Which do you shoot better?

[TonyB]

I just had a sad realization....I've always considered myself a revolver guy..but alas,I shoot autos better.....
How about you guys?

 

[Moonclip]

Depends on the exact gun but generally I do better with a DA revolver of the S&W type.

 

[-terry]

Should be a poll.

For me, auto.

 

[10X]

Without a doubt, autos.

 

[The Bushmaster]

Both? I shoot SA and DA revolvers. SA and DA semi-autos about the same...I am neither a revolver man or a auto man. I like certain revolvers and certain autos...

 

[foghornl]

I shoot my SA revolvers well..the only DA revolver I have is a cheapy .38Spl 'snubby', and I don't shoot 'rodent weapons' well.

I am very good with my 1911's and Ruger KP-90..I'm probably a smidge better with a full-size (5" barrel) 1911 than anything else I have.

 

[wheelgunslinger]

I shoot pistols and revolvers equally well, though I'm in a phase of preferring pistols at the moment.

 

[BlindJustice]

I flip flop between my .45s, a S&W 1911 and a 625 5" Bbl.
.45 ACP/Auto RIm. when I take them both to the range on
the same day. In my teens, I had the use of a .22 LR
Semi-auto for two years, then I bought my first handgun,
a S&W Model 18, so I had experience with both in the 1960s.

an ordered list of the rest of my revolvers in terms of how
well I shhot them,
617, 6" Bbl. FUN
60 3" Bbl. .38 Spcl +P,
686P 4" BBl .357 Mag

 

[easyg]

I like revolvers, but I shoot autos better.

I've also noticed that when teaching newbies, they always shoot the autos better than they do the revolvers.

 

[diesel83]

Got a Ruger SAA .357, S & W DA .357 and a 9MM auto. Always shoot better with the auto, but have to admit the sights are much better. With the Glock, I trained my self to not release the trigger all the way to give the perception of a single action for the the follow-up shots. This technique improved my shoot enormously.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Auto, preferably what I like to call "short-stroke DAO" or single-action.

 

[PointOneSeven]

Big bore in revolver.

Rimfire in pistol.

 

[DirksterG30]

I shoot autos better.

 

[Navy joe]

Autos for any realistic type shooting. I shoot revos much better for standing there and doing 25yd DA or SA groups, probably because of the gun. I thought I was an auto guy three years ago. Now I have 5 wheels. And counting....

 

[ImARugerFan]

I shoot revolvers better. But I've also shot them a lot more.

 

[DevilDog0402]

I do well with an auto, but the best I've ever shot was with a 4" S&W 686 that I had to shoot for a score in a Law Enforcement class. I shot a 293 out of a possible 300.

Best I've managed (with an M9) on a Marine Corps pistol range was a 368 out of a possible 400.

 

[jad0110]

I generally shoot DA revolvers much better than autos, though 1911s come pretty close.

I will say that I can shoot a 38 Special S&W 642, with it's whopping 1 7/8" barrel better than any Glock or XD I've tried.

 

[M2 Carbine]

I shoot everything about the same.

I think my times and accuracy are all pretty close no matter what I'm shooting.

The other day for the heck of it I was shooting a Bushmaster Carbon 15 pistol for accuracy and time and several times did better than with a "conventional" pistol, which suprised me.

 

[greyling22]

da revolver. by a long shot (no pun intended)

 

[Cromlech]

No. 1 = S&W 586 .357 Mag 6" Barrel
No. 2 = Colt 1911A1 .45ACP
No. 3 = S&W 629 Classic .44 Mag 6" Barrel

To be fair though, those are the only three handguns that I have ever shot with.

 

[1911 guy]

Autoloaders. The only revolver that I can shoot without considerable trouble is a Colt SAA with bird head grips that came from my Grandpa.

 

[Walkalong]

I shoot them both pretty well and about the same I guess. I generally prefer autos, but I think I have more wheelguns.

 

[MCgunner]

I shoot revolver or auto just fine. I really don't have a preference in shootability, however, I really like revolvers. My autos are all DA or DAO for a reason. That's how God intended a defensive handgun trigger to work. JMB was blasphemous.

Because small, powerful autos (like my P11) are so concealable, I have a tendency to carry them more.

 

[hillbenny]

if you know the fundamentals of shooting it doesnent make any dirrerrence what kind of gun you shoot, thats just my opinion, of course, if all else being equal ,meaning the revolver and autoloader being the same accuracy wise, you should have the same results, autos are easier to shoot faster due to the autoloader features, but accuracy wise theres no reason not to have the same results.

 

[1911NM]

Maybe just different purposes, but I feel I shoot fairly well with my competition 1911, however if I want to just stand and throw bullets through the same hole at 25yds, I go borrow my Father's Model 19 S&W. I do love the feel of that wheelgun.