Why did you choose a revolver over a semi auto for carry?

[Marshal Tom]

I thought it would be interesting to find out the reasoning behind choosing a revolver for house, concealed carry, pocket carry, etc over a small semi auto being flatter, easier to reload and faster to reload under stress, more rounds available Blah-blah-blah? Also, how many of you carry a semi auto with the revolver as backup, or carry a semi auto most of the time? Who switched from a semi auto back to a revolver and why?

 

[Marshal Tom]

I thought it would be interesting to find out the reasoning behind choosing a revolver for house, concealed carry, pocket carry, etc over a small semi auto being flatter, easier to reload and faster to reload under stress, more rounds available Blah-blah-blah? Also, how many of you carry a semi auto with the revolver as backup, or carry a semi auto most of the time? Who switched from a semi auto back to a revolver and why?

 

[bmcgilvray]

Hi Tom;

I've always carried a revolver primarily. Used to carry a Colt 1911 on occasion but imagine that I've toted the same ol' Model 10 Heavy Barrel about a jillion miles in 30+ years.

It's easy to give the reason why. The revolver is simply more reliable for six shots. Sure, it's possible for a squib load to tie up a revolver but not all squib loads do tie up the revolver like they do an automatic.

There's nothing else made that can more reliably deliver six shots (well five sometimes...or seven or eight these days).

 

[David Lee Valdina]

Not 100% on target, but I choose a revolver for reliability and having said that, I will sometimes choose a Kel-Tec .32 as it is flat, weighs little and carries in pocket better than anything else.

 

[davel686]

very simple, I got tired of stuffing mags for autos.
I like the simplicity of just opening the cylinder and dropping in the rounds, closing it and Im ready to shoot,

 

[feralmerril]

Because I dont like progress. Seriously, I own a highly worked over remington rand by packmyer. I hardly look at it. I have owned 6 or 8 other types through the years. They just never turned me on. Unless I am in a banaazi attack I probley feel more sure of myself with my revolvers. I could write pages on this. I think a lot of my mentality on this stems from a youngster up it was revolvers, both in actual training and the movies. My dad was a very conservative gunman, wouldnt have a auto anything. He didnt belive in spray and pray, and I dont. Also a the newer generation of autos I hate the plastic and gadgets. Its partialy a generation gap image. I have owned lugars, smith 39s, radom, browning HP, some colts etc. They are gone. My revolvers aint!
Maybe its because I used to reload and didnt like getting on my knees hunting brass. We could go on and on.

 

[431pd]

Started with a revolver, carried a semi-auto for the majority of my career. However I have developed arthritis in both thumbs. The semi drives the recoil into the thumb and it hurts like crazy, even with a 9. The revolver places the recoil lower in my hand and does not bother the thumb.

That being said, I had come full circle and was on my way back to revolvers. Nobody was buying my ammo and I like to shoot. So that means reloading. Revolvers leave the cases in a nice little pile.

 

[pps]

They are the original point and click interface. The ultimate in simplicity of use.

 

[David Kachel]

choose

I like and carry both. But in general the "cool" factor with a revolver is just higher... in other words, I simply cannot justify it I just like it.

 

[yugolovr]

I started carrying a 1911 government model when I was 18. Carried it for years until I started Getting back problems. Then I started going back and forth between the 1911 and a 3 inch model 19. Now all I carry is a model 10 or the model 19. My brother asked me why I didn't choose a Glock or something In a lightweight auto. I told him that once a Glock is loaded and on your hip along with an extra magazine or two are you really carrying a lightweight rig any more. I have found that a K fame with two speedloaders on the hip are easier on the back than anything else.

 

[David Sinko]

I carry a revolver all the time. My 625 has full strength springs. All the screws are kept tight. My ammo is BETTER than factory loaded because I KNOW the primers have anvils and priming compound, the case has a flash hole and the cartridge has powder in it. Unless something breaks, I KNOW my revolver will fire every single time no matter how poorly it has been gripped, how close to my clothing it is held or how hard it is pressed against an adversary. My ammo is held by a steel clip and not some plastic or sheet metal box with a spring inside. My revolver just plain works, period. Given a choice, an auto is simply a second rate choice.

Dave Sinko

 

[diamonback68]

Because at my age, when I pull the trigger I want it to BANG! When there is a bump in the night, I don't want to have to try remember through the fog, are all the sateties ON or OFF, did I rack one in the chamber, is it single or double action....etc etc?

 

[ldp4570]

There is just something cool about being on the range when the younger generation shows up with their wizbang wonder guns, and you out shoot them with a wheel gun! I do carry both, but more and more am leaning towards my 64 and 60, or 640 as my CCW battery.

 

[redlevel]

Safety. Simplicity. Reliability.

Like feralmerril, I am also something of a neo-Luddite. I hate change and I usually consider what most folks think of as progress as another setback.

I often use a single-action .45 Vaquero as the house gun or truck gun, and I carried a "Sheriff's Model" reproduction Peacemaker for concealed carry for a while.

 

[hikerbum]

As others have said, simplicity.

They go bank when you pull the trigger, and if they dont, you just pull again.......

 

[ENH]

Simplicity and there is nothing sexy about an auto.

 

[Iggy]

I grew up with revolvers. I carried one during my LE career. I was in a couple of squabbles and the old Model 58 did it's job.

When I got out of LE I went through the 1911 pistol phase because of dirty carry conditions on a ranch.

Now I'm back in town and carry a revolver again.

Bottom line..... TRUST!

 

[model17]

Concealed "carry" : If it FTF then just pull the trigger again. It's always the first shot that counts!

Combat: High cap auto

 

[ms]

Originally posted by Iggy:
I grew up with revolvers. I carried one during my LE career. I was in a couple of squabbles and the old Model 58 did it's job.

When I got out of LE I went through the 1911 pistol phase because of dirty carry conditions on a ranch.

Now I'm back in town and carry a revolver again.

Bottom line..... TRUST!

Did you find revolvers less relible than a 1911 in dirty conditions? Even if carried in a good holster?

 

[norfdet]

1. ease of carry
2. simplicity
3. reliability