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.
Most guns are designed well enough, but quality control is sometimes suspect. Cheaper guns are usually cheap for a reason. I've shot several boxes through this "Jammer" with no problem now, but feel like the ejector was some sort of inferior metal, maybe even pot metal. I would love to have a replacement part made with stainless or something else, but who would try to make a living from spare parts from other guns? The old ejector would flex just pushing it with my fingers. It's now just a shooter at the range because I just can't trust it with my life even with a new ejector that is working now at 100%. Is the next round going to be the one I have to fire at multiple perps and it decides to fire once?
Many semi-autos are oversprung to handle +P rounds. Cheap ammo will stovepipe because the blowback doesn’t contain the force required to overcome the return spring. $20 buys a reduced power spring, and half as many minutes will fix your “weak wrist.” Replace the trigger spring at the same time and you’ll have a reliable, easy shooting weapon—and don’t buy that ammo in 1000 round bags!
You can still shoot +P, but I’ve found there’s no reason to spend that much on practicing. Buy regular loads from the same manufacturer and buy a couple extra boxes of +P with the savings.
YGWYPF...