Revolvers
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greywolf67nt
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I have both and love both.
If you wanna just blast off a box of rounds my 1911 or TT33 but only hit about 50%.
Now my GP100 I can hit about 75%.
My 1873 SAA's I can't hit SQUAT but nothing beats a revolver in each hand and trying.
If you wanna just blast off a box of rounds my 1911 or TT33 but only hit about 50%.
Now my GP100 I can hit about 75%.
My 1873 SAA's I can't hit SQUAT but nothing beats a revolver in each hand and trying.
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Guns are like cell phones, cars and golf clubs. Revolvers are considered obsolete, a niche market item attractive to collectors and theme shooting. Semi autos are popular in media and military/ LEO use. What captures the public imagination is what wins the popularity contest.
Haha! I tried that once, just to show off to a (girl) friend. Peacemaker in one hand, Remington in the other, and a target at 7 yards.
I think I got 9 of 10 on the 8.5x11 sheet.
Made me feel
Revolvers really have become a niche I suppose, with the resurgence of single actions and smith and Wesson bringing back their classic models. I guess the 1911 is also a modern antique as well, but there isn't the drive for innovation in revolvers. That Chiappa Rhino is about the only thing revolutionary to come along.
So revolvers are like Harley's. modernized in subtle ways, but still look like they did 50 years go, because that's really what the market wants.
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And that is about the ugliest thing I've ever seen!!Haha! I tried that once, just to show off to a (girl) friend. Peacemaker in one hand, Remington in the other, and a target at 7 yards.
I think I got 9 of 10 on the 8.5x11 sheet.
Made me feel
Revolvers really have become a niche I suppose, with the resurgence of single actions and smith and Wesson bringing back their classic models. I guess the 1911 is also a modern antique as well, but there isn't the drive for innovation in revolvers. That Chiappa Rhino is about the only thing revolutionary to come along.
So revolvers are like Harley's. modernized in subtle ways, but still look like they did 50 years go, because that's really what the market wants.
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Best thing about a DA revolver is that you do not have to chase brass , plus if there is a misfire , the cyl. just rotates to the next round with the pull of the trigger.....with a semi , you have to clear the misfire....
And if you get a squib round while doing that rapid fire it will blow up in your hands , greatest drawback to a DA revolver . where as a semi auto would just not cycle the slide and go dead
with a regular design of revolver with the barrel on top it is designed to blow the top of the cylinder and rip the top strap and blow that force up and away from the shooters face/hands/chest
and if you do that with a Chiappa rhino then it will blow down into your hands and you will be pulling back hamburger/stump. and all the force and shrapnel will be directed downwards and towards the shooters hands/face/chest.. the rhino is easily one of the most dangerous revolvers on the market to the shooter.
I am not bashing revolvers I own three Smith and Wesson's (two performance center's) and shoot them almost exclusively in IDPA. but no machine is perfect
It is just something inherent to the design of revolvers that a shooter should be extra vigilant about, squib loads are very dangerous in revolvers doing rapid fire shooting.
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There are many more choices than just S&W and Ruger although not as many as there are pistol manufacturers.
There are pros and cons to both platforms and I love them both.
Pistols have the advantage of higher capacity and being easier to reload via a magazine. They sometimes have a minor disadvantage with regards to accuracy due to the floating barrel of most pistols. Fixed barrel models don't have this disadvantage but they are usually .380 acp or smaller caliber.
Revolvers have the advantage of easily managed brass as noted above. They also inherently have a fixed barrel and tend to have better trigger characteristics. I have a passion for antiques and the majority of them are revolvers so this means I own more of them. Also, I reload so the brass issue is a significant consideration when I am picking out a piece for the days shooting.
There is always overlap but you tend to pay extra for it. 1911's (and other pistols) can have wonderful triggers. If you spend enough on a match grade barrel and bushing you can have fixed barrel type accuracy as well.
I will agree that blasting away the potent surplus ammo in a TT33 is a great deal of fun. No need to worry about recovering the spent steel cases either. Someone once said that if you can be accurate with a TT33 you can be accurate with anything.
There are pros and cons to both platforms and I love them both.
Pistols have the advantage of higher capacity and being easier to reload via a magazine. They sometimes have a minor disadvantage with regards to accuracy due to the floating barrel of most pistols. Fixed barrel models don't have this disadvantage but they are usually .380 acp or smaller caliber.
Revolvers have the advantage of easily managed brass as noted above. They also inherently have a fixed barrel and tend to have better trigger characteristics. I have a passion for antiques and the majority of them are revolvers so this means I own more of them. Also, I reload so the brass issue is a significant consideration when I am picking out a piece for the days shooting.
There is always overlap but you tend to pay extra for it. 1911's (and other pistols) can have wonderful triggers. If you spend enough on a match grade barrel and bushing you can have fixed barrel type accuracy as well.
I will agree that blasting away the potent surplus ammo in a TT33 is a great deal of fun. No need to worry about recovering the spent steel cases either. Someone once said that if you can be accurate with a TT33 you can be accurate with anything.
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I love both, but to me the feel of a revolver is so much more human. I adore the feel and sounds of cocking and decocking the hammer. The sound and the feel are ... romantic.... Autos are more capable but less human in the same was as a nuclear weapon is more capable but less human.
The weight of "big iron" is also a big part of the attraction to me. The long heavy barrels of a 6" are the perfect balance of weight to absorb the .357s recoil and to give you a long enough sight base to get good accuracy and velocity out of your rounds.
I find myself increasingly only attracted to 6" long slide autos like the sig x6 for this very same reason.
The weight of "big iron" is also a big part of the attraction to me. The long heavy barrels of a 6" are the perfect balance of weight to absorb the .357s recoil and to give you a long enough sight base to get good accuracy and velocity out of your rounds.
I find myself increasingly only attracted to 6" long slide autos like the sig x6 for this very same reason.
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...if revolvers were obsolete we wouldn't be talking about them.
I agree, the revolver industry seems to be doing quite well. In the U.S. still a favorite for lots of people for cc due to ease of use and reliability. Also several hunters ( in the U.S.) and target shooters use them.
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If the sales figures for semis vs revolvers were available I'd bet you an e-beer that semis outsell revolvers by something like 20:1. So if Ruger and S&W didn't already have lines set up and well established for producing revolvers I wonder if either of them would want to start now?
I suspect you might be right but that kind of raises another question. If revolvers are indeed just a niche market why aren't there small boutique manufacturers building hi-end revolvers the way there are for custom 1911's?
They're not the only ones. Taurus, Alfa Project, Charter Arms, etc.
What bothers me is that Colt backed out, as they were making the highest-quality ones.
I'd buy a well-made new Anaconda in a heartbeat if they were still producing and improving them over the last 15 years.
What bothers me is that Colt backed out, as they were making the highest-quality ones.
I'd buy a well-made new Anaconda in a heartbeat if they were still producing and improving them over the last 15 years.
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I can relate to this….however, still haven't shot my .44 cap&ball yet. None of my friends shoot black powder and I haven't got a clue
Well then this thread is just for you friend:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1142666-New-to-cap-amp-ball?highlight=revolver
