REVOLVERS LIKE BUGGY WHIPS?

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I was looking at Cabelas handgun ad in this mornings paper.
18 handguns on the sale ad. Only one of them a revolver.
I remember reading that in a recent year only 15% of all
handguns produced in the U.S. were revolvers.
Are revolvers going the way of buggy whips?
 
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Oh, I think there are way more revolvers than buggy whips. A lot of shooters are traditional, higher velocity is always well received as is higher power. Revolvers do well in these areas.

While buggies use may have gone way down there is no shortage of horses in this country. Think of the revolver as the horse not the whip.
 
Revolvers aren't going the way of the buggy whip any more than the 1911 or bolt action rifle are. Too many uses and calibers that autos aren't appropriate for. In fact, that is why I just bought a Ruger GP100 Match Champion from another forum member a couple of weeks ago.
 
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I think that for a fair portion of women, operating a slide is difficult, and by default the advantage goes to revolvers.

Revolver simplicity is also a selling point. The first time I bought a semi-auto, the salesman cleaned and lubed it in front of me, and as he disassembled it, I thought to myself "dang, that looks too complicated".
 
bigwheelzip said:
I think that for a fair portion of women, operating a slide is difficult, and by default the advantage goes to revolvers.

Revolver simplicity is also a selling point. The first time I bought a semi-auto, the salesman cleaned and lubed it in front of me, and as he disassembled it, I thought to myself "dang, that looks too complicated".
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After reading your posts I have a problem believing you thought disassembly of anything was too complicated.:cool:
 
These threads are becoming more popular than Bear gun threads!

As someone who is primarily a semi auto gun I don't see revolvers going anywhere. They just had a bigger share of the pie because there were less semi auto options and they were generally no considered as reliable. I wasn't around in the 60 and 70 but I can't think of too many options that shooters had when it came to semi autos. Today not only is there more manufacturers available to us, each manufacturer puts out a 4 or 5 calibers in at least 3 different sizes per caliber. And this doesn't include manufacturers who have 20 something different versions of the same model. Glock offers 25 models in the US not counting the 18 and a few made specifically for other countries. Sig offers 14 models and a total of 97 different configurations. There are 24 different options for their 1911, 16 different options for the 238, and 9 different options for their 226. This has actually been shortened from what was available a few years ago when they had 29 different options just for the 226!

Then we also have HK, CZ, S&W, XD, Beretta, Kahr, Walther, Canik, Browning, FN, Kel tec, Ruger, Remington, and this doesn't even count all the 1911 only manufacturers or the odd balls like Rex Zero, IWI, and the dozens of CZ clones or the surplus stuff.

Revolvers on the other hand are limited. That's not to say the selection itself is limited but the manufacturers are. We have Smith and Ruger....Their probably the two biggest. Then there's Charter Arms, Chiappa, Rossi/Taurus, and now Kimber and now Colt again That's only 7 or 8 manufacturers depending on how you view Rossi/Taurus. And 2 of them only make one gun. I'm not including imports that come in sporadically like the EAA Windicator.

But with all that every gun store I know of has at least one display case dedicated to revolvers. Some stores have two case...one being for the bigger, longer stuff. And this doesn't count the used gun cases. These stores wouldn't dedicate the real estate if the products didn't sell. In one store I never see brand name modern caliber revolvers sit in the used gun case. Even beat up ones are sold within a week or two. The only revolvers that sit either have no ammo manufacturered any more or hard to get ammo. 38 Colt for instance, or 38s&w, French pin fire (yes one store actually has two of these bad boys). Those revolvers are specifically for people who want that, your avg gun buyer doesn't. However, you put a Smith, Ruger, Colt in a modern caliber in that display case and it will be sold shortly after. Or a cheap Brazilian knockoff.

So, what im saying is that the market for revolvers may be smaller it's still a strong market. Because Cabela's doesn't have a sale means absolutely nothing. Especially that Cabela's is overpriced to begin with and not exactly a local gun store to everyone. I live in a city of 1.5 million people, the metro area has 6 million and yet the closest Cabela's is 2 hours away

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crazyphil said:
Are revolvers going the way of buggy whips?
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No. More the way of bicycles. Not a perfect analogy, of course, but at least not dead wrong. They (revolvers) still do some things better than autos, some not as well, and most pretty much the same. Bicycles still do some things better than autos, most not as well, and a few pretty much the same.

Some revolvers are alleged to work better on bears than buggy whips.
 
Buggy whips are useful and still used !

I live near the largest Amish community west of the Mississippi River. Amish buggies and carts are on every road around here, paved and gravel, day and night. Most of these buggies have buggy whips. You occasionally see a dropped one laying the side of the road, or a notice in the local paper that a buggy whip was found, owner come by 'xyz' farm and claim.
Buggy whips are often used in training a young horse for lunging. Not necessarily striking the horse but making a popping sound to get them moving and keep them moving around in a circle while lunging as one of multiple examples.
Revolvers are not going anywhere, as they are exactly like buggywhips, a certain segment of the population will always need them, find them useful, use them, or desire them! They get the job done!
 
I agree with gman51. My daily carry is a M640-3 .357 magnum. Have Never owned a automatic in the 45 years I've carried a firearm. Autos jammed in the 70's and they can jam today in 2017.
 
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