Drgong
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Both have advantages, both have weaknesses.
Shoot the one that you can hit better with.
Shoot the one that you can hit better with.
That happens to the best of us shooting autos, if you shoot long enough, it will occur.
As to reloads, I know I can 'lay down fire' with greater numbers of .45 ACP ball ammo from my 625 than any of my friends with their 1911s or variants. Even my G21, now gone for a decade, with it's +2 extenders and 15rd mags, was limited - I couldn't afford any more than it's original two hi-cap mags. I've shot over 420 rounds from that 625 before cleaning it - and had to clean it then due to my visual disgust, not it's dysfunction. Without a doubt, my .223 ammo box with 105 loaded moonclips of ball ammo and my 625 is a good choice for Zombie protection. Most bottom-feeder owners I know have four or five mags at most.
Posted by Hawk:
Not necessarily. There are plenty of semiautos that can't be limp-wristed in the classic sense and several that can. If it weighs heavily on one's mind, choose one that can't be limpwristed even held as loosely as possible without dropping it.
A member here went to some trouble to get some empirical evidence.
Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsktLC-hzx4
My STI has also defied my best efforst to induce a grip related malf. If it hadn't, it would be gone.
Posted by DrGong:
First of all, I am not a LEO. I am a Citizen who needs protection.
However even with a old russian revolver that is 75 years old I can out shoot myself shooting the BHP. Others may very well shoot better with the BHP, but I personally shoot better with a revolver.
Knowing me, I may very well OC the BHP and have a widowmaker in the pocket.
Posted by pinkymingeo:
If I remember properly, that fight was ended by a wounded agent and his J-frame ankle gun. The suspects were wounded multiple times, but one kept on going. Regardless of what you shoot, handguns stink for personal defense, and are even worse for combat. They beat throwing (small) rocks, but that's about it. Use what you like, but hope you never have to use it at all.
Aren't you the guy who said he's been shooting a revolver all his life, and just got the BHP a few weeks ago? Gee, "who'da thunk" you'd shoot the revolver better?!
Just to name one off the top of my head, there's the 70-year old military retiree from Louisville who had to fire 11 rounds from his semi-auto .40 cal, in order to take out two armed robbers in an apartment he was the landlord of.
Whether you're a soldier, an LEO, or just an average joe civilian---a 15-round high capacity magazine provides a lot more protection than a 6-round widowmaker.