.38 Special
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I have shot and collected S&Ws, Rugers, Dan Wessons and Colts for more than 45 years. Thousands of rounds, so many that my right thumb joint is permanently deformed. I have had many, many more failures with revolvers than I've EVER had with semi autos. And the revolver failures were nearly all unfixable at the range, whereas the few semi auto malfs were quickly cleared up. Even the time I loaded a hot 10mm load in a .40 S&W case, blowing the slide up and off a Springfield XDm. I was still was able to fix the gun right there and continue shooting. And nearly all of the malfs with semis were ammo related. The exceptions, of course, are Ruger single actions, which I believe are nearly incapable of failing. In the non-canonical scripture, it is written: "On the evening of the sixth day, The Lord spoketh unto William Ruger, his prophet, and said, "Bill, thou shall maketh a handgun which shall never fail, so all handgunners, who I hold to be blessed among all ye brethren, will have a tool they can cherish and love, and will never go 'Ka-boom' in thine blessed hands. Here's the blueprints, get to work." And He saw it was good, and it was done." View attachment 959105
Well, okay. That was written tongue-in-cheek, just goofing on the bottom feeders. I honestly have no issue with any gun man and figure that he knows more about his business than I do. By the same token, I genuinely cannot recall the last failure I had with a revolver, and I wonder what sort of failures you are having with yours.