**POLL** Gunowners - Semi-Auto or Revolver

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: TearsofScarlet

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: compudog
How can you possibly play Russian Roulette with a semi-auto????

It's over after one shot .

Yup. The key is to win the coin toss of who has to go first.

Actually you can have a third party randomly load blank and live round into the magazine...

:Q

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: TearsofScarlet
I heard the British developed an automatic revolver during WWI.

that's what i told him to get.

the webley.


i beleive it fired a .458 caliber round. not entirely sure on that. may have been a .454... but that makes me think of the cassull.... (sp? dont use em, dont know much about em).

The 454 Casull wasnt made until well after WWII

i know. but there were other rounds with a bullet diameter of .454 inches. and that's what i was referring to. i'm not entirely sure if it's .454 or .458 webley. there's also a smaller webley round, but i aint got a clue what caliber it is.

 

[habib89]

i'm a semi auto guy, even though i don't own a single gun.. i've fired both.. and yes, revolvers are good in the sense that they always work.. a lot less mechanical things going on there than an automatic, but i just like the way auto's look.. just looks sleak as compared to a revolver where it's got the bulgy round thing in the middle

 

[kaizersose]

semi-auto

the reliability of autmotic pistols has risen to an insane level beyond the point they would ever reach in one of our lives. many guns (glocks, sigs berettas hks) will fire under water, after being doused in mud, frozen dropped from 400 feet and about anything else you can think of. as long as you use quality rounds and factory mags, they should not jam.

i have shot many semi-autos at the range with the sh!tt!iest reloads they offer. the HK USP 9/40 NEVER jammed. they are a bit more expensive than a glock or beretta, but i am saving for one anyway--this is not an area that you try to save money on.

my dad has a .357mag/.38 spec which is a nice gun to learn with, but in terms of shooting characteristics, i still prefer the handling and single action of an auto.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: kaizersose
semi-auto

the reliability of autmotic pistols has risen to an insane level beyond the point they would ever reach in one of our lives. many guns (glocks, sigs berettas hks) will fire under water, after being doused in mud, frozen dropped from 400 feet and about anything else you can think of. as long as you use quality rounds and factory mags, they should not jam.

i have shot many semi-autos at the range with the sh!tt!iest reloads they offer. the HK USP 9/40 NEVER jammed. they are a bit more expensive than a glock or beretta, but i am saving for one anyway--this is not an area that you try to save money on.

my dad has a .357mag/.38 spec which is a nice gun to learn with, but in terms of shooting characteristics, i still prefer the handling and single action of an auto.

i've had a sig jam, but the gun had been abused badly, so i dont count it as that. the colt 1911 has unbeleivable reliability, though.

 

[LethalWolfe]

Originally posted by: TearsofScarlet

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: compudog
How can you possibly play Russian Roulette with a semi-auto????

It's over after one shot .

Yup. The key is to win the coin toss of who has to go first.

Actually you can have a third party randomly load blank and live round into the magazine...

Actually, at close range the wadding from a blank is lethal.


I shoot both revolver's and semi-auto's. No real preference though. Just depends on what I feel like taking to the range that day. Although it's hard to beat the sound of cocking the hammer on a single action revolver. If I carry I carry a semi-auto 'cause I've got a small frame and semi's are less obvious on my person.


Lethal

 

[Nebor]

I just can't stand the base nature of revolvers. It seems so primitive and stupid. It'll still kill you dead though. I only have a few revolvers, compared to many many semi autos.

 

[drklrd23]

Single Action Shooting Society

Revolver all the way! Nazca Kid, SASS #50945

 

[KK]

You can't use a semi-auto for hunting, unless you plan on doing a drive-by on a 4-wheeler. I'll be taking my new S&W 629 Light hunter .44 Mag with 2x7 burris scope out for it's first deer hunt this coming weekend. At the range, on the bench I could group decently at 50 yards. I still got a long way to go with getting comfortable with it, I'd like to get it able to group decently out around 100 yards or 50 without a bench rest.

KK

 

[Lovepig]

"Although it's hard to beat the sound of cocking the hammer on a single action revolver. "

Semi-auto shotgun. Mossberg has a nice 8+1 shot that can be had very reasonably!

 

[SynthesisI]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Easier to play Russian Roulette with too.

:Q

 

[0roo0roo]

just buy two and switch if one auto stops working?

 

[edro]

The only revolver I would own, would be something like a Colt Diamondback (.38 Special).

 

[HokieESM]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: TearsofScarlet
I heard the British developed an automatic revolver during WWI.

that's what i told him to get.

the webley.


i beleive it fired a .458 caliber round. not entirely sure on that. may have been a .454... but that makes me think of the cassull.... (sp? dont use em, dont know much about em).

The 454 Casull wasnt made until well after WWII

i know. but there were other rounds with a bullet diameter of .454 inches. and that's what i was referring to. i'm not entirely sure if it's .454 or .458 webley. there's also a smaller webley round, but i aint got a clue what caliber it is.

Just FYI, its .455 Webley. Very low velocity, high weight bullet (which was the norm--see the older .45 Colts) before our knowledge of metallurgy let us take the pressures up by a factor of 2.

 

[Supahfreak]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Revolvers should stick to western movies. Too much time involved in reloading.

What are you talking about, my thumb is raw after 30 minutes of firing Semi-Autos because that spring in the clip is so damn tight. I can fire a Revolver all day. I guarantee that if you lay both weapons on a table unloaded and see which you can load and fire first the Revolver will win and when I say unloaded I mean no bullets in the Mag.

FreAk

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: TearsofScarlet

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: compudog
How can you possibly play Russian Roulette with a semi-auto????

It's over after one shot .

Yup. The key is to win the coin toss of who has to go first.

Actually you can have a third party randomly load blank and live round into the magazine...

A close range blank can kill you, since wadding and hot gas is exiting the muzzle at high velocity. Even if it didnt, you'd have one hell of a powder scar.

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: TearsofScarlet

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: compudog
How can you possibly play Russian Roulette with a semi-auto????

It's over after one shot .

Yup. The key is to win the coin toss of who has to go first.

Actually you can have a third party randomly load blank and live round into the magazine...

A close range blank can kill you, since wadding and hot gas is exiting the muzzle at high velocity. Even if it didnt, you'd have one hell of a powder scar.

Every once in a while, I help out the local police department by posing as a "criminal" in their training. They give us loaded pistols with blanks, and everyone wears white shirts, so you know who was shot. We hide in an old abandoned school house, and the police come in to raid us out. We use some old junky .38 caliber pistols, that I don't even think has a brand name Anyways, the wadding leaves a powder burn mark on your shirt if you were hit.

From my experience, the only way a blank could kill you, is if you placed it against your head... and that's only because of the gases rushing out without anywhere to go but through your head.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: KK
You can't use a semi-auto for hunting, unless you plan on doing a drive-by on a 4-wheeler. I'll be taking my new S&W 629 Light hunter .44 Mag with 2x7 burris scope out for it's first deer hunt this coming weekend. At the range, on the bench I could group decently at 50 yards. I still got a long way to go with getting comfortable with it, I'd like to get it able to group decently out around 100 yards or 50 without a bench rest.

KK

You probably do but if you don't; check out John Taffin's web site, sixgunner.com.

Or Jim Taylor's site, sixguns.com............

:sun:

 

Originally posted by: Supahfreak

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Revolvers should stick to western movies. Too much time involved in reloading.

What are you talking about, my thumb is raw after 30 minutes of firing Semi-Autos because that spring in the clip is so damn tight. I can fire a Revolver all day. I guarantee that if you lay both weapons on a table unloaded and see which you can load and fire first the Revolver will win and when I say unloaded I mean no bullets in the Mag.

FreAk

you must be REALLY weak if you think the semi-autos are a b!tch to load. 5 seconds, MAX, for me to throw the clip in, pull back the slide and fire.

 

[Supahfreak]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: Supahfreak

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Revolvers should stick to western movies. Too much time involved in reloading.

What are you talking about, my thumb is raw after 30 minutes of firing Semi-Autos because that spring in the clip is so damn tight. I can fire a Revolver all day. I guarantee that if you lay both weapons on a table unloaded and see which you can load and fire first the Revolver will win and when I say unloaded I mean no bullets in the Mag.

FreAk

you must be REALLY weak if you think the semi-autos are a b!tch to load. 5 seconds, MAX, for me to throw the clip in, pull back the slide and fire.

What does my thumb getting raw have to do with being weak? I would get into a "I can kick your ass" argument on the internet but I'm not retarded so whatever.

FreAk

 

Originally posted by: Supahfreak

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: Supahfreak

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Revolvers should stick to western movies. Too much time involved in reloading.

What are you talking about, my thumb is raw after 30 minutes of firing Semi-Autos because that spring in the clip is so damn tight. I can fire a Revolver all day. I guarantee that if you lay both weapons on a table unloaded and see which you can load and fire first the Revolver will win and when I say unloaded I mean no bullets in the Mag.

FreAk

you must be REALLY weak if you think the semi-autos are a b!tch to load. 5 seconds, MAX, for me to throw the clip in, pull back the slide and fire.

What does my thumb getting raw have to do with being weak? I would get into a "I can kick your ass" argument on the internet but I'm not retarded so whatever.

FreAk

because ive shot for hours with several different semi-autos, and neither my brother, my dad, nor I have ever had a raw thumb. It doesnt take much to pull the action back...you must be doing something wrong.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: galvanizedyankee

Originally posted by: KK
You can't use a semi-auto for hunting, unless you plan on doing a drive-by on a 4-wheeler. I'll be taking my new S&W 629 Light hunter .44 Mag with 2x7 burris scope out for it's first deer hunt this coming weekend. At the range, on the bench I could group decently at 50 yards. I still got a long way to go with getting comfortable with it, I'd like to get it able to group decently out around 100 yards or 50 without a bench rest.

KK

You probably do but if you don't; check out John Taffin's web site, sixgunner.com.

Or Jim Taylor's site, sixguns.com............

:sun:

No I haven't visited that site, I'll have to take a look at it. I need some tips on holding it steady without a bench, It's probably alittle under 5 pounds with the scope.

As far as fingers getting raw with semi's, I have an old one that must have the tightest spring they make in it. I could see after shooting that for awhile how it could make your thumb and index finger hurt.

KK

 

[Supahfreak]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: Supahfreak

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: Supahfreak

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Revolvers should stick to western movies. Too much time involved in reloading.

What are you talking about, my thumb is raw after 30 minutes of firing Semi-Autos because that spring in the clip is so damn tight. I can fire a Revolver all day. I guarantee that if you lay both weapons on a table unloaded and see which you can load and fire first the Revolver will win and when I say unloaded I mean no bullets in the Mag.

FreAk

you must be REALLY weak if you think the semi-autos are a b!tch to load. 5 seconds, MAX, for me to throw the clip in, pull back the slide and fire.

What does my thumb getting raw have to do with being weak? I would get into a "I can kick your ass" argument on the internet but I'm not retarded so whatever.

FreAk

because ive shot for hours with several different semi-autos, and neither my brother, my dad, nor I have ever had a raw thumb. It doesnt take much to pull the action back...you must be doing something wrong.

What does pulling the action back have to do with pushing a bullet into a magazine? They arent born there, you have to push them into the magazine. After loading bullet after bullet that little lip between the casing and the actual bullet rubs my thumb the wrong way. With a Revolver they fall right in.

FreAk

 

[JackDawkins]

I'm partial to six shooters; something about the simplicity, ease and just general use and maintenance of a revolver that I like over semi-autos. However, I don't carry and if I did I would probably go for a semi-auto.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: FallenHero
because ive shot for hours with several different semi-autos, and neither my brother, my dad, nor I have ever had a raw thumb. It doesnt take much to pull the action back...you must be doing something wrong.

I think his point was that getting the bullets into the magazine can be hard on your thumbs. The last couple rounds can be a bitch to get in.

Of course putting the mag into the gun & chambering a round is easy.

Viper GTS