Socially acceptable? The idea is ludicrous.
Is that why we're having this discussion?
You brought this idea up. Gun types are all socially acceptable on the range. Guns may or may not be socially acceptable in public depending upon location and who is present. It has nothing to do with anything else.
Semi-Autos require less training and have higher capacities than most revolvers.
There's no doubting that. All else being equal, a high capacity auto is a better tool for combat. That's the problem, all is not equal. The fact remains that my time with the single action vastly outweighs that for any other platform. What you seem to have a hard time grasping is that I'm not choosing to become proficient with the SA because it's what I want to carry. I carry the SA because it's what I've chosen to become more proficient with. I simply do not have the time or inclination to build skill with a firearm YOU deem more acceptable. Life is short and I'm not going to trade my time spent with SA's to build skill with a Glock.
I got that from your first post.
What I am doing, which you so obviously fail to recognize, is to point out the disadvantages of the SA platform for the purposes of training. As you implied before, it requires a certain dedication to master. However, that mastery is still limited by the platform. I pointed out that defensive gun courses have been run at Gunsite for the SA revolver. Those techniques would be useful in maximizing the performance of the platform should a person wish to use it. It is not a common choice for carry, so people would have to seek advice from CAS shooters and similar.
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Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting, Ed McGivern speaks about the reasons why he chose the double action revolver over the 1911 and Colt single action revolver. I will not review that material here because he dedicates many pages to the topic.
I imposed nothing
But you did. YOUR skill with other platforms is higher than YOUR skill with a single action. You impose your own limitations upon others who may not share them. In other words, an auto or DA might be the better tool for you but it is not necessarily the better tool for everyone. Because MY skill with the SA trumps MY skill with an auto, making them equal (or close to it) in MY hands. The relative skill levels of any other shooter are irrelevant.
This is your incorrect assessment of the situation and intent. I am pointing out the limitations of the platform while attempting to provide training opportunities. Unfortunately, Gunsite is not offering the defensive SA revolver class as a regular class. Thunder Ranch would be able to provide training (after seeing Smith's "Shoot what ya got" video that demonstrates the use of various guns such as a break action single shot shotgun).
My shooting skill with SA revolvers is quite good and I enjoy 45 Colt. Only my SA revolver speed reloading skills are deficient. This does not matter in CAS.
The single action revolver gives up reload...
I don't carry a reload for anything I carry so reload time is a moot point.
The conclusion of police and court records, analysis of gun fights, decades of training--as passed to many thousands of students across this country by many trainers--is to carry at least one full reload. Failing to carry a reload is not a wise decision because the participants do not dictate the fight.
Carrying one full reload is easy. People who refuse to do so are not making rational decisions for responsible carry. I see this occasionally on the range and with open carry activists. Sometimes I can get them to change their ways, but many dig in out of ignorance or stubbornness. John Farnham relyed on his "Quips" blog one or two incidents were police officers were killed because they did not carry a reload. There were bullet holes in the victims' hands. Think about the significance of that.
The single action revolver gives up...split times to the double action revolver...
If that's the case for you then I suggest you don't carry one.
I will not unless the law or circumstance requires me to do so. Your response does not acknowledge the difference.
It is not a correct statement to say that nothing is lost by going to the SA revolver.
That is 100% dependent on the individual.
That is not correct. The choice is 100% on the individual, but getting the maximum performance out of the gun is affected by the design. Less skilled shooters may see no difference in performance between any handgun platform. Master shooters will find those hard limits and will train around them as much as possible. Even Jerry Miculek acknowledges the split time difference between DA revolvers and semi-autos in his videos. You can see this in several of his range clips by reviewing what he says about expected times as he looks at his timer.
In summary, it is important that we make rational decisions regarding carry. Serious students of the defensive firearm arts carry at least one reload because fights progress in unexpected ways. People become afficionados of guns and platforms. Much ink was spilled ("flame wars") in gun periodicals in the 1920's and early 1930's between Ed McGivern and others over the deficiencies of the single action revolver. We should not let our emotions run wild over our choices and instead use the wisdom given to us by people with gun fighting experience. The single action revolver is a gun that can be effective for personal defense. It has limitations that even the best handgunners in the world see. Training around those limitations is essential. Pretending they do not exist does not assist future High Road readers in making the best decision.