I know this topic has been debated ad nauseum on just about every firearm forum, but I ran across the following video on YouTube when I was thinking about a Ruger LCR a few months ago:
I'm curious to see what everyone thinks about his argument. Personally, I think he goes a little far in critiquing malfunctions on revolvers; keeping them clean should significantly reduce any likelihood of extractor star problems, while 'tap stroke' and 'kick the door open' should take care of most else.
Considering the lower capacity of revolvers it is also important to be realistic: many people are carrying lower capacity single-stack 9s nowadays and an average of 2 shots are fired in defensive shootings (albeit this is not based on perfect data, see: http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/analysis-of-five-years-of-armed-encounters-with-data-tables/). Revolvers also have some nice advantages, such as contact shots and dealing with dud cartridges.
I'm sure some or many people will disagree with my critique, which is ok. I'm not passionately for one or the other. I'm simply very interested in hearing what everyone has to say about the arguments in the video.
I'm curious to see what everyone thinks about his argument. Personally, I think he goes a little far in critiquing malfunctions on revolvers; keeping them clean should significantly reduce any likelihood of extractor star problems, while 'tap stroke' and 'kick the door open' should take care of most else.
Considering the lower capacity of revolvers it is also important to be realistic: many people are carrying lower capacity single-stack 9s nowadays and an average of 2 shots are fired in defensive shootings (albeit this is not based on perfect data, see: http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/analysis-of-five-years-of-armed-encounters-with-data-tables/). Revolvers also have some nice advantages, such as contact shots and dealing with dud cartridges.
I'm sure some or many people will disagree with my critique, which is ok. I'm not passionately for one or the other. I'm simply very interested in hearing what everyone has to say about the arguments in the video.