Rival
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Revolvers vs Autoloaders, which dominates your arsenal?
What do you favor and why?
What do you favor and why?
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Revolvers vs Autoloaders, what do YOU like more?
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Hemicuda
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I have CCW guns in both classes, and I have .22's in both classes, I even have Dan Wesson AND Desert Eagles in .44 mag, and A Smith 500 and a DE in .50 AE... so, I'd have to say BOTH...
Felonious Monk
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In the sage words of CR Sam, wheelies for defense, autos for offense.
My HD Pistol is a revolver, but my CCW is an S/A.
FM
My HD Pistol is a revolver, but my CCW is an S/A.
FM
GrayBear
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Autoloaders vs Revolvers - IMHO
I have both. Frankly, due to reliability, I'd trust the revolvers far more if there is trouble brewing.
Now in my seventies, I shot my first pistol in the early 1940's at the age of 12. It was a .45 Long Colt SAA with a 7 1/2" barrel. Due to wartime ammo shortages it was loaded with Grandpa's homemade black powder. I had five misses on a fox raiding the henhouse. Grandpa believed in an empty chamber under the hammer. I've always thought if I'd had the 6th shot, I'd have got him! Anyhow, he didn't come back. Probably shell-shocked!
I've owned a number of handguns in the years since WWII. I've never been a big handgun person but the ammo burned adds up over the years.
In my personal experience I have never had a revolver jam or fail to load the next cartridge after a dud. On the other hand, I have never owned any autoloader including my 1911 issued by the USAF that has not occasionally jammed and forget clearing a dud cartridge one-handed.
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I have both. Frankly, due to reliability, I'd trust the revolvers far more if there is trouble brewing.
Now in my seventies, I shot my first pistol in the early 1940's at the age of 12. It was a .45 Long Colt SAA with a 7 1/2" barrel. Due to wartime ammo shortages it was loaded with Grandpa's homemade black powder. I had five misses on a fox raiding the henhouse. Grandpa believed in an empty chamber under the hammer. I've always thought if I'd had the 6th shot, I'd have got him! Anyhow, he didn't come back. Probably shell-shocked!
I've owned a number of handguns in the years since WWII. I've never been a big handgun person but the ammo burned adds up over the years.
In my personal experience I have never had a revolver jam or fail to load the next cartridge after a dud. On the other hand, I have never owned any autoloader including my 1911 issued by the USAF that has not occasionally jammed and forget clearing a dud cartridge one-handed.
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Josey
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I started on single action revolvers. I then went to single action autos. I didn't know about double action until I became a LEO. I showed up in my old Lawrence rig with a SAA for duty. I had to switch to DA and downsize. I now have a assortment of single and double action revolvers. I have clung to single action autos from Browning, Colt and the VIS-35 though. JMB knew what he was doing.
I am most comfortable with autoloaders. I was trained on one as a kid, and the majority of the guns that I own are semiauto's, thats not to say that I think revolvers are out of date or worthless, not at all, I have just never been very handy with them. I own one, but it mostly sits in the safe and collects dust, until my girlfriend wants to go to the range, than its the first one she goes for.
Okiecruffler
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Depends on caliber
Center fire I prefer Wheelguns, rimfire I prefer autos. For carrying I prefer Wheels, but I do have my eye on a Glock 33.
Center fire I prefer Wheelguns, rimfire I prefer autos. For carrying I prefer Wheels, but I do have my eye on a Glock 33.
Grunt
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Well, while I'm mainly an automatic lover, I do also have a large number of revolvers around as well. All depends on what 'm going to use them for. When it comes to self defense, while I do have the customary 4" .357 and snub nose .38, I mainly turn to automatics due to their faster reloading speed (in my hands anyways), greater ammo capacity, and easier to shoot at night (no cylinder gap flash) with their tritium sights. Now when it comes to hunting, I'll take either my 6" .357 or .44 magnum revolvers over my automatics any day. They have the benefits of more power, better triggers (in single action), excellent accuracy and excellent adjustable sights compared to my auto's fixed sights. Also, ya can't shoot SASS with an automatic! 
So again here you get SA revolvers that I just can't be without either. And of course ya gotta have a few BP revolvers around too for the fun factor as well.
So again here you get SA revolvers that I just can't be without either. And of course ya gotta have a few BP revolvers around too for the fun factor as well. ducktapehero
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Give me a wheelgun!!!!! I just like them. I grew up shooting them and like the reliability and adaptability of them. Plus I have NEVER found an auto with a decent grip.
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I really like my autoloaders--I own four of them--and enjoy shooting them, but I enjoy shooting my revolvers even more. I like a compact revolver for CCW, and my all-time favorite gun to shoot is my Blackhawk Convertible.
Part of the reason is that I shoot better with a revolver. I grew up shooting revolvers. Back in the 1970s when I first started buying handguns very few people in my area had centerfire autoloaders. A few people had 1911s, which were universally Colts back then, and there might be a Smith here and there, but mostly we shot revolvers. I owned a couple of centerfire autoloaders, a Walther PP and a Stoeger Arms Luger. I liked the Walther, but it was a .32 caliber and I never really shot it that much. The Luger was an abomination. It was such an incredible POS that I swore off autoloaders for over 20 years.
Now I have some very nice autoloaders. My two favorites are a Glock 21 and a CZ75B, both of which I shoot fairly well, but revolvers still feel most natural in my hand.
Plus I like the slow pace of shooting a single-action revolver when I'm target shooting or plinking. What I like about shooting is that it pitches me out of my everyday existance. When I'm at the range, the whole world is condensed to the space between my gunsight and the point of impact on the target. It's almost like I'm living on the leading edge of the bullet as it travels downrange. There's no worrying about getting a contract out or an invoice turned in to accounting, no worrying about deadlines or mowing the lawn or hiring a plumber to fix the basement bathroom or putting a new brake master cylinder on the pickup. There are no thought of what to do when one's parents develop Alzheimers or one's boss' prostate cancer or one's aunt's funeral. When I'm at the range or out on my dad's farm shooting at a spinner target, my ear protectors blocking out all extraneous sound, I'm pitched out of all that. There's nothing but that ten ring resting in the notch of my rear sight.
I get the same sort of pleasure from riding motorcycle, especially on a race track. But that is a very fast-paced meditation (like 150-160 miles per hour). As I get older, I am starting to prefer a slower-paced meditation. Sometimes even an autoloader speeds things up too much. I can burn through a couple of hundred rounds pretty fast with the Glock or CZ. With the Ruger, the ritual of loading and unloading slows the pace considerably. I can think about my aim, about the adjustment of my sights, about my grip and my trigger pull between volleys. As a result, I do my best shooting with that gun and I also get my best Zen-like meditations with it, too.
Part of the reason is that I shoot better with a revolver. I grew up shooting revolvers. Back in the 1970s when I first started buying handguns very few people in my area had centerfire autoloaders. A few people had 1911s, which were universally Colts back then, and there might be a Smith here and there, but mostly we shot revolvers. I owned a couple of centerfire autoloaders, a Walther PP and a Stoeger Arms Luger. I liked the Walther, but it was a .32 caliber and I never really shot it that much. The Luger was an abomination. It was such an incredible POS that I swore off autoloaders for over 20 years.
Now I have some very nice autoloaders. My two favorites are a Glock 21 and a CZ75B, both of which I shoot fairly well, but revolvers still feel most natural in my hand.
Plus I like the slow pace of shooting a single-action revolver when I'm target shooting or plinking. What I like about shooting is that it pitches me out of my everyday existance. When I'm at the range, the whole world is condensed to the space between my gunsight and the point of impact on the target. It's almost like I'm living on the leading edge of the bullet as it travels downrange. There's no worrying about getting a contract out or an invoice turned in to accounting, no worrying about deadlines or mowing the lawn or hiring a plumber to fix the basement bathroom or putting a new brake master cylinder on the pickup. There are no thought of what to do when one's parents develop Alzheimers or one's boss' prostate cancer or one's aunt's funeral. When I'm at the range or out on my dad's farm shooting at a spinner target, my ear protectors blocking out all extraneous sound, I'm pitched out of all that. There's nothing but that ten ring resting in the notch of my rear sight.
I get the same sort of pleasure from riding motorcycle, especially on a race track. But that is a very fast-paced meditation (like 150-160 miles per hour). As I get older, I am starting to prefer a slower-paced meditation. Sometimes even an autoloader speeds things up too much. I can burn through a couple of hundred rounds pretty fast with the Glock or CZ. With the Ruger, the ritual of loading and unloading slows the pace considerably. I can think about my aim, about the adjustment of my sights, about my grip and my trigger pull between volleys. As a result, I do my best shooting with that gun and I also get my best Zen-like meditations with it, too.
Tom Bri
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How odd. I realize I don't have a single revolver right now. Something has to be done!
lee n. field
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The poll question, and the question in the thread title are different. What do I have more of, vs. what do I like.
I have more autoloaders. I have two revolvers, one of which is so so, and one of which is never-give-up nice.
I shoot my autoloaders much more, but I would be hard pressed to pick a "last gun".
I have more autoloaders. I have two revolvers, one of which is so so, and one of which is never-give-up nice.
I shoot my autoloaders much more, but I would be hard pressed to pick a "last gun".
I like revolvers more than autoloaders. It is a purely emotional thing, the revolvers in blued steel with real wood grips just call to me. I have 5 to 1 revolvers vs. autos. All that said I have some autos I trust and rely on, when I hear something in the night I pick up an auto to go look and see what it was. I shoot both with the same accuracy and speed or very close, so for me I pick 14+1 or 15+1 capacity depending on the gun I grab over 5 or 6 rounds in a wheelgun.
My dilema is no midsize carry gun, I go from service sized guns to J-frames. The solution will be a commander length 1911, just need to find one.......
My dilema is no midsize carry gun, I go from service sized guns to J-frames. The solution will be a commander length 1911, just need to find one.......
Peter M. Eick
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As a reloader, revolvers are easier to collect the brass from.
Thus, while shooting at a public supervised range, where collecting brass ahead of the firing line is much harder then at a private (me only) range, revolvers are the way to go.
Thus, while shooting at a public supervised range, where collecting brass ahead of the firing line is much harder then at a private (me only) range, revolvers are the way to go.
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I like 'em both as well. Maybe 51-49% with autos favored just a little. Probly cause of the gadgetry like magazines and such.
.357M, .44M and 45ACP are my favorite cartridges. So anything that those will fit in are cool.
My Dan Wesson 1911 is in 10MM. That may become a new favorite cartridge very quickly.
I also want to get a brace of SA's with 4 3/4" barrels in 45Colt. With consecutive serial numbers.
Isn't it funny tho, how you find some people who absolutely hate one kind or the other? I know some guys who hate wheelies and wouldn't own one. Whatever.
Happy Independence Day Dudes!
.357M, .44M and 45ACP are my favorite cartridges. So anything that those will fit in are cool.
My Dan Wesson 1911 is in 10MM. That may become a new favorite cartridge very quickly.
I also want to get a brace of SA's with 4 3/4" barrels in 45Colt. With consecutive serial numbers.
Isn't it funny tho, how you find some people who absolutely hate one kind or the other? I know some guys who hate wheelies and wouldn't own one. Whatever.
Happy Independence Day Dudes!
Dionysusigma
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Strange... my reply's the exact opposite of Okiecruffler's.
Center fire I prefer autos, rimfire I prefer revolvers. For carrying I'd prefer an auto, but I do have my eye on a Smith & W 65.
Center fire I prefer autos, rimfire I prefer revolvers. For carrying I'd prefer an auto, but I do have my eye on a Smith & W 65.
DDGator
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Buy guns,
I like high tech too -- but there are plenty of high tech wheel guns. Take the new 325 scandium/titanium N-frame with a high-viz front sight. Or the new 8-shot .357 magnum 327 snub. High tech isn't just for autoloaders.
I like high tech too -- but there are plenty of high tech wheel guns. Take the new 325 scandium/titanium N-frame with a high-viz front sight. Or the new 8-shot .357 magnum 327 snub. High tech isn't just for autoloaders.
lee n. field
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You know what it takes.
The question in the thread title is not the same as the question in the poll.
I LIKE revolvers more but I have more autoloaders and shoot them more.
Honestly the biggest negative in shooting revolver is that I'm filthy after a couple of hundred rounds from a revolver. Handling the cylinder during loading, getting bits of crud on your from the gas blowing out the cyinder gap, etc. really adds up after a few boxes.
I can shoot twice as much with an auto and still be a lot cleaner at the end of the range session.
I LIKE revolvers more but I have more autoloaders and shoot them more.
Honestly the biggest negative in shooting revolver is that I'm filthy after a couple of hundred rounds from a revolver. Handling the cylinder during loading, getting bits of crud on your from the gas blowing out the cyinder gap, etc. really adds up after a few boxes.
I can shoot twice as much with an auto and still be a lot cleaner at the end of the range session.
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Well, naturally, I figured that if someone LIKES revolvers more, they would have more revolvers in the list of guns they have. For example I don't enjoy shooting revolvers as much as semi-automatics, that is why I have 4 autoloaders and no revolvers. My friend has S&W 627 that I get to shoot every time we go to range, and I don't get carried away by it, eventhough it has the nicest single action trigger I have ever used.
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