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Originally Posted by Deadeye Dick
Modern semi-autos have various and sundry safety devices which block the striker from hitting the firing pin unless the trigger is engaged coupled with a long usually relatively stiff trigger pull.
What makes a revolver with a round in the chamber under the hammer inherently safer? Is it the various and sundry hammer blocking devices and a long relatively heavy trigger pull present in most modern production revolvers? Wait...what?
If you're more comfortable with an empty chamber that's your parogative. Just be aware of the handy cap this may create should you ever need to get your weapon into play quickly. Practice presenting the weapon from this condition often so that clambering a round becomes second nature. Practice the many possible scenarios that may come up. Can you rack the slide one handed, how about with your weak hand? You didn't have to think about all this with your wheelgun with a full cylinder.
I'm at a loss as to why experienced wheelgunners have no problem with a fully loaded cylinder in a revolver but have reservations about a chambered round in a modern semi-automatic?
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Comparing a DA revolver to a striker fired semi auto is a total crock. What's the double action pull on a revolver, about 8-9 pounds? What's the trigger pull on an M&P, about 6 pounds? Glocks ship with a 5.5 pound trigger. No to mention the hammer on a revolver has to come back and then down again before firing, where the striker is invisible on a semi and cannot be prevented from firing with a thumb on the back of the slide like you can with a hammer. Striker fired guns MUST be carried holstered with trigger covered. PLENTY of revolver holsters (many worn by cops) had the trigger exposed. Anybody here ever consider carrying an M&P with the trigger exposed?
If you wanna compare revolver to semi auto, how about a cocked and holstered 1911 to an M&P? A lot closer.