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mr.72 wrote:are you suggesting that somehow carrying a semi-auto makes it more likely for you to miss 10 or 20 times?

On one level, it's possible to miss more than 6 times only with a semi-auto*. If you miss 6 times with a revolver, the fight is probably over at that point.

On another level, my opinion is that larger magazines encourage a certain amount of spray-and-pray mentality among some shooters. I see this at the range, when someone is shooting like the ammo is free, and their target looks like they're using a shotgun.

I emphasize that this is an individual fault, not a general trend. It's also possible to shoot poorly with a revolver, but I don't see that happening.

BTW, I own and shoot both types of handguns.

*Production revolvers are available with up to 9 chambers, and historically some were made up to 24.

- Jim

Mr. 72, manufacturers continue to sell hundreds of thousands of revolvers a year, and plenty of people carry them for a number of reasons. In the book Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting, Ed McGivern describes a re-creation of the gunfight at the OK Corral in which several shooters hit six targets in less than 6 seconds, drawing from an open holster.

I honestly can't think of a case in real life where someone lost a gunfight because he ran out of ammunition.

Meanwhile, semi-auto pistols have given us countless incidents where a shooter missed 10 or 20 times.

Carry whatever you like.



- Jim

Jerry Miculek, 12 shots in less than 3 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uisHfKj2JiI

- Jim

Multiple assailants beating a guy who is already on the ground is the unlawful use of deadly force, so you would be justified in threatening and using deadly force to stop it.

It wouldn't matter at that point if the guy they were beating had asked for it. There is no legal justification for continuing to beat someone who is down.

With regard to having a revolver, you might not have to shoot at all, and shooting one actor would probably make the others flee. You also need to see some good use of speedloaders. Some shooters can reload a revolver in a second.

- Jim