On very rare occasions I've had a pistol round misfire, but in 60 plus years of shooting, I can count the number of times that a revolver didn't fire.
The semis would jam and misfire with regularity.
When I would go to the gun shop, they explained that when shooting a semi you could expect that sometimes the spring in the clip would "go soft" and in rapid fire situations, the gun would jam.
After years of having semis jam {I don't mean to imply that jamming was an every day or even every month happening} but it was often enough to make me think.
One main reason for me to own and carry a pistol is self defense, and if the gun may misfire, I don't want it.
I traded all of my semis in and bought extra revolvers.
Not the same rapid fire power, but with speed loaders, you don't lose that much.
Whether it's a semi or a revolver, treat it as if it is always loaded, and you won't ever shoot anyone by accident.
Try a better semi-auto. I carry an HK P30 9mm. It is as reliable as they come. Holds 15+1.
There’s a reason the SEALs carry HKs (they carry the .45 version of the P30, the HK45ct). Don’t want your sidearm jamming with a terrorist smiling at you.
SnakeDoc
“...you could expect that sometimes the spring in the clip would “go soft” and in rapid fire situations, the gun would jam....”
I always use high-quality magazines, and rotate the ammo out of them into other mags, let them ‘rest’, and then rotate those mags too, that’s not a problem.
Yeah, they’re not cheap mags.
I do that 2-weekly rotation with the mag in the well, as well as the 2 extras in the add’l paddle holster carrier. I have 15 of those WC Mags.
http://www.usgalco.com/HolsterPG3.asp?ProductID=2053&GunID=173
My 3 full-size 1911 Kimber .45cal ACPs have never jammed/misfired in 14yrs. Probably over 10k thru the 3 in IDPA, NRA Comp, targets etc.
That said, I also have a pristine 1974 Colt Trooper MKIII .357mag which I love, but the 6” barrel makes for difficult CCW, unless I use the Bianchi Shoulder-Hoslter-Rig, under a jacket. In 100F+ heat, that’s problematic. The Kimbers are less difficult to conceal in the Galco Paddle Holsters.
http://www.usgalco.com/HolsterPG3.asp?ProductID=815&GunID=173
All that said, there’s always “a first time”...