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Another point I forgot to mention is that short barreled revolvers have short sighting radiuses leading to a loss in accuracy compared to the often longer sight radius of an auto pistol, and the short barrel revolver creates more muzzle blast which can blind you at night and more muzzle blast...

Unfortunately the trigger pull is a new type of pull called "The California Compliant trigger pull". They had an engineer explain it on the Colt Forum. It supposedly has a shelf on it to prevent the gun from firing if you drop it with the hammer cocked back. To have it removed (if you can...

Not exactly at all. In today's world armed gangs of more than one robber often are the norm not the exception and a revolver will get you killed in that situation that is why I like the firepower of the high cap pistol. You load it on Sunday and shoot it until the end of the month.

And I forgot to mention attacks from multiple assailants. The revolver is the last weapon you want in your hands.

The real question in regards to calibrer is "How much do you really need to be lethal" and how much penetration is too much penetration so that a round passing through a body endangers bystanders. And of course how many people can handle the recoil of heavy recoiling calibers. Lets face it a...

I mourn the passing of the 8 3/8 inch Smiths, Colts, and of course the Velo Dog bicycle pistol mounted on a swivel mount on the handlebars to gun down dogs that attack you.

Your worries may have a lot of validity for police work but not for the average civilian where such scenarios are as rare as lightning striking you. I personally like the much better concealability of the auto pistol and its way higher firepower and lighter weight (plasticky pistols) Having...

I own 2 of them an American Model and an Italian Model. Its a rather large pistol, but so was the 1911 pistol. Both of mine are adequately accurate for their intended use, I have no complaints there. Trigger pulls are acceptable and sights are acceptable. Both are stone cold reliable even...

Wow! Thanks for your post, I felt like taking a few prosaic pills after reading this.

The California trigger is a bit more complicated than just a spring. The trigger has been discussed and how to modify it over on the Colt forum. Its one of the primary reasons I have not bought the new ersatz python because if I spend the outrageous price for a new python I certainly do not...

I may still have the magazine (somewhere) with an article that told of 3 modern auto pistols, A Ruger, A Glock and and a Browning High Power all new pistols and all blew up using the 180 grain original hot factory loading. By the way the name of the magazine was "Combat Handguns" and the...

Years ago I read an article where a guy put a snub nose revolver in a ransom rest and tested it to eliminate the human error factor. He found out that snub nose guns actually shot more accurately than long barrel revolvers but of course with way less velocity.

Thanks for this shocking video I will be immediately warning all 1,000 member of our club and recommending this gun be banned from our range before someone gets killed.

I would like a link to that statement and I could be wrong but all the antics of Glock that I have ever seen , including one that involved my own personal Glock having a defective passive striker safety, were voluntary "upgrades", admittedly a slick and disingenuous term Glock uses for "recall"...

Just last week a fellow shooting a "low budget" off brand plasticky pistol (that are known to have large oversize chambers) jammed his weapon with aluminum case 9mm and jammed it up so tight he was going to send it back to a gunsmith to have it safely unjammed. I asked him if the gun had a...

You are correct read my other posts about the pitfalls of using steel and aluminum and the gun damage and reloading die damage they cause.

Its well known among target shooters that the larger the chamber the less accuracy you get. Now if your not a competition shooter and most people are not then polishing chambers is not a problem and as long as the bullet goes in the general direction of the target that is fine for the plinker...

I have had old power start to smell rancid and even give off a red dust. It did shoot but gave lower velocities but I did know what kind of powder I was using. Your powder looks like stick powder and I am willing to bet it is 4895 which can be used in a wide variety of rifle calibers. It was...

If you want a broken extractor and a lot of jams then buy aluminum case ammo. I have seen so much of this on our range at our club I have lost count of the number of times.

Depends on your definition of dependable. Not speaking of bullet expansion but speaking of the round going off when you pull the trigger in the past the more expensive high end ammo the $22.00 a box stuff was often very reliable but not so much anymore. Because of the high demand for .22 ammo...