Yep - revolvers are the best for the inexperienced. My use of the term ‘inexperienced’ isn’t meant to cast aspersions - it’s just the truth. We talk a great deal about weapons, but it really comes down to one’s will to live and the willingness to take whatever action necessary to achieve that.
One fellow I knew years ago said that he wouldn’t pick up a gun for any reason. My response was that not only did he not value his own life, but the lives of his wife and two kids were, in his judgement, not worth anything either.
That got him pissed. I told him, good - you’ve made the first step towards living in the real world. He didn’t much like that, either. needless to say, we didn’t have much to say to each other after that.
LOL at that. Sometimes a good, hard slap across the chops rhetorically speaking is a very good thing.
Autoloaders take a real commitment to training and practice. Most people make the mistake of buying a couple boxes of 'premium defense' ammo and figure they're good to go. But if you don't shoot at LEAST several hundred rounds of it to determine that it functions at LEAST 100 straight rounds without a malfunction you're playing a dangerous game with your life.
And that's a pricey proposition. So, most people don't do it.
With a revolver that part is pretty much eliminated. Bullet shape, cartridge length, feed ramps, polished throats, all those issues are eliminated. If the cylinder turns the odds are vastly on the side of 'it'll go bang'.
That's a huge plus to revolvers, especially for inexperienced shooters or those who lack the budget or time for serious training.