Ahh to smell the BS of an author. LOL, it is funny, so freaking funny. Only need one bullet per person. HAHAHA. Sure buddy, nobody ever survives being shot with a 45. What a snobbish fool.
I don’t shoot often enough, even less so since the tragic boat accident, but in 10+ years, experienced a few jams in the Glock 19, and none in the S&W 642.
Y/MMMV
This isn't true. It's not true for normal people who have substantial shooting time behind their favored gun, and it's not true for the elite.
Maybe there are some freakishly fast single action guys who do trick shooting who are faster with a single action revolver than most people are with a double action revolver, but none of the cowboy gun shooters can come close to the freakishly fast Jerry Miculek .. especially if any reloading is required. Jerry Miculek speed shooting record setting video
“Chief among these is the lie that revolvers are more reliable than automatics. “
Yeah - autos never jam in dirty situations when a revolver would keep firing...or have ejection problems if a bad round is fired or a limp-wrist lapse occurs...I’ve had 3 jams with autos over the last 50 years and zero problems with revolvers....like the old saying goes, if a gun jams just once it’s hard to trust it as a SHTF weapon.
I actually pretty much agree with the author. Something unusual for ASJ.
A good auto is more reliable than a revolver, especially in dirty conditions. Note that I said a (good) auto.
Armchair expert. I can’t think of a single modern double action break top revolver....Webleys are ancient!
The author ignores one of the great virtues of the revolver: it can easily be chambered for and handle the pressure of magnum and super-magnum cartridges like the .44 Mag, .41 Mag, .347 Mag and .500 S&W Mag, .454 Casull, .480 Ruger, etc. etc.
These cartridges are a lot more reassuring to carry when you are in big bear country than the .45 ACP the author favors.
I do not like DA only, DA/SA is preferred.
I do not like DA only, DA/SA is preferred.
Where can I get one of those ‘automatic” pistols. My semi-automatic just doesn’t shoot fast enough.
I thought the Germans replaced the Luger with the P-38 because (a) the P-38 was cheaper to manufacture; and (b) the Luger didn't handle dirty conditions as well.
here’s one shooter’s take. - The relative merits of the three basic types of pistols – single-action, double-action and automatic – has rarely been discussed in an impartial manner.
Same blogwriter:
THE M1911A1 .45 automatic represents the ultimate in pistol design.
***The Colt Single Action Army (SAA) in .45 Long Colt (as opposed to the .45 Short Schofield) is the classic gun of the Old West.***
In one of the ironies of the Old West, the US cavalry used the .45 LONG Colt pistol as is. Then the Army tested the Schofield with used the .45 SHORT cartridge. It did not make the grade, but the Army continued using the Colt pistol with the short Schofield cartridge.
Bkmk
Not to be picky, but its SEMI-auto, not automatic. Hard to read past the headline after that.
I am not a pistol expert, but I have shot many thousands of rounds and strictly for reliability, I will take my S+W 357 Magum, over any of my semis.
For me, it's a matter of personal choice, if you bought the guns, use what ever you like the best.