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I guess the magazine has a lot of pages to fill up with editorial content, so they let the author publish a rant. He's certainly very opinionated. And he thinks that the 1911 is the pinnacle of gun design, and nothing has surpassed it int 100 years. Quite a few very knowledgeable people would beg to differ.

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.

You are right, revolvers do make better magnums tho it is possible to make magnum autos too.

I had a model 27 with 8 and 3/8ths inch barrel. It had target trigger, hammer and sights. What a beautiful piece of machinery and it shot about as well as one could shoot.

A hot loaded .357 with the right bullet is a very deadly gun. Also had several model 29s and that is about as much power as is practical in a hand gun.