Interesting thread but...
Being a little older I don't shoot as much competition as I used to and I was never particularly good at the various games, but I enjoyed them.
Bullseye, PPC, IDPA were what I did. Still do a little PPC in a modified club match (no 50 yard stage).
What I will say is this: While shooting the above I saw scores of malfunctions with semi-auto pistols. And very few with revolvers.
Granted, particularly in IDPA the semi-auto pistols greatly outnumbered the revolvers, so naturally there were many more opportunities for malfunctions.
That being said, I trust a revolver over a semi to work when the chips are down. And as a civilian, that means basically one cylinder full in most cases.
I'm sure a new, well maintained Glock 19 is most unlikely to fail, but I put my faith in this Model 60 for the time being. Or its big brother, a K-frame Model 13. I practice with these regularly, clean them when I'm done and use factory ammo.
I can't remember when I last had a problem with either of them, other than with my sometimes deficient marksmanship!
Last edited by smithman 10; 07-15-2020 at 05:43 PM.
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