I know a lot of people who prefer wheel guns for their simplicity. I don’t fault them that, use whatever gun(s) work for you. I personally like Revolvers for their strength. Try finding a semi-auto smaller than a Volkswagen that can shoot the S&W .500 Magnum.
Still I must say using them at the range they are rather simple to operate, but taking them apart is something different. I still remember detail stripping my 1911 on a whim, I did it with nothing but a screwdriver a toothpick (In pace of a brass punch) and a plastic hammer.
This is a LOT different! And again, the ONLY gun I’ve bought new is my S&W 642 no-lock. S&W needs to understand that nobody wants that lock noise on their guns!!
Hahaha. So true on all counts.
I usually tell people that revolvers (esp. DA revolvers) are clocks.
Semi-autos are pogo sticks.
Yep, that sounds about right!
Good to know.
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Try finding a semi-auto smaller than a Volkswagen that can shoot the S&W .500 Magnum.
Why, exactly, do I want to shoot .500 Magnum???
Not sayin’ you’d want one, just sayin’ Revolvers can do it, flat-guns can’t.
Also you now live in a land of Dinosaurs. While I hear .45 ACP out of an M&P45 will make short work of a gator or the odd croc, wouldn’t a .44 Mag or a .454 Casull be THAT much more gratifying as a “Gardening Gun”.
God forbid you find as you’re weeding that a 15′ Gator was staking the place out to see if Rajah is an outdoor kitty!
Also I hear they work on spiders! 😉
Compare this with a Dan Wesson small frame revolver.
Karl R. Lewis rocks!
Never taken one apart, got a video or an exploded diagram or enlightening picture?
Offhand, I think “revolvers are simple” came from the operational side of the house, rather than the engineering… Put the bullets in the cylinder, close the cylinder, pull the trigger. Done. Semi-autos require loading the mag, inserting the mag, racking the slide, turning off the safety (if applicable), and then pulling the trigger. Lots of things to keep track of for newbies/ADD types. That said, once you remove the sideplate or detail strip a semi-auto, they both turn into steampunk-like mechanical nightmares, with little gnomes running around doing crazy things.
Yep, certainly when you look at archetype DA revolvers (like the S&W Model 10, or the Ruger Security six) vs. archetype Semi-autos like the M1911, Browning Hi-Power, colt/browning/FN autos of the early 20th Centry, or the Walther P38, to run a Semi-auto required a lot more pushing and pulling of levers, and most of the gun’s actions are concealed by the slide and frame. While Revolvers the most complicated item you need to figure out is how to unlock the cylinder.
But with modern guns like the whole Glock/XD/M&P semi-autos things get a lot simpler on the flat guns, so I just chalk it all up to personal preference.
Hell given the day and the circumstances I sometimes choose one gun vs. another.