Give the guy a break. Back in the day, when I was much younger, every gun owner I knew(and I knew a lot of them)referred to the 1911 type firearms as "automatics". They all knew they were semis but we all used the term automatic.
We were well aware of the difference between full auto and semi-auto.
Perhaps Mr. K grew up in the same atmosphere. I STILL refer to semis(pistols, not rifles) as automatics when discussing firearms.
BTW, Mr. K, I also prefer revolvers but for different reasons than yours.
Both of you have a good day.
Thank you- I said nothing against automatics (yes SEMI-automatics) but I just stated my preference
I just don’t feel comfortable with a gun that is cocked and loaded and ready to fire again with another pull on the trigger, after you just fired it once. It’s just me. And I can put 8 shots in a cardpoard shadow head at 20 paces...
Let me try another way...
You can shoot a revolver and then put it right into your holster... You can’t do that with a semi-auto, unless you want to shoot yourself somewhere you probably won’t enjoy.
You have to stop what you’re doing, ease the thingamijigger back, remove the clip, make sure the loaded round pops out, check down the barrel to make sure it’s clear...
I have seen one-too many learners on the range shoot a semi-auto once, get scared at the recoil, and then turn sideways to hand a fully-ready to shoot semi-auto to someone else WITH their finger uncomfortably close to the trigger and/or the person they are handing it to freaking out and grabbing it to push it back downrange and almost jarring the trigger themselves.
I think they are a work of machining and engineering beauty - I am just too chicken to own one.
P.S. which is exactly what happened in this story