Why Revolvers/Wheel guns

[Imissedagain]

If you have your auto and revolver in the wood shop making grips and boats.... revolvers clean up easily with a screwdriver and proper side plate removal skills.
Autos, a parade of punches, etc etc then flying springs.

The X frame revolver.. at the LGS Range's 1/2 price 10-2 on Mondays... shooters new and old just wanted to touch and hold a round in their hands and show it to their buddies.
ElleMae was inundated with questions and could've sold rounds for keychains.
Instant smiles and laughter.

100% TrailBoss and starting loads of 4227 under 255g leads was the Thunder in their day.
Next Monday will be fun as the load development continues.

 

[TheOldPro]

Easy question. I'm an old school guy in just about everything. It is the world I prefer. My guns are revolvers and SxS shotguns. I own no others. They. Are not complex and always perform. Just pure goodness!

 

[342ti]

No mystique about it, an old prelock 357mag, or older model Python, and you can keep all the "great" autos!

 

[CH4]

If John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and the Lone Ranger carried semi-autos, then I'd be a semi-auto fan.

Can't forget Clint

 

[ISCS Yoda]

This was a fun read. Many parallel opinions and some extreme concepts but all fun.

I admit to being lazy. I am very unhandy, too. So I never handload; I wouldn't trust my own handloads. When I shoot pistols I leave the brass on the ground for the rangemaster to recycle. When I shoot revolvers I save the brass and give it to friends who reload. So the brass is never the issue with me.

Neither is recoil or accuracy ever an issue. I don't believe I am any better with pistols or revolvers. I just prefer revolvers. I like them better. Very simple.

Daily carry? M 649

Going to where there is a higher possibility of a nut case showing up? Snubby K frame, one extra round, or small 9mm with 4 or 5 extra rounds. It depends.

Home defense? Under the pillow there is a snubby K frame or there could be an L frame. 6 or 7 rounds under the pillow suffices for me. I don't want to think about anything if I am awakened by a bump in the night except putting it down. Revolvers are easy that way.

Do I keep a pistol available for home defense? Sure. Beretta Model 92 fully stoked and hidden in the living room - but that's for when I am AWAKE and ALERT from the get go.

Basically, however, I just like revolvers better!

 

[CH4]

Because autos don't possess the same je ne sais quoi that classic revolvers do.

 

[max503]

I've always preferred revolvers - by a long shot. And I've owned a couple 1911's for decades. I like them, too.
But recently I picked up a Taurus PT 92 9mm. Man. I am amazed by this thing. The firepower is just incredible. 17 rounds in the magazine. I know these things have been around forever but I've just become familiar with the high capacity 9mm. I've been reloading and shooting it a lot. It's a completely different animal. Doubt if I'll carry it much but it sure is fun to shoot. It definitely has its place in my modest collection of arms.

 

[CDR_Glock]

It's my revolver family.

I like revolvers for their accuracy. They're reliable within limits of the ammunition. If there's a Squib or the bullet migrates in the case, your cylinder can lock. Nothing like having to use a dowel and a mallet for that. It's the worst kind of failure.

I like them for target shooting, concealed carry, hunting and self defense, though.

The only two autos that work as accurately for me are the CZ 75 SP-01, Shadow 2 or a 1911.

I carry my Glock pistols for firepower/capacity, though.




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[BB57]

It's my revolver family.

I like revolvers for their accuracy. They're reliable within limits of the ammunition. If there's a Squib or the bullet migrates in the case, your cylinder can lock. Nothing like having to use a dowel and a mallet for that. It's the worst kind of failure.

The other really fun failures are ejector star related.

The first is semi-ammo related as, through no fault of your own, you can end up with a large grain of partially burnt powder falling from the chamber onto the interior face of the ejector star and then falling onto the anterior face of the cylinder where it engages the ejector star. The end result is a large grain of partially burned powder lodged between the cylinder and ejector star that prevents the cylinder from fitting back into the frame. It's a bugger to clear quickly. You have to dump your freshly loaded rounds, pick off the offending grain of powder, and then reload. A lot has to happen for it to happen and it's consequently very rare, but murphy's law dictates it'll happen when you can least afford it.

The second failure is technique related. If you are a) too tentative on the ejector rod use, and b) are not holding the revolver vertical when you eject the rounds, you'll eventually have a round fail to fully eject and have the rim lodge under the ejector star. It's also a time consuming two hand operation to clear.

The irony of course, is that proper technique to avoid the second failure increases the chances of having the first failure.