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Re: 8 Reasons Why Revolvers Are a Great Choice for New Shooters
« Reply #25 on: August 10, 2017, 05:39:01 pm »
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Re: 8 Reasons Why Revolvers Are a Great Choice for New Shooters
« Reply #26 on: August 10, 2017, 05:48:08 pm »
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Re: 8 Reasons Why Revolvers Are a Great Choice for New Shooters
« Reply #27 on: August 11, 2017, 01:46:15 am »
Just remember Revolvers can fail too.

I have personally experienced only 2 revolver failures. One was a S&W Model 36. It has a firing pin mounted on the hammer and the firing pin broke. The second was an imported 36 Caliber Cap and Ball and a cap hung up the cylinder.

Some other failures people have reported are:


    Bullet creep -- bullets moving forward under recoil and tying up the cylinder.
    Primer lockups -- mostly metal flowing into the firing pin hole. A backed-out primer can also tie up the cylinder.
    Crud under the ejector star.
    Loose ejector rod.
    Loose or backed out strain screw
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Re: 8 Reasons Why Revolvers Are a Great Choice for New Shooters
« Reply #28 on: August 11, 2017, 11:27:53 am »
Quote from: Victoria33 on August 10, 2017, 02:41:40 pm
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Semi-automatic pistols “hide” a cartridge in the chamber after the magazine has been removed, and some people—particularly the untrained—inadvertently sweep the muzzle in dangerous directions when struggling to retract the slide against heavy recoil spring tension. This isn’t the case with revolvers. It’s easy to keep the muzzle in a safe direction and simply swing the cylinder open. All of the chambers are visible to the eye, and even in the dark, they’re easy to check by touch with a fingertip to assure that they are empty.

My personal "pistols" are revolvers and I have extra speed loaders for them.  I have trouble having enough power to move a slide so I don't have those weapons.

Exactly where I am.  I had a semi automatic, but between age and a hand injury.....   Bought a revolver, love the laser sights, so easy to use.  After I had it for 6 months, husband bought one for his bedside gun.

The instructors at the gun club we belong to, recommend revolvers as personal defense weapons for women. 

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Re: 8 Reasons Why Revolvers Are a Great Choice for New Shooters
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Re: 8 Reasons Why Revolvers Are a Great Choice for New Shooters
« Reply #30 on: August 14, 2017, 02:45:47 am »
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Re: 8 Reasons Why Revolvers Are a Great Choice for New Shooters
« Reply #31 on: August 14, 2017, 04:20:13 am »
I like a nice wheel gun as much as anyone.  Not going to carry one for self defense though!
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Re: 8 Reasons Why Revolvers Are a Great Choice for New Shooters
« Reply #32 on: August 14, 2017, 04:37:49 am »
Quote from: Bigun on August 14, 2017, 04:20:13 am
I like a nice wheel gun as much as anyone.  Not going to carry one for self defense though!

I had a .357 for my "car gun" for years because my primary concern was having to stop another car.  The nature of the threat changed with the advent of the OWS/BLM crowd, so I've switched from the revolver to a 9mm Semi, full size mag with an extra in reserve.  I'm more likely now, in the city, to have to repel a bunch of people.  Better to have 30 small rounds than 6 big ones.
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Re: 8 Reasons Why Revolvers Are a Great Choice for New Shooters
« Reply #33 on: August 14, 2017, 12:00:17 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on August 14, 2017, 04:37:49 am
I had a .357 for my "car gun" for years because my primary concern was having to stop another car.  The nature of the threat changed with the advent of the OWS/BLM crowd, so I've switched from the revolver to a 9mm Semi, full size mag with an extra in reserve.  I'm more likely now, in the city, to have to repel a bunch of people.  Better to have 30 small rounds than 6 big ones.

My primary "truck gun" has been a 12ga pump. It has a mag extension. I too worried about stopping cars, so I picked up some steel slug ammo to add to my 00 buck.

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Re: 8 Reasons Why Revolvers Are a Great Choice for New Shooters
« Reply #34 on: September 10, 2017, 10:06:52 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on August 10, 2017, 03:24:49 pm
I don't care for Blackhawks much, but we do have a matched set of .357 and .44 Magnums.  They are certainly cool looking....

Might be on the wrong thread, but IMHO when in your home alone and there is/are intruders, a shotgun is a girl's best friend!  I have been using that "trick" for about 30 or so years!

I can shoot pretty much all pistols, rifles, shotguns, et cetera (and I am trained in all of them), but my favorite in-house gun would be my Remy 1100.

I do carry in my purse 99.9% of the time a (do not laugh) pink .380 Taurus!  Nice and light weight! 

Been shooting since I was a kid with my dad.  Started shooting trap/skeet in my 20s, then started shooting combat in my 30s.  In combat shooting I was trained by a "master."

I have respect for guns, but not the "fear" everyone says you are supposed to have.  Just like I have no "fear" of a baseball bat.

Shooting is a sport for me.  It is only deadly when someone is ready to attack you, or someone close to you is in danger.  Just don't mess with me nor my friends.  I can be deadly if provoked with a similar weapon!  That person will go down before he/she can say "ouch!"

A "friend" can be one of my kitties or cats, too.  Just do not mess with them, either!
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