Revolver or Pistol

[cottage cheese]

So that`s what`s going on.
Thanks a bunch Abhijeet - I spent three quarters of an hour typing a response to the that revolver/pistol thread correcting a misapprehension as to the operation/efficiency of auto/semi-auto firearms ( one held by both the poster and at least one other member ) and then gave the a*$eh**l* a thorough dressing down without the use of one swear word.......and then lost the lot because the `post doesn`t exist`.
Am I fed-up ? Yes. VERY.
You`re flamin` lethal when wired on caffeine - for goodness sake slow down. Coffee obviously turns you into a despotic thread merger !
Why mix the threads anyway ? You`ve now joined a decent discussion with an ill-informed, rude and ignorant rant.

[cottage cheese]

Rs 15/- of 40yrs ago coupled with import restrictions would make it of lacs. Not strong enough an argument perhaps-----of course on this flimsy ground you cant hold others idiot. please dont take it personally.

...My Browning .32 was purchased as 'recently' as 1992 for only Rs.700/- thats not 40 years ago. A pea shooter no-doubt, but it is sufficiently reliable when it's shot. At that time my household had 3 revolvers. A S&W .38Spl Bodyguard(Service issue), and a pair of S&W .32's that were directly imported by my uncle in 1984.

The choice was conscious despite the availability of good revolvers at a similarly low price. I got good returns for the investment.

I came on line this morning to find that you'd probably been up all night with your loaded revolvers. Hope you consider the sleep well deserved.

Look Mr.Jha, the Pistol vs Revolver debate has been on ever since or perhaps even before some incredible idiot called John Browning came up with a viable self-loader. Its almost a century now. The debate will carry on....and on. You're not the first Revolver advocate nor will you be the last.

Pistols and revolvers, both have their virtues and vices. We aren't with the perfect handgun yet and its most likely there'll never be one. Its only on to the user to decide what he or she is comfortable with - I know this line is repeated all too often but it can't be said in another way.

If you think you like revolvers, then by all means do so and make good use of the same. Nobody will call you and idiot for that . After all, a revolver or pistol or a desi khatta or AK47 is a gun.... it shoots bullets that can kill. As such, all receive a healthy respect if you happen to be on the unpleasant end of the barrel.

As you claim, you own a Webley&Scott and plan to purchase a third rate copy of the same archaic design. To me that looks like money ill spent.

I personally have no issue with revolvers, and I don't mind having a nice one around, but my personal preference continues to be a pistol and certainly its not to show off or to to serve as a status symbol. I feel sorry for your misery if you constrain yourself to such a limited mental outlook.

You may find the reasons unconvincing but they are mine and you are free to disagree but you ought to stop seeing things in a black and white perspective.

The Colt 1911 is nearing 100 years in use. I'd say almost 80% of pistol designs today were inspired by this single pistol in some way or the other. Forget advances in technology, way back then in Oct 8 1918, a youngish Corporal Alvin C.York did something interesting with a .45 M1911. Google it and read. That should tell you something about the reliability of a pistol even way back before the all modern gizmos. Thats also, only one single instance among countless.

Quite definitely, there are many crappy pistols around, you should know there are crappy revolvers as well.
Revolvers are certainly good things and they'll always be around- but its technical evolution has hit a plateau. I don't see it evolving significantly anytime soon. Pistols, on the other hand continue to evolve because the very essence of its design allows for evolution and modification.

Bottom line is if you like your revolvers, keep it and be happy, shoot safe. In the mean time, do let others exercise their right to think differently because I for one would certainly like to keep my pistol.

...and for heavens sake stop making a fart of yourself.

[cottage cheese]

Well, if there two types of plane-------one to fall off the sky and another secure and reliable, one would choose the latter. So is the case with pistol and revolver. What do you say?

All planes will fall off the sky if the time comes. Its inherent - No such thing as a Non-crashing plane now that you brought up the topic.

[cottage cheese]

Shooting a pistol gives a lousy feeling. This feeling together with elegent look of pistol perhaps motivates one to go for it, even though it means compromising with reliabilty?

Describe how lousy the feeling is?.... does it cause diarrhea? Or does it give you a toothache? Perhaps something close to heatstroke from the muzzle heat?

Splendid theory, every one buys a pistol because they look elegant.... what more can I say?

Look if you don't want to compromise on reliablilty, then don't compromise, I don't seem to have too much problems compromising on my requirements because I've not been compromised anyway....

What has perhaps never happened is likely to happen here----I alone pressing for revolver, almost all others for pistol. Let the debate go on for few days more and let others join in for much clearer picture to emerge.

Oh What a tragedy! A lone candle in the wilderness - Apparently you rate yourself very highly.

[badshah0522]

Describe how lousy the feeling is?.... does it cause diarrhea?



Cannot resist my loughter anymore.

[mundaire]

So that`s what`s going on.
Thanks a bunch Abhijeet - I spent three quarters of an hour typing a response to the that revolver/pistol thread correcting a misapprehension as to the operation/efficiency of auto/semi-auto firearms ( one held by both the poster and at least one other member ) and then gave the a*$eh**l* a thorough dressing down without the use of one swear word.......and then lost the lot because the `post doesn`t exist`.

Sorry about that... would have been worth it just to read the "dressing down without the use of one swear word"...

Am I fed-up ? Yes. VERY.
You`re flamin` lethal when wired on caffeine - for goodness sake slow down. Coffee obviously turns you into a despotic thread merger !

Despotic thread merger!! So you were paying attention after all...

Why mix the threads anyway ? You`ve now joined a decent discussion with an ill-informed, rude and ignorant rant.

Well, the older thread had a poll on it and I thought it'd be nice for some of the members who did not want to be caught in a flame war with a troll - to be able to silently cast their votes... besides, I like to keep discussions on the same subject under one thread - makes it easier for a new sign up to find relevant info... besides reducing clutter...

Cheers!
Abhijeet

[mundaire]

CC,

I too love revolvers AS WELL AS semi-autos, and even though I personally prefer the latter - for me it does not detract from the joy of handling a well made piece of the former! In an ideal world, I'd be carrying the 1911 as first line and a 5 round .38 Special snubbie as a backup. The choice of a .38 spl and not the .357 mag snubbie, as even though the latter makes more power it would be decidedly unpleasant to shoot...

Of course this is NOT an ideal world....

BTW - the reference to the .32 as a pea shooter (while accurate) was not intended to offend any .32 owners. I fully well realise that (in the current scenario) for the vast majority of Indians the .32 cal is the best that can be hoped for...

Cheers!
Abhijeet

[mundaire]

Mr. Jha,

Just in case you have been wondering what all this talk about a "troll" is -


troll v.,n.

1. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.urban] To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flames; or, the post itself. Derives from the phrase "trolling for newbies" which in turn comes from mainstream "trolling", a style of fishing in which one trails bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite. The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look even more clueless than they already do, while subtly conveying to the more savvy and experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it. See also YHBT.

2. An individual who chronically trolls in sense 1; regularly posts specious arguments, flames or personal attacks to a newsgroup, discussion list, or in email for no other purpose than to annoy someone or disrupt a discussion. Trolls are recognizable by the fact that the have no real interest in learning about the topic at hand - they simply want to utter flame bait. Like the ugly creatures they are named after, they exhibit no redeeming characteristics, and as such, they are recognized as a lower form of life on the net, as in, "Oh, ignore him, he's just a troll."

Cheers!
Abhijeet

[vjha55]

One of my posts earlier was meant,and enough at the same time, to convince you about my sincerity on this forum. Moreover, I could get the meaning of TROLL from the context atleast though. Thanks a lot for trying to educate me about the term TROLL in detail.

[vjha55]

My purpose on this forum is limited to gathering as much comments as I can as to the soundness or otherwise of my decison to go for revolver. In the process I was always sure that debate could become stiff.

[vjha55]

It has been great experience on this forum. It is great to see some regular boarders having sea of information which is possible over a long period of time. I must admit I am going to be regular just for few days more till my curiosity for arms gets quenched. You know this is my first firearm and hence the curiosity. But you should see my innocent argument of placing revolver over pistol in this context.
I am not a professional shooter, and as such I am not going to think about firearms most of the time. I am a businessman which leaves little time for such posts. But it has been quite satisfying to be on this forum. I would also like to wish all informative boarders to keep this forum more and more evolving.

[Olly]

I don't think you can place a revolver over pistol or a pistol over revolver. Both have their individual characteristics and handling... and different uses too.... Guys like me who simply love Snub-nosed revolvers don't criticise pistols in any way... infact, after firing Glock, Colt and Beretta, the mind tends to sway... BUT it is still an individual preference / choice / need ...

[eljefe]

Just been on the phone with Anton-he's agreed for a limited run in 32-wants to know how many swarovski crystals for the bling factor ( to add to the elegance that jha wants in a pistol) sl no 0001 is goin to be in pink with a gold coloured slide...

Jha, en passant, some etiquette tips- a gun owner respects another and does not do freudian analysis of the personality based on the gun-if, in your understanding, a pistol owner is a half brained moron, doesnt it give him the freedom to call you-the owner of an archaic, obsolete piece of ironmongerey, with which you've fired precisely 12 rounds, before you got your divine appointment as purveyor of pox ridden paranoia, an equally well fitting sobriquet?
shut the door on your way out and thanks for the entertainment-it was a dull week.

[hamiclar01]

I am not a professional shooter, and as such I am not going to think about firearms most of the time.

is that so, then what prompted you to try and shove some half baked archaic whims down our throats?

But you should see my innocent argument of placing revolver over pistol in this context.

so you are saying you knew everything and were just doing it for fun

I am a businessman which leaves little time for such posts.

of course you've got better things to do! and of course the rest of us are on the dole anyway, eh? ever heard of concepts called manners? etiquettes?

[OverUnderPump]

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These Troll comments are off the walls, blathering, and make ZILCHY sense to the thread being discussed.Their classic responses to the witty repartees of Loyal Blogizens are like 'I know you are, but what am I ? You are, but am I ?'

As brave Blogiknights would fare forth and dispatch the miserable creature with their sharp witted EXCALIBUR-keyboards, thus leaving the Troll a quivering mass of conquered flesh. And although these trolls are left on the field of battle, like a worm infected dump left by a rabid dog,they still spew their gut out, unknowing that they have been conquered. They know not that their argument or their limbs have been severed and continue to spew froth akin to a snail that has been sprinkled with salt. But in reality they need not be feared nor acknowledged as their brains are infested by an Intellect Devouring Syphilitic Bug.

But AHH the joy these Trolls do bring forth to the masses, as the sight of their slaughter, by Loyal Blogizens/Blogiknights, provides a side show, and sometimes the événement principal to the blogosphere. And what with a hunting ban en-force in our country, thou dost requireth no invitation to go TROLL HUNTING.
Its Open Season folks