Veteran's Stance: Revolvers over Semi-Auto's

[one eye joe]

THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE BudMan5. I GIVE YOU A LOT OF CREDIT FOR GOING THROUGH THE ORDEAL OF GETTING BACK INTO THE GREEN MACHINE, AT THAT AGE. I REMEMBER THE "PRIOR SERVICE" GUYS WHEN I WAS IN BASIC. IT WAS NO JOKE. THE FRONT SIGHT IS INDEED WHERE IT'S AT, BROTHER………..

 

[Buford57]

It's funny you mention 8 assailants and 7 shots. While that's not the case here....here is what happened in my city a few years ago.

Guy and his girlfriend walking home on Friday night (both are Asian. ..this is important) they walk by some guys who have had to much to drink and were showing of feeds of strength to each other. They see these two and start to follow them and call them derogatory names. At one point the 5 of them surround this guy and his girlfriend and the ringleader want to fight. He charges in with both fist swinging not knowing the Asian guy is packing a 38 J frame. He takes 5 shot from the 38 and now the Asian guy is out of ammo and there is still 4 guys standing around him. Luckily they hear sirens and take off

So if you have 5 assailants each capable of absorbing 5 rounds of quality SD ammo, and sirens don't sound #5 will pound your head into putty while you are reloading your Glock. Where's that guy with the 100 round drum mag when you need him?

 

[USAF385]

Before I bought my first handgun, I was set on a Beretta 92FS. I was deployed at the time and decided to pick one up when I got home. The Beretta seemed like a logical choice. I trained and qualified with it, carried it, used it, and was overall happy with it.

However, once I got home and decided to make my first handgun purchase, I walked out of the shop with a S&W 681 4" .357 mag. It's an amazing shooter, and loaded with .38+P is my nightstand gun.

I carry it occasionally, but I don't prefer to carry full size.

So my next handgun purchase was for concealed carry. After about 3 hours with a Bersa Thunder (thought I'd like it, didn't), I took home a S&W 642. It's still one of my number one carry options.

When it comes to concealed carry, my Sig P938 gets the most time. My 642 (along with the 442 I own) gets a little more time in the winter since they fit so nicely in my craftsman vest front pocket. A newly a purchased LCR9mm is trying to make the cut, but the jury is still out.

I don't know where I'm going with this..... Even though if I KNEW I was going to need a handgun, I'd probably pick my M&P 9mm FS, and even though I mainly carry a subcompact semi-auto, I have great love for revolvers. And without a doubt, they'll always be a part of my collection.

 

[Arik]

So if you have 5 assailants each capable of absorbing 5 rounds of quality SD ammo, and sirens don't sound #5 will pound your head into putty while you are reloading your Glock. Where's that guy with the 100 round drum mag when you need him?

Point being sometimes the minimum isn't enough.

As a lefty I can reload a semi auto in a fraction of time it takes me to reload a revolver. And if I follow your logic of 5 per perp I would have to reload more than once.

Your an LEO do you only carry 5 rounds? Would you care if your department said here is a J frame and 5 rounds. ..that's all you need?

 

[Kifaru]

Thank you for your service. If not for you and all our other service men and women, we might not even be allowed to openly have this discussion in the first place.
You are also very astute to recognize that there is very little overlap between the missions of the military, law enforcement, and non-LE civilians. In a military setting, fifteen + rounds in an M9 is very handy, and since the backstop behind your target is likely to be just more "hostiles," there is no real downside. Not so in civilian life. Your reasoning is sound. If anyone feels woefully undergunned carrying 7 rounds of .357 in a service-sized revolver, he needs to either move or perhaps consider the possibility that his behavior is in fact the problem.