BCRider
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I'm curious about how many folks converted from semi auto to revolver or revolver to semi auto over time. Add stories if you wish.
In my case I thought that revolvers looked clumsy and highly non-ergonomic. My first 3 to 4 months of shooting handguns were 100% semi auto and my first gun was a CZ Shadow as I knew I was going to get into IPSC production shooting. And my semi auto .22 for practice was on its way as well as I was in negotiations to get my first 1911 in .45acp.
Then one day I wanted to do something different at the Rent-A-Gun range where I'm a member. I was going to get a box of shot shells and shred some targets and decided that I'd done that enough. So I bought a box of .38Spl and took out a 4 inch barrel S&W Model 19 just to see if they were as horrible as they looked. Well..... half way through the second cylinder I was totally hooked.
I didn't jump up and sell the semis but I became an instant fan of wheelguns. Since then I also took up cowboy action shooting and developed a perverse taste for black powder C&B revolvers. So while my collection is now biased towards revolvers based purely on numbers I do love my semis as well.
In my case I thought that revolvers looked clumsy and highly non-ergonomic. My first 3 to 4 months of shooting handguns were 100% semi auto and my first gun was a CZ Shadow as I knew I was going to get into IPSC production shooting. And my semi auto .22 for practice was on its way as well as I was in negotiations to get my first 1911 in .45acp.
Then one day I wanted to do something different at the Rent-A-Gun range where I'm a member. I was going to get a box of shot shells and shred some targets and decided that I'd done that enough. So I bought a box of .38Spl and took out a 4 inch barrel S&W Model 19 just to see if they were as horrible as they looked. Well..... half way through the second cylinder I was totally hooked.
I didn't jump up and sell the semis but I became an instant fan of wheelguns. Since then I also took up cowboy action shooting and developed a perverse taste for black powder C&B revolvers. So while my collection is now biased towards revolvers based purely on numbers I do love my semis as well.