I notice now most of us older guys (50+)

[Big Bill]

I'm 60 ad own 5 semi-autos and 4 revolvers. My go-to defensive weapons are my semi-auto 9mms. However, I do carry my Ruger SP101 sometimes. I figure the 9mm is good enough for the military; so, it's good enough for me too.

 

[DAVIDSDIVAD]

I'm 22 and I would rather have a jammed auto than a jammed revolver.

 

[david_the_greek]

Good point Davidsdivad, clearing a jammed auto is usually pretty easy. I'm about to turn 23 myself and find I love both pistols and revolvers pretty equally. If I had a kimber cdp pro I would most likely care that as my primary and be content with myself. I haven't been able to find one I can afford yet so I carry revolvers and find I love them more and more as time goes on. Honestly though I love ninja cool and old school firearms and could never be forced to really only collect one or the other (hell, to some people my 1911 is "ninja tactical" despite having nothing more than night sights and a black finish!).

All that said, my handgun purchases have from the beginning been auto, auto, revolver, revolver. What's likely next? Revolver (unless someone wants to sell a kimber cdp pro to a poor college kid )

 

[Landric]

Since I got into shooting handguns (when I turned 21, go figure), I have mostly shot autos, but always owned a revolver or two also. My on-duty BUG has been a 5-shot Airweight .38 Special for most of my career, once I determined that no auto available at the time did everything as well as the Airweight did (and I am still of that opinion now).

I started shooting SSR in IDPA pretty regularly a couple of years ago. Since then my affinity for revolvers has increased significantly, so much so that revolvers make up more than half my collection of handguns, and most of the guns on my "to get" list are also round. I'm a Gen Xer (though since we made it to our mid to late 30's no one seems to call us that anymore), so I'm not old, but not a 20 something either.

Two of my three off-duty guns are revolvers, and the only reason my duty gun at my part-time department (where I can carry whatever I want) isn't a revolver is because no one is making one that meets my wishes and the out of production ones that come close are expensive and hard to find. My full-time department requires that I carry the issued bottom feeder.

IMO the perfect duty gun is a 4" pencil barrel RB N-frame in .44 Special with fixed night sights, forged parts, and the firing pin where it belongs on the hammer. It needs COMP III speed loaders for reloading (which of course are not available for the .44 guns), and a 250 grain LSWCHP at about 900-950 fps. So, its easy to see the reason I carry a .45 ACP auto on duty.

 

[hatchetbearer]

i am 23 and 2 of my last 3 purchases have been a 6" gp100, and a S&W M13-1. Had a Glock 17 for a whole day before i traded it off for the smith.

 

[fireside44]

See, the young guys are more hip to revolvers than some might think.

There was bound to be some backlash against the tactical crew.

Had a Glock 17 for a whole day before i traded it off for the smith.

That long?...lol

 

[gmh1013]

These young people will never know the joy of walking in their fav gun store and buying
a Colt King Cobra for 275.00 bucks and walking out in 5 mins

 

[Gryffydd]

These young people will never know the joy of walking in their fav gun store and buying
a Colt King Cobra for 275.00 bucks and walking out in 5 mins

We will also never know the joy of making $2.75 an hour.
The Colt King Cobra I'll certainly grant you as I'd like to be able to walk into a store and buy a new one at any price.

 

[fireside44]

These young people will never know the joy of walking in their fav gun store and buying a Colt King Cobra for 275.00 bucks and walking out in 5 mins

I've heard it all, just never saw it. Well, some old flyers and what not. Even ten years ago the prices seem righteous as compared to today.

Once the nagants are gone, what's left for cheap and still made from steel?

Right now is a bummer in the making. Disappearing parts kits. Something in me just doesn't register the idea of a "polymer surplus rifle" for the future...lol

Get what you want while you can and treasure it I guess.

 

[gmh1013]

I bought mine in 86 for 275 plus tax ...I think it was the first year they were made.
I thought 275 was on the high side

 

[Alimony Bob]

I guess I had about 20 revolvers and semi-autos combined and about 5 years ago came to the conclusion that everything would be a lot safer if all of them worked the same; a conclusion which now 5 years later has resulted in about 25 S&W revolvers. A 6" 17-3 and a 6" 19-3 are my favorites though. I like to keep one in each car, each nightsand, etc and move them around. It's reassuring to know that no matter where I am and when it is whichever gun I pick up will be the same as the last one!

 

[Erik M]

i would rather have a working revolver vs a jammed auto

No doubt, If a wheelgun isnt my primary CC it I will at least have a ja frame on me as a bug.

 

[Stainz]

To show you how long it's been since I worked a bottom feeder, witness my recent travails with my wife's EDC - her .32 Seecamp. It is very well made - like a Swiss watch. It's a PITA to unload. You can't rack the slide unless the magazine is in the gun - and, if you stupidly leave the mag loaded, it tries to load another round. Of course, if your CTS riddled/arthritic wrist doesn't make a clean racking of the slide, it stovepipes. Then, you need three hands - and it leaves little blood blisters in my palm from where it pinched me. I never got 'M1 thumb', despite handling one from HS ROTC until a few years back when I sold mine - but thar little semi-auto got me.

I like revolvers; release the cylinder and dump the rounds, shot or not. I can remove the cylinder of my 1895 Nagants more rapidly than I can drop the mag from that Seecamp. My wife loves it, of course... thus, I'll take it to the range next trip. She has my 2" 10 as her car gun... that's good, at least.

Stainz

 

[Madcap_Magician]

Well, the thing about malfunctioning revolvers is that while they may be marginally less likely to malfunction than a quality, maintained semiauto, a malfunction in a revolver more frequently is unfixable without taking the gun apart.

 

[TexasRedneck]

Consistancy is a good thing - but even better (IMO) is complete familiarization with firearms in general - in a pinch, you never know WHAT gun you may need to pick up. Witness the cops shows where officers can't figure out how to "safe" a confiscated gun - if I was their TO/SGT, they WOULD be going through some remedial training! As a result, I have a purty healthy mix of wheel/semi in my safe - but my carry pieces are all semi's. I prefer their tendency to have a more narrow profile - here in Texas, we don't wear much in the way of bulky clothing.

 

[PT1911]

I think it is a natural progression of maturity in gun ownership and use. Same thing happened to me over the course of 3 years... I am now 23!!!!!! My tastes have GROWN to prefer many revolvers, levers, and single shots..

Dont get me wrong, I own a couple of semi-autos and will own many more I am sure but I have an appreciation for revolvers that is ever growing.

 

[TexasRedneck]

It's funny....earlier in my life, I owned only wheelies - I eschewed semi's. Over the years, I had 'em here and there, and gradually came to understand that their issues are generally user-induced. Now my mix is predominantly semi's - we won't discuss numbers (in case the better half see this), but suffice it to say that there's several dozen of 'em, with a dozen or so wheelies.

 

[TUBBY1]

It's kind of like fat boy harleys and lean over rice rockets, when you reach a certain age you enjoy the ride more than the speed. I hope i never end up one round short,but like my wheel guns better than my semi's.

 

[UranusDestiny]

I'm 21, and on my birthday, I went out and bought myself a Ruger SP101 for my first pistol. I like not having to pick up brass at the range, and versatility with ammo is a nice bonus My only other handgun is a Baikal Makarov, so at 50-50, my ratio of autos to revolvers is pretty balanced I'd say

 

[Deanimator]

I'm 52 and own, carry and shoot both. I have no preference for one over the other. I have more S&W revolvers than anything else, but mostly because there are more OF them TO have.

 

[aHFo3]

I'm a 1977 edition, and I prefer blued steel and wood stocks. I lean toward S&W revolvers more, but I'm hankering a BHP and a 1911. For my carry guns, I go new and ugly: S&W 360, 442, and Glocks.

 

[Dave T]

I'm 61 but some of the busted parts feel a lot older (LOL). I qualified in the academy with a M28 and carried it till I got off probation. My department was about to authorize semi autos so I switched. I had bought a brand new MKIV Series70 Government Model and had put better sights (fixed) and a Commander hammer on it. Qualified the first time out and carried one model or other of Colt 45 ACP for the rest of my LEO career and a good 10 years after retirement. I still think the post War, pre Series 70 Government Model is the best 1911 ever.

My first two center fire handguns were Ruger 3-screw Blackhawks. I've gotten back into them lately and they sure bring back memories. I have never forgotten that first M28 and still love the N-framed S&Ws. I've recently acquired a couple old ones with all the screws on the side plate (smile) and they are fine examples of the gun maker's art.

Like both auto's and revolvers and shoot both when I can. What do I carry every day? A Glock! Either a G20 in 10mm or the G21 in 45 ACP. They are ugly, they have no soul and every one is like every other one...but they work every damn time, no matter what. I've put over 25,000 rounds through one G21 without a single gun related malfunction. They are tools, very reliable tools.

YMMV, Dave

 

[ducati]

I have both and I'm in my mid 40s, I hear the spray and pray thing waived around a lot with regards to the semi-auto. I can remember when the department I was on switched from the S&W model 10 to the Glock 22. The over all qualification score went up by 20%. No I am not saying the Glocks were more accurate, but the Glocks were easier to shoot. Also as a result of this the department raised the minimum score to qualify. This was a 250 man department. I believe if you look this was a trend nationally, higher qualification scores.
The only time more than 3 shots were ever fired in a shoot situation was 18 rounds fired at one subject was with the model 10. 3 officers 6 rounds each, subject hit 7 times.
I carry either a Glock or 642, some times both.

 

[oldfool]

I have 4 great-grandchildren, own both autoloaders and revolvers, love 'em all, wear a Colt 380acp (or sometimes a Ruger LCP)... but my heart belongs to S&W k-frames, shoot 100:1 ratio of rounds revolver vs. pistol... what's not to love ?

but come range day, it is rare to see anybody else but me with a revolver in hand
a shame

(some of those modern guys do look a tad envious, though, especially watching old guy kick soda pop cans around at 100 yards with an open sight wheelgun)

 

[jpatterson]

I'm 21 and I have an old S&W 66 and an autoloader (Kimber). Love em both equally!