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re: Explain to me what's special about Revolvers
Posted on 1/30/13 at 6:35 pm to weagle99
Posted on 1/30/13 at 6:35 pm to weagle99
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Well, there could be other reasons, such as shooting true big bore rounds like the .500 S&W, .454, and others. They offer a very good platform for hurling large pieces of metal downrange at high rates of speed.
THIS!
Why is no one else mentioning the fact that handgun hunters use revolvers?
For rounds with insane pressures, lightning-fast muzzle velocity, and bone-crushing muzzle energy, you CANNOT beat a revolver. PERIOD.
I am more of a semi auto guy too but you can't discredit how amazing some revolver rounds are.
Buffalo Bore makes a 357 125gr Gold Dot load that does 1700+fps out of a 4" barrel. Find me a semi auto pistol round with that much muzzle energy and we'll talk.
EDIT: Forgot to mention... if I'm going into bear country, I'm taking a revolver.
I'll let this Colt Anaconda illustrate my point:
This post was edited on 1/30/13 at 6:37 pm
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Posted on 1/30/13 at 6:49 pm to bapple
quote:Not to be a heckler, but there are some rounds that shoot 1600ft/s out of my G20 10mm. I get 15+1 of that too.
Find me a semi auto pistol round with that much muzzle energy and we'll talk
I a still waiting to kill something with it. If I had a shot inside of 25yds, it would be hard for me not to take it even if I had a rifle with me. Supposedly the 10mm is good for 150+yds
Posted on 1/31/13 at 4:38 pm to bapple
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For rounds with insane pressures, lightning-fast muzzle velocity, and bone-crushing muzzle energy, you CANNOT beat a revolver. PERIOD
It has little to do with pressure, velocity, etc.
You wouldn't want to cycle a round as long as a .500 S&W through a semi-auto.
Yes, there is the Automag that shot .44 Magnum, but they were known to never cycle correctly.
The slide would have to move back too far and the gun would not cycle correctly.
It's also not as much as revolvers being more reliable to shoot as much as being easier to fix a malfunction. If a double action revolver doesn't fire, simple pull the trigger and the cylinder rotates to the next round. If a semi doesn't fire, it's TRB - TAP, RACK, BANG!
.44 Mag, .500 S&W,9mm, 5.56
Notice how much longer the revolver cartridges are
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