Occasionally, but very rarely a piece of the sky does fall.
If it was good enough for Dirty Harry ...
When I teach a novice, I always start out with a revolver. It’s not as easy to screw up as a semi-auto.
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.
Here, there and everywhere.
The FBI says that the .357 is the most effective man killer in law enforcement history.
Those who shoot them can see why.
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.
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.
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.
Colt Python under my bed. 6 shots. But quite damaging to human tissue/organs.
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.
If you have trouble racking a slide, nothing wrong with a revolver.
Before my canoe overturned, I had a Dan Wesson .357 Mag. Sweetest action I’ve ever shot. And plenty of punch.
I think the constantly changing curves of the revolver hide better than the corners of the Glock. I normally carry 8 rounds of 40 S&W in the Glock and can reload it much easier than the 5 rounds of 357. But I don't spend much time in cities. Almost never at night. I don't have a lot of scenarios where I could see me shooting more than 5 rounds.
And for a "get off me" belly gun, the S&W is very hard to beat. As shown, it has a big enough grip to easily grab, and will fire when shoved into someone's gut. I think, at least. I've never tried it...and Lord willing, will never need to do so.
In 40 years with revolvers, I've had light primer strikes in a 686+ from a strain screw coming loose. Loctite now. I had one time in a night-long sand storm where enough dirt got in my Dan Wesson revolver that it wouldn't fire. Maybe the Glock would have handled it. Don't camp out in sand storms any more. Prefer beds in motels now.
The Glock 27 is a good gun. I'm just not sure it does much that the J-frame with oversized grips doesn't do better.
The Lady Smith, BTW, has a great trigger. Smooth, but long and stout in DA. Makes me laugh when people talk about an 8 lb trigger pull as too hard. In SA, it is very crisp and precise.
Charter Arms .44 Special wheelie. More power than a .38 or .357 without becoming uncontrollable. Only downside: 5 shots max. But after one hit, said perp ain’t goin’ nowhere except a hospital.
“Big bullets let more air in and blood out.” — attributed to Elmer Keith.
There are no bad guns made today (except those gang banger .25 cals and such.
A revolver does not have a safety to bother with and is great for people who struggle to rack a pistol’s slide. Reloads are generally slower and you are limited in capacity. But there is no reason to avoid a revolver for self defense. Even a .38 special will usually get the job done, but the sky is the limit on cartridge power for those who desire it.
Nothing wrong with a good revolver. Pick your favorite tool drom the tool box, and just practice frequently.
One nice thing about revolvers is that they don’t leave brass everywhere. Sometimes, you just might not want to leave a calling card.
Fits nicely in any pocket, good quality but not expensive, and presumably quite lethal if the situation calls for it.
One spews its spent shells out onto the ground, the other keeps them in the cylinder until emptied and replaced.
In the revolver, you have a speed loader, that permits reload of the entire cylinder with one device, like the replacement of a magazine.
The gas operated weapon is faster, and I own both, but my preference is a S & W 357 Magnum, loaded with hollow points.
Any gun is better than a hammer, because even when out of ammo, use can use the gun as a hammer:)