Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by captrakshitsharma » Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:50 pm

good point but i frankly feel more pistols jam due to either dirty fouled up mechanisms or more so due to bad ammo .
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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by amit888_2000 » Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:01 pm

only revolvers, any day.

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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by GlockFanWorld » Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:21 am

It depends on the shooter. Some people like pistols better than the revolvers and vice versa. Go for whatever you feel comfortable shooting. Personally, I love pistols over revolvers. I am a proud owner of a Glock 23.

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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by amit888_2000 » Mon Dec 20, 2010 2:28 pm

I have both, still Revolver anyday.

Pistol can jam, but if revolver shot doesn't fire, u can quickly fire 2nd and 3rd, in pistol, u have to use 2nd hand to remove jam catridge.

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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by MoA » Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:14 am

A well mantained reliable pistol will beat a revolver any day. Once again shot placement, reliability and comfort with the weapon will matter more than all the academic talk of revolvers over pistols or vice versa.

I will trust my Cz 75 over a revolver any day. I keep it in top condition, and use decent ammo when I do carry.

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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by SARGE7402 » Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:37 am

Just remember it really doesn't matter which you have in your hand. What matters most is the person behind the weapon. If you are ready to defend yourself, they you will have already taken those steps necessary to ensure that your equipment functions the first time and that if it doesn't, you know what to do to remedy the situation with out having to consiciously think now what do I do.

Over the last 40 plus years, I've carried revolvers and semiautomatics from .22's up to .45 and never felt undergunned with what I had on me at the time. And yes, things can and do go sour very quickly especially when you least expect it. Better to have a .22 double barrel derringer in your pocket than a .45 in the safe at home, when the do do flies up and strikes the rotating oscillator.
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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by munoz » Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:17 pm

For me the best is still the auto pistol it's great for me.
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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by xl_target » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:00 am

Subal das wrote:pistol some times jam because people keep mags loaded all the time and spring become weak. unloading amo at evening can help to keep spring in shape longer and help to prevent stoppages.
This is a fallacy. Springs weaken due to constant compression and extension.
Unless the spring is over extended or compressed past design limits, keeping a magazine loaded constantly should have no effect on the magazine spring's life.
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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by TwoRivers » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:14 pm

Design limits, however, mean little when the material isn't up to that "design spec". Unless that mechanical engineer is into spring manufacture, he's just spouting theory. Trust me, both spiral and V springs can take a set if left compressed over a long time. And a lot of the current wire springs never seem to have been up to design specs. Granted, most people don't load a magazine fully, and then not look at the pistol for thirty years. But that "myth" didn't come up out of thin air. Cheers.

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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by jaz » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:30 pm

hi,
check out CZ 83 in 7.65mm and you are never going to ask for revolver.

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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by ssmickey.32 » Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:33 pm

amit888_2000 wrote:I have both, still Revolver anyday.

Pistol can jam, but if revolver shot doesn't fire, u can quickly fire 2nd and 3rd, in pistol, u have to use 2nd hand to remove jam catridge.

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Yeah! Only Revolvers...

I hope we all remember the unfortunate shooting incident that killed an Agra Jeweller.

If only he had a Revolver may be he would have survived... in the above video, the jeweller was quick enough the draw the pistol but unfortunately it did not prove to be worth it's salt.

One life, why so serious, carry a Revolver :wink:
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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by gverma » Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:43 pm

Revolvers if you are in India

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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by thebrowningeffect » Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:18 pm

I love pistols but after watching this video I will consider revolvers.
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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by captrakshitsharma » Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:12 pm

For the first 6 shots nothing will beat a revolver specially if its in .357 magnum... :agree:
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Re: Best For Defense--Revolvers Or Auto Pistols?

Post by cottage cheese » Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:59 pm

xl_target wrote: This is a fallacy. Springs weaken due to constant compression and extension.
Unless the spring is over extended or compressed past design limits, keeping a magazine loaded constantly should have no effect on the magazine spring's life.
You don't have to believe me. Talk to any mechanical engineer.
...true. There's a WWII vintage 1911 with a far relation in my family and I get to handle the maintenance bit. It's had 7 pops in the original magazine for the last 6 years without recess. Still a stiff thumb buster.

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