A toilet 'can' fall out of the sky and land on your head but how is that relevant???
Yeah. I've never seen that happen, except in Boondock Saints, though. Half the malfunctions I listed were ones I'd seen that very morning. I think we're talking about probabilities that are several orders of magnitude apart.
Primers usually only back out on squib loads.
Or loose primer pockets. Both squibs and badly formed brass are actually things I've seen in factory ammo, not just among cheapskate cowboys trying to get 157 loads out of each case.
A high primer should never make its way into your defensive sixgun. This is poor handloading practices.
Very true. Sounds to me as if you're saying "Don't load ammo the gun doesn't like." Reasonable advice, no matter which platform you pick. A modicum of common sense will take you a long way in avoiding malfunctions.
A bent ejector is a rare thing and I can't see this ever becoming an issue in a gunfight.
Maybe it's just the fact that I've done it twice that makes it somewhat less inconceivable to me.
Are revolvers reliable? Yes. Are they perfect? No. Are semis reliable, provided you make sensible decisions about ammunition and magazine quality? Also yes. Are they perfect? No. Is a revolver more reliable than a semi with the aforementioned caveats? Probably. However, it's by such a tiny margin that the semi's advantages in trigger action, capacity, ease and speed of reloading, the help of its springs in dissipating recoil energy, and slimmer form factor at the very least balance it, and I feel outweigh it by a considerable margin.
I do like revolvers. I like the single action variety for cowboy games and field carry. I got my start as a defensive shooter with double actions and like to keep my hand in with them. Thus I still shoot them occasionally for USPSA or IDPA. But my choice for social work is still a semi.
