irishScott
Lifer
- Oct 10, 2006
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your life doesn't require absolute reliability? If it doesn't then i'm not sure what would?
I can blow through ammo in a semi-auto way faster than a revolver. most people have more than 1 mag and its much easier to switch out mags then reload a revolver. I can reload a mag pretty quickly too.
I don't see how the revolver is becoming obsolete. if it was, they wouldn't be making new ones and innovating them, like the LCR and the Bodyguard.
The difference in reliability between a quality broken-in pistol and a revolver is negligible IMO. A revolver is less likely to fail under extreme circumstances. Home/personal defense usually wouldn't include those barring zombie hordes.
As for why they keep making them, because there's a market. But last I checked most professional, practical users of guns (law enforcement, military, etc) have switched to autos. So whatever the market is, it's phasing out of the practical arena.
Just my 2 cents. Obviously other people think differently. Personally I wouldn't buy a revolver for anything other than recreation with maybe a secondary defensive role.
Edit: And I meant go through more rounds at the range. Just my experience. The mags I was loading (my friend's Beretta) were pretty stiff for my fingers.
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