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Revolvers: Perfect or Out-Dated for Personal Defense?
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 5/8/2018 | J Hines

Posted on 05/08/2018 7:59:53 AM PDT by w1n1

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1 posted on 05/08/2018 7:59:53 AM PDT by w1n1
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Occasionally, but very rarely a piece of the sky does fall.


2 posted on 05/08/2018 8:08:09 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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If it was good enough for Dirty Harry ...


3 posted on 05/08/2018 8:09:30 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
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To: w1n1

When I teach a novice, I always start out with a revolver. It’s not as easy to screw up as a semi-auto.


4 posted on 05/08/2018 8:10:36 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Love my 340PD for concealed carry and my 626-5 forshoulder holter carry in the forest around Yellowstone.


5 posted on 05/08/2018 8:14:35 AM PDT by CarmichaelPatriot
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Wonderful personal defense for the 21st Century. Looking for concealment? SP101 Ruger. Lightweight concealment Ruger LCR.

Want power with 6 shots? .327 Federal Magnum.

There are real nice S&W revolvers out there too.


6 posted on 05/08/2018 8:15:26 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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Revolvers

Here, there and everywhere.

7 posted on 05/08/2018 8:15:45 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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The FBI says that the .357 is the most effective man killer in law enforcement history.

Those who shoot them can see why.


8 posted on 05/08/2018 8:16:14 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: w1n1

I carry a .39 S&W Airweight in my pocket holster. I don’t prefer it to semis in general, but I like having a safe point and shoot weapon that is easy to draw and use.


9 posted on 05/08/2018 8:16:20 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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My hiking/camping gun is a Roger Redhawk .44 magnum. It’s quite rare for a revolver to not fire when you pull the trigger. I’ve had some automatic- yes even modern ones - that weren’t very reliable.

I was told I was limpwristing it and that’s why my former jam-O-matic would constantly stovepipe.....but it was amazing how much stronger my wrists got when I shot any other gun. I ‘ve never had a failure to feed or failure to eject (duh) with a revolver.


10 posted on 05/08/2018 8:17:55 AM PDT by FLT-bird (..)
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A 38 snubbie is still a great concealed carry option. Once you go to a larger open carried sidearm the additional ammo of the semi is hard to beat - unless you are carrying in the wilderness for bear defense then the power of a 357 or 44 mag revolver is a good option.


11 posted on 05/08/2018 8:18:19 AM PDT by circlecity
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If I’m ever in a situation where I need more than one or two shots, I’m probably dead anyway. Give me reliability, moving parts that I can see, and the ability to load as light or as heavy as I wish.


12 posted on 05/08/2018 8:20:43 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegals, abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF.)
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To: Vaquero

“Looking for concealment? SP101 Ruger“

Nice pistol. I have one. But it’s a bit on the heavy side for EDC.

L


13 posted on 05/08/2018 8:22:30 AM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: w1n1

Colt Python under my bed. 6 shots. But quite damaging to human tissue/organs.


14 posted on 05/08/2018 8:27:08 AM PDT by donozark (Restraining orders are just another way of saying I love you.)
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Yup. So get a LCR.


15 posted on 05/08/2018 8:28:24 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: PapaBear3625

Ditto that!


16 posted on 05/08/2018 8:31:13 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: w1n1

I love wheel guns, in spite of their shortcomings. And to be honest, I think the only slide gun I’d want at this point would be a 1911 or variant — in .45acp, preferably, but any knockoff in anything > 9mm would do.


17 posted on 05/08/2018 8:31:26 AM PDT by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept.)
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To: MUDDOG

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18 posted on 05/08/2018 8:33:33 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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If you have trouble racking a slide, nothing wrong with a revolver.


19 posted on 05/08/2018 8:36:41 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (Their side circles the wagons. Our side revs up the bus.)
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20 posted on 05/08/2018 8:37:27 AM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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