Speaking of revolvers
Five Reasons to Own Sixguns. In my experience, they’ve improved my shooting ability with other guns. After several cylinders through, a trigger on a plastic gun seems much more manageable.
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February 21st, 2017 at 7:22 pm
I question whether anyone who would refer to revolvers as “simple” has ever seen the inside of one.
February 21st, 2017 at 9:25 pm
Reason Six (appropriately enough):
You get to say “sixgun”. 🙂
@Jonathan, I question whether anyone who would question WM’s familiarity with gun guts has ever seen his site. Kinda like saying Miculek ain’t that fast. (and read what he actually says about the “simple” thing).
February 21st, 2017 at 9:26 pm
WTF happened to my smiley? Let’s try a frowny. 🙁
February 21st, 2017 at 9:28 pm
It’s a ‘moticon conspiracy… :O
February 21st, 2017 at 11:50 pm
Nope, I haven’t been to his site before.
But that has absolutely no bearing on my comment, nor addresses my concerns. *shrug*
February 22nd, 2017 at 3:48 am
I’ve been a revolver junkie forever, but when I jumped into ICORE it wasn’t long before trigger management improved substantially for everything, along with a better eye for how to approach a stage. When there are only 6 (or 8, if you’re running a 627) with long gaps between the 6 or 8, more thought is required, not to mention attention to properly reassembling the grip every 6 (pet peeve: an A-box head shot with PF 198 230 grain hardball shouldn’t draw a Mike for skipping the 2nd hole).
I suspect the trigger improvement stems largely from hand strength and index finger manipulation skill gains; running a 9 lb DA trigger teaches things a 5 lb plastic one can’t.
February 22nd, 2017 at 11:35 am
@Jonathan,
“(History, experience, detail) has absolutely no bearing on my comment/concerns.”
‘Nuff said then.
February 22nd, 2017 at 2:08 pm
For the average home defense person semi-autos are a bad choice. There is simply too much manual-of-arms involved for this person. Double action revolvers are a bad choice also. The trigger pull is so heavy that this average person will not hit their target if beyond 10 feet. Maybe 7 feet.
For this person I wish someone would make smaller single action revolvers, like 75% of Single Action Army, in .38 special. With a four inch barrel there is lots of great defensive .38 ammunition available.
February 22nd, 2017 at 3:51 pm
Joseph:
hammer cocking revolvers (single or double action) mostly have triggers that are essentially target triggers. That is way too light for defensive use. Lots of unintended discharges when confronting BG’s, and people have gone to jail, or paid lots of money for that situation, due to dead and wounded.
This is the reason that DAO revolvers were mandated by lots of law enforcement departments, prior to switching to autos. Even those were required to have heavy triggers, although some of them (NYPD) went overboard.
February 25th, 2017 at 12:28 am
Whenever you’re done putting words in my mouth – and, for that matter, done white-knighting for someone who, apparently, doesn’t need your help – let me know, JTC.
Also, your link is broken. You might want to tend to that.