What do you shoot best? Autos or Revolvers?

[Shooter973]

I went to a an informal pin shoot last Saturday and it turns out that I shoot revolvers much better than I do Autos. I was shooting a S&W 629 with 4 inch barrel, and some cast bullet reloads that go about 1000 fps, and for the Auto it was a Springfield Stainless 45acp with cast lead bullets at about 850 fps. Both are good guns but I did much better with the revolver.

 

[Hkmp5sd]

Best with revolvers on single-action, then autoloaders, then revolvers on DA.

 

[HSMITH]

I shoot quality revolvers DA better than I shoot anything else, 1911 types second and then a whole mess of mixed guns after that.

 

[tc300mag1]

both about the same maybe a very slight edge to wheelies

 

[shep854]

Shot my snubbie today, and was about on a par with my autos (10 yd steel plates). The snub is the only wheelie I have right now.

 

[gbelleh]

I usually shoot autos better, but that's probably just because I shoot them a lot more than revolvers. My collection is currently 15:1 in favor of autos.

 

[Ankeny]

I suppose it all depends on what we define as "best". For shooting little tiny groups at fifty yards in the center of a B27 target in PPC, make mine a PPC revolver. For shooting fast and kind of accurately (as in IPSC or IDPA) then the auto rules supreme.

 

[Dienekes]

Revolver. I routinely shoot a lot of "ball and dummy" which gives unsurpassed feedback (and conserves ammo).

If I had to live the rest of my life with either a wheelgun or an autojammer I would take the former. Of course that is only my initial impression from forty years of muddling through.

 

[SteelyDan]

I'd guess it depends on the particular gun, and not on whether it's a semi or a wheelie. I have two guns that stand out as being the most accurate I own, and one is a semi and one is a wheelie. I couldn't say which of the two is more accurate.

 

[Kaz_67]

As was mentioned before, it depends on the type of shooting. Slow fire targets and hunting, revolvers. Faster shooting, I do better with autos.

 

[Zach S]

Autos, 1911 specificly, LDAs close second. I never could shoot my Taurus M85 worth a crap, mainly because of the trigger being so much longer and heavier than what I'm used to. I'm decent with my Kahr and the trigger feels simular to my Taurus, so with a little more rangetime...

 

[DragonFire]

I shoot mostly revolvers and then some other DA autos. Of course I do better with the guns I shoot more often, but I don't think that I'm that much worse with the other ones.

The thing that throws me is when I try my SA autos. It takes a few shots to get used to the much lighter trigger pulls of the SA after the heavier revolver DA trigger.

 

[Gunrunner]

I shoot revolvers and autos about the same amount, and about equally well. While I'm no expert shot I enjoy both.

The one type of revolver I do have more trouble with are the single action army types. The grips just have an awkward feel in my hands, as compared to S&W wheelguns.

 

[Werewolf]

Interesting question...

I've got 3 revolvers (S&W 686 5" bbl, 2 Ruger Vaqueros .45LC) and 3 semi-autos (CZ75B 9mm, CZ75B SA .40 S&W, Sig P220).

The one I shoot the best is the CZ75B SA. I can consistently stay in the X ring out to 15 yards unless I really, really push it by firing fast. I'm almost as good with the 686 but not quite. Firing SA my groups are 1/2 again as large as with the CZ at 15 yards. If I fire it DA then I can stay on a paper plate but just barely.

The two Vaqueros are barely good enough for CAS and are basically a POS. In other words minute of paper plate at 7 yards is good for them. Still they are fun to shoot.

The Sig P220 I can shoot almost as well as the 686 but not quite. I really haven't figured out why yet. Maybe the ammo I use, maybe grip or whatever - I just feel like the P220 ought to shoot at least as well as the 686 but it doesn't.

As for the CZ75B 9mm - I don't really count it because IMO it's just a pop gun anyway. Still I can't shoot it as well as the CZ in .40 but I do shoot it better than the 686.

 

[Joey2]

For my money the best return to target is the revolver.

 

[P95Carry]

Cut my teeth on revo's way back - plus most competition stuff thru 80's in particular was revo - and still find they shoot more naturally for me. I am referring to D/A combat style shooting mainly ... tho a revo S/A can be mega accurate.

Auto's - are fine but .. usually lack that ''edge'' IMO.

 

[BigG]

Revo seems to point more naturally for me.

 

[M2 Carbine]

Both about the same.

Line up the sights and squeeze the trigger.
Doesn't make any difference what the gun is.

 

[Black Snowman]

My performance seems to vary the most with the specific platform but I've found that target shooting I tend to be more accurate with long barrel revolvers than with big autos. I was just testing my new .357 loads in my Taurus and at 30 feet I got a 6 shot vertical string about 1.25" long and about .20" wide.

The vertical string was most likely my sight alignment as the booth was dark and the black blade sights pointing at a black target make it hard to line up vertically. Horizontally the sights go past the black on the target so are easy to balance. Better lighting or target and I'm sure it would have been 1 ragged hole.

Rapid fire I do my best work with target loads out of my modified Glock 24 P. Mainly since it was my 1st gun and has very tame recoil and now a dot sight to boot.

Rimfire I don't have a revo so my Buckmark 5.5 Target does the honors with aplomb.

The guns that I shoot the best all round are my CZs. They fit my hand well enough that rapid fire is accurate and easy and they're accurate enough to rival my other guns.

 

[Nick96]

Well, I would have sworn it would be the auto. But took two autos to the range this weekend (4" & 5" barrels - mostly SA shooting) and a "snubby" revolver (mostly DA shooting). At about 15 yards - the snub revolver produced tighter groups - at at the same rate of fire. I'll admit, I tend to shoot revolvers more than autos (primary carry is snub revolver). It's probably less the inherent accuracy of the guns than the ability of the operator. But apparently, this "operator" tends to shoot revolvers better.

 

[Black Majik]

I shoot 1911's best, so my vote goes to autoloaders.

Truthfully, I dont really like shooting wheelguns. I just think they look pretty.

 

[Malamute]

Very definatly shoot revolvers better. So do most of the people I have asked over the years. I CAN shoot pretty good groups on paper with an auto, but when I miss, I seem to miss by much more than with a revolver, either DA or SA. The revolvers just seem much more natural in the hand. Shooting running rabbits and arial targets has always been much more rewarding with a revolver, as has fast point or "instinct" shooting

As someone mentioned before, this is just an intitial impression from about 35 years of muddling along at this. By the way, I thought the term was "jamamatic".

 

[shepsan]

Point shooting to 5 yards: Any 1911 I own.
Rapid fire to 15 yards: 1911 Any 1911 I own.
Slow fire from 5 yards to 25 yards: S&W 686-4 revolver.
Anything over 25 yards I use a long gun.

 

[stans]

Slow fire I shoot both equally well.

In rapid fire, I shoot best with a single action semi-auto like the 1911.


By the way, what happened to the "vote" button?

 

[MrPink]

Well, I'm best with a rifle.

If its slow fire - revolver.

If its fast IPSC or IDPA style shooting, - auto - particularly a 1911 or P7.