains timing and alignment/lockup
squibs
sideways blast from the cylinder gap
Revolver failures are NOT impossible, and generally result in a complete stoppage rather than an easily-cleared malfunction of some kind
The way I see it you have more frequent malfunctions that aren't impossible to clear with an autoloader, and less frequent harder-to-remedy stoppages in a wheelgun
... I'll take the ones I have a chance to rectify, but I can understand the appeal of less external controls and a more simple appearing mechanism
Take that sideplate off some time or start thinking about all the things that have to be just right to get that chamber lined up behind the barrel and locked into place, the revolver is not a "simpler" device - because it uses many chambers and only one barrel, it must repeatedly break and re-make that alignment, in addition to extracting spent rounds and accepting fresh ones with nothing but finger pressure.