Feeling more secure with a revolver vs. a semi-auto?

[ImDrRich]

I hope this question is in the right Forum.

I like both and my collection reflects that but I still feel more secure about my revolvers than I do with any semi-auto I own. I carry either depending on my mood but when the SHTF it's the revolver that will go bang every time.

Does anyway agree? Disagree?

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Nah........Iffen ya know how to use "em"..........Either works.

 

[GnarlsR2]

I believe it depends on what the definition is of "feel more secure"?

 

[jakerudy]

I tend to agree with one caveat. If a revolver does jam you are probably done. An auto gives you a chance to recover. That concerns me more than capacity.

 

[heeter3]

ImDrRich.I only have revolvers and they have been my choice since 1974 revolvers have served me quite well for the last 51 years and I have no intent on changing.

 

[413Maxwedge]

I don't own any SAs but have family members that own them exclusively and I spent several weekends taking the wife to gun shops and the range to try both when she said she wanted a gun of her own.

Being a SA noob I was shocked at how heavy polymer guns are and how light the triggers are.

I wouldn't want the wife rummaging around in her purse with a cocked revolver in there, and that's what the SAs felt like. 4# trigger? Holy ND!

Also as a SA noob they seem too complicated to me. 2 or 3 switches/buttons in addition to the trigger is too much for me. Going to the range with an older family member, who bragged that their 9mms were far superior to my .357/.38 revolvers, it was funny and startling to me when they couldn't remember how to operate them. "OH, this one has a manual safety. Hold on, that's not it...".

Yeah no thanks. Capacity is the only advantage I see to SAs.

 

[Harv 24]

I play with revolvers, I stake my life on a Semi Auto pistol.
I don't carry for fashion, I carry for the stakes.
Anyone who relies on a firearm professionally carries a Semi Auto pistol.

That's called a clue where I come from....

 

[Rocketmedic40]

I primarily carry revolvers because I feel that they send a more “positive” message to police, bystanders, etc than a generic black pistol. Like, it’s not that I fear public opinion or anything, but if I ever need to draw, I don’t want people snap-assuming that I’m the problem.

 

[madmikeb]

For years I carried nothing but revolvers. Since moving though, in the hot AZ weather, I've started carrying a Sig P365X. Conceals better under light clothing and having spent some time shooting it, including a couple matches, it's been 100% reliable. I do prefer the heavier revolver calibers though. I much prefer .357 mag over 9mm any day of the week. Like everything else, it's a trade off.

 

[djohns6]

I don't own any SAs but have family members that own them exclusively and I spent several weekends taking the wife to gun shops and the range to try both when she said she wanted a gun of her own.

Being a SA noob I was shocked at how heavy polymer guns are and how light the triggers are.

I wouldn't want the wife rummaging around in her purse with a cocked revolver in there, and that's what the SAs felt like. 4# trigger? Holy ND!

Also as a SA noob they seem too complicated to me. 2 or 3 switches/buttons in addition to the trigger is too much for me. Going to the range with an older family member, who bragged that their 9mms were far superior to my .357/.38 revolvers, it was funny and startling to me when they couldn't remember how to operate them. "OH, this one has a manual safety. Hold on, that's not it...".

Yeah no thanks. Capacity is the only advantage I see to SAs.

A cocked revolver in a purse ? That's insane ...

 

[413Maxwedge]

A cocked revolver in a purse ? That's insane ...

Right; nobody would do that. So why would she walk around with a chambered semi, with just as light a trigger pull as a revolver in single action (cocked)?

That's what I was saying.

 

[GnarlsR2]

My wife's purse has a separate large pocket section that is zippered.
If she were to carry, it would be in a kydex pocket holster like the Muddy River Tactical.

 

[URIT]

I carried revolvers on and off duty for over 33 years. Today after collecting a host of Gen3 Smiths, I have to admit I prefer the S&W DAO models 3953 and 4053 as my favorite choices for a CCW. I consider them to be the best of both worlds.

 

[45NUTT]

Lately, I have been carrying my S&W 19-5 nickel snubbie, but I carry both, often simultaneously! I carry a Glock 43X/19 or 2.5" 19-5 S&W or Ruger SR1911 or Colt Gov't 380 or S&W 21-4 and my BUG is a Glock 42 in my weak side front pocket. The 1911's are carried Condition 1, all Glocks are basically Condition 1.

I have been known to carry My Colt Single Action Army in my cross draw holster. Not just to a Texas BBQ either. Then my BUG is the Glock 43X.

Plus the S&W 66 and Tactical 12 ga in the truck.

 

[b737lvr]

I play with revolvers, I stake my life on a Semi Auto pistol.
I don't carry for fashion, I carry for the stakes.
Anyone who relies on a firearm professionally carries a Semi Auto pistol.

That's called a clue where I come from....

I agree with this but only to a degree. While I do own both a Glock 19 and Glock 43 I carry a Chief special or Airweight Chief Special almost exclusively. I find a small snub nose to be the better option for my style of carry, pocket carry, because in the extraordinarily rare chance I ever have to use it there’s a damn good chance it’s going to be at a very short distance. A revolver is not going to limp wrist, someone’s hand is not going to push it out of battery, it’s not going to hang on a shell casing, and the only real possibility of a failure would have to be catastrophic.

If I were in security or law enforcement I would run a Glock without a moment of thought. Law enforcement and security are the ones who are more likely to need more than a few rounds in their duty. So naturally it makes sense. Which even then there are a decent number of these guys out there ankle carrying a 642 as a back up.

 

[eb07]

I am opposite of most.

I play with semi autos and never had an issue but I stake my life on revolvers.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Iffen ya have some belly........A 4 in 29 will conceal and ride comfortably behind the bib on a pair of Carhartt coveralls..........

 

[bigggbbruce]

My wife's purse has a separate large pocket section that is zippered.
If she were to carry, it would be in a kydex pocket holster like the Muddy River Tactical.

Snatch and grab , purse with money, credit cards, keys AND GUN all gone.

Need to teach woman to carry on their person.

 

[madmikeb]

I've been known to carry a PC 629 with the 2-5/8" barrel I had cut for moonclips. Not full house magnums though. I don't feel undergunned with that!

 

[03hemi]

Revolvers can lock-up or misfire just as easily as a semi-auto.