Flipflopping from Autos to Revolvers, and Back Again?

[SharpsDressedMan]

I find myself carrying, shooting and enjoying one type of handguns for awhile, and then periodically taking up with the opposite. I can go for several years with an auto on my hip, and then I get bored, or re-attracted to one or more revolvers. No rhyme or reason, I just like them all, and challenge myself to honing skills with the other. If I haven't shot something in awhile, it may find its way out on the range. It is quite often that the revolvers get a workout in the winter, as fetching brass is a lot easier if you just dump it into your hand, instead of letting an auto pitch it in the snow, (although the autos get shot, too, and the brass is picked up when the snow melts). Does anyone else have this big love of many guns, or indecisiveness, whichever way you look at it.

 

[230therapy]

You'll just become/continue to be a better shooter. I suspect you have excellent trigger control.

So long as you carry a gun, I don't care what you shoot.

 

[NMGonzo]

I find myself carrying, shooting and enjoying one type of handguns for awhile, and then periodically taking up with the opposite. I can go for several years with an auto on my hip, and then I get bored, or re-attracted to one or more revolvers. No rhyme or reason, I just like them all, and challenge myself to honing skills with the other. If I haven't shot something in awhile, it may find its way out on the range. It is quite often that the revolvers get a workout in the winter, as fetching brass is a lot easier if you just dump it into your hand, instead of letting an auto pitch it in the snow, (although the autos get shot, too, and the brass is picked up when the snow melts). Does anyone else have this big love of many guns, or indecisiveness, whichever way you look at it.

I was thinking of you today as I was fitting me new Tagua shoulder holster for the RIA 1911.

I am down to 5 handguns.

tiny auto p3at

medium auto bersa

The .357 is my p-coat pocket gun for the local open space, most of the time travel gun, some of the time hikiing gun.

Large auto RIA 1911

Large 4 inch Taurus M44 (the predecessor of the tracker that needs some old fashion white grips)

sp101 in 3 inch in .357

The Bersa is my under a thin sweater gun.

Kel Tec 380 is my "I am too lazy to dress around the gun" pistol, also my "bicycle or jogging gun"

The 1911 is my "I hope I only have to hit someone over the head instead of shooting someone with it" gun, or comfort gun.

The .44 magnum is my hiking gun, or going for a multi hour walk from A to B point in town on a Sunday, when weather merits a jacket, or a hawaiian shirt large enough to accomodate the monstrosity.

I shoot equally horrible with all of them so they are all in even footing.

Do I get a kick out of having choices?

You bet I do.

 

[BossHogg]

Just got back from the range today,I took a 36-1 3 in. j-rame a Ruger GP 100 in 38 spl only a Glock -36 a Ruger SA 45acp/45 colt and to top them all off a Beretta Mod 21a 22.

I haven't shot my 9mm in so long they hardly speak to me anymore. Getting tired of chaseing the little brass anyway. More and more often the revolvers make the trip. I could never go as long as you before switching up, I like to shoot them all.

Today wasn't a normal range trip I just wanted to shoot up some ammo. Usally I take all revolvers or all auto and sometimes just my 22's revolver and auto. If I want more change I just take a certain caliber.

 

[mnhntr]

Yes dangit I do.:banghead:

 

[Sam1911]

I go back and forth between different handguns for my competition uses. I find that a stretch of 6 months to a year running one platform gets me to a plateau with that gun.

If that's an auto, then switching off to a revolver shakes things up. It takes me a month or so of consistent practice to get back to proficient again with the wheelgun, and then I'll be a bit faster and smoother with the revolver than I was when I'd quit shooting it. By the time I'm ready to switch back to the autos, my trigger control and sights fundamentals will be in top form due to remastering the DA trigger for six - twelve months, and that will make my auto shooting better.

So, while I can't really justify short-term flip-flopping, I do believe there is benefit in using different types of platforms, over a longish period of practice, to improve different parts of you skill set.

 

[M2 Carbine]

Does anyone else have this big love of many guns, or indecisiveness, whichever way you look at it.

I like revolvers and semi autos. I carry both and shoot both a lot. It's not unusual to shoot both the same day.

 

[420Stainless]

I shoot both and have come to love revolvers more than semiautos. However, the flat sides of the semiauto works better for me in carry. I seldom carry a revolver even though I have a couple that are well suited to it.

At the range its become a different story. I start practice with my carry piece and then flip to revolvers. I never flop back.

 

[content]

Hello friends and neighbors // My only semi-auto for carry is a CZ75B 40sw but yes I do switch.

I carry a S&W 442, mostly because it can go almost anywhere practially unnoticed.

I also like the Dan Wesson model 15 .357 in snubbie configuration and sometimes carry a couple. For some reason the recoil is less with my 2" DWs than with my 4" Ruger sixes.

More and more ,if attire permits, I will carry the CZ @ 3:00 strong side with two mags weak side, instead of the .357s @ 11:00 and 3:00.
With approx. the same weight I go from 12 rounds of .357 to 13 rounds of 40sw in the CZ and two ten round mags.

I feel equally armed either way but slowly the CZ seems to be winning out if I can carry more than the 442 , 5 shot .38.

I have a S&W Model 29-2 and shoulder holster but have yet to carry it as CCW.
Maybe the 8 3/8" barrel has something to do with it.

 

[Ole Coot]

I have the same problem. I started 45+yrs ago with a J frame, then a 1911, back to the J frame then a Beretta 8045. Got heavier as I got older so I tried a Walther PPK/S in 380 and didn't feel dressed so back to the 45. A couple of years ago I went back to a J frame and a few weeks ago bought my first "plastic" pistol. I am now carrying a Glock 23. Easy to carry concealed but I will probably make the circuit again.

 

[wanderinwalker]

I shoot revolvers a lot in the winter so I don't have to chase brass. That and I do enjoy shooting double action revolvers. It's great for trigger control and sight alignment, as mentioned above. If you can shoot good groups, quickly and controlled, with a DA six-gun, anything else is a breeze.

Actually, I go between Glocks and double action revolvers, and for some reason I don't find it to be too difficult. The last issue I can remember having was with a 1911 where I didn't let the trigger travel far enough to reset after spending a winter shooting K-frame S&Ws.

 

[oldbear]

NMGONZO

I shoot equally horrible with all of them so they are all in even footing.

Hosanna, at long last we have found our honest man!!

 

[NMGonzo]

NMGONZO


Hosanna, at long last we have found our honest man!!

My adversary better be suited with flame retardant material, for I shall shoot so close that he/she will be set on fire.

 

[mr.trooper]

Yes, I do... but nearly all of my autos are DAO, and NONE of them are single action, so its not that big of a jump for me.

 

[DAdams]

I still like my original choices for daily carry.
A) Seecamp LWS .380. (semi)
B) S&W M&P 340 (revolver) Flip
C) Kahr PM9 (seldom carried) but I do need a good holster for this item, it is just a bit large for the pocket although I could certainly use it in cargo pants/shorts with Seecamp as back up.
(semi) Flop

I have been known to throw a BERSA .380 with 10 rounds in my Maxpedition Day Pack for hikes.

Just got a holster and belt for the 686, so it could see some woods work.
I also have a couple of other snubs, so a rather balanced stable so far......

Nothing is this group was larger caliber and high capacity so I recently set out to make good on broadening the spectrum.

A) Walther P99AS 40
B) S&W M&P 9Pro 5 inch
C) S&W M&P 40c with night sights and compact Veridian Laser on backorder I can swap around on the rail pistols and even the AR. Thinking of getting a Storm Lake drop in 9mm barrel for the compact.

Next up S&W 66 or 19 in 3 inch. So a whole lot of flip floppin going on.

Happiness is maintaining balance in life.

 

[bakert]

I carry either one according to where I'm going or what I'm wearing. Sometime it boils down to what closest when I leave the house. I've had people chide me for switching back and forth citing familiarity with one type is best. I don't buy that argument. I know how my guns work.

 

[FruitCake]

I do it all the time, when I can wear my SP101 in 357 I do with joy. If I can't I will wear my PF9.

 

[bwsmith2850]

I carry both autos and revolvers regularly. I have a HUGE affinity for the K frame Smiths. I carry my 4" model 19 with 'Executioner' elk antler grips on some days off or when in the woods. I carry G27 on working days because it also serves as a backup.

I understand the argument for consistently carrying one type and it can be a good idea if you don’t shoot regularly. We all know people who can barely master one gun. We also know people who can handle anything that goes ’bang.’ As long as you are proficient with it, carry what you like.

 

[redbullitt]

I can go pretty much either way, BUT I think I have always had a slight lean towards a fine revolver lol.

I guess shows since I have 3 revolvers and 2 autos.

 

[yhtomit]

I don't shoot enough for this to mean much, but in my own experience, I enjoy switching up, and my only revolver (S&W 625 -- and boy, am I glad to have it) goes with me on most range trips, along with one or more autoloaders. I'm pretty sure that using each kind makes me better with the other, because the fundamentals don't change (trigger squeeze, sight picture, breathing ...)

timothy

 

[Pete D.]

Opposite?

Sharp: Just terminology, I suppose, but I have a bit of an "issue"
with calling the two types "opposite".
That off my chest, I do not find shooting one of the other radically different, though I do not shoot revolvers in competition.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Opposite, for lack of a better term. If you have a better term for comparing autos to revolvers, I'm open.

 

[Pete D.]

terms

Well.....other terms for comparison.....
OK.

I find myself carrying, shooting and enjoying one type of handguns for awhile, and then periodically taking up with the other.

.
That works.
My feeling is that the two types of firearms are similar in many more ways than they are different. For general use, at least, going from one to the other is no big deal. Sometimes I carry a revolver, sometimes a semi-auto.
Pete

 

[murf]

variety is the spice of life

murf

 

[doc2rn]

I usually stick to what I am shooting better, if tired thats a Revo (have many); if on top of my game its a FNP-9 (only one I still carry from the stable).