Revolver for EDC - Pros/Cons

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I have a friend who is about to get her concealed carry permit. She is in love with a revolvers and will probably choose one as her EDC. I'm going to share the link to this thread with her. I can't give much advice on the subject because I only own and carry pistol.

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If you Google your headline, you'll get plenty of well thought - out answers on this. If she wants a revolver she should get a revolver. She'll need to practice with it just like she should practice with anything. Snubs, if that's what she is considering, are not inherently inaccurate but are more difficult to shoot accurately. Just my 2¢.

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Pros: I don't know any for concealed carry.

Cons:
  • Limited capacity!
  • Reloading takes longer!
  • Snub nose revolvers can be shot less accurately due to the shorter sight radius!
  • For a snub-nose revolver, .357 Magnum recoils quite a bit and is a flame thrower, while .38 Special +P offers borderline performance.
  • A Glock 26 has roughly the same size and weight as a snub-nose revolver and has 10+1 rounds of 9mm fired from a 3.4-inch barrel. A 17-round Glock 17 magazine can serve as a backup. This is just one example of how a semi-auto is superior.
  • Revolvers for semi-auto cartridges, such as 9mm, are retarded! Bullet jump is a serious problem.
  • .410 revolvers are retarded! .410 out of a short barrel has poor performance.
 
Take your friend to a range that offers a selection of rental weapons she could shoot and get a feel for. Her gun is a defensive weapon to ensure she can run away when the threat is neutralized or down. I prefer a .357 revolver because I’m comfortable with it, my plan is to point, shoot if I have to and run away. Last thing is to stress practice shooting her weapon as often as she can.
 
The advantage of a revolver is simplicity. Revolvers almost never jam, are simple to clean, maintain, and load. Semi-auto pistols require more maintenance, jam more frequently, and can cost much more. I own both and have carried both. My preferred carry is a 5-shot Taurus .38 +P. When I shoot my other guns - semi-autos there are occasional jams. Never had a revolver jam. If I were in the field in a professional capacity like a Law Enforcement Officer I'd be carrying my H&K USP but I'm not. Neither is my CCL qualified wife. The best thing is to let HER decide.
 
Rdbyrne said:
The advantage of a revolver is simplicity. Revolvers almost never jam, are simple to clean, maintain, and load. Semi-auto pistols require more maintenance, jam more frequently, and can cost much more. I own both and have carried both. My preferred carry is a 5-shot Taurus .38 +P. When I shoot my other guns - semi-autos there are occasional jams. Never had a revolver jam. If I were in the field in a professional capacity like a Law Enforcement Officer I'd be carrying my H&K USP but I'm not. Neither is my CCL qualified wife. The best thing is to let HER decide.
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Not really! You list the common misconceptions and myths about the revolvers vs semi-autos argument.


You never had a revolver jam? That's likely because you didn't fire a lot of rounds through it. If you did, you would have run into issues. When a revolver jams, it is typically not fixable in a fight. When a semi-auto jams, it can be easily fixed and put back to work.

By the way, I have now 20,000 rounds through my Glock 19 and I can count the number of malfunctions with a single hand. Most of them were ammunition-induced (training ammunition with hard primers). One was created by a stupid aftermarket modification that I did. Another one was caused by me not holding the gun right and interfering with the slide.

As for the price tag argument, that's nonsense. A good revolver costs more than a good semi-auto.

As for the H&K USP, it has an outdated design, it is overpriced, and you get the bad HK customer service. The P2000 is the newer design that is based on the USP, by the way. The VP9 would be the right HK choice, if any.
 
Pistol malfunction clearance by Clint Smith from Thunder Ranch:


In contrast, revolver malfunction clearance usually means to throw away the revolver and to draw the backup gun (i.e., New York reload).
 
bofh said:
Not really! You list the common misconceptions and myths about the revolvers vs semi-autos argument.


You never had a revolver jam? That's likely because you didn't fire a lot of rounds through it. If you did, you would have run into issues. When a revolver jams, it is typically not fixable in a fight. When a semi-auto jams, it can be easily fixed and put back to work.

By the way, I have now 20,000 rounds through my Glock 19 and I can count the number of malfunctions with a single hand. Most of them were ammunition-induced (training ammunition with hard primers). One was created by a stupid aftermarket modification that I did. Another one was caused by me not holding the gun right and interfering with the slide.

As for the price tag argument, that's nonsense. A good revolver costs more than a good semi-auto.

As for the H&K USP, it has an outdated design, it is overpriced, and you get the bad HK customer service. The P2000 is the newer design that is based on the USP, by the way. The VP9 would be the right HK choice, if any.
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Why do I feel like this a Ford vs. Chevy debate?

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Rdbyrne said:
The advantage of a revolver is simplicity. Revolvers almost never jam, are simple to clean, maintain, and load. Semi-auto pistols require more maintenance, jam more frequently, and can cost much more. I own both and have carried both. My preferred carry is a 5-shot Taurus .38 +P. When I shoot my other guns - semi-autos there are occasional jams. Never had a revolver jam. If I were in the field in a professional capacity like a Law Enforcement Officer I'd be carrying my H&K USP but I'm not. Neither is my CCL qualified wife. The best thing is to let HER decide.
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What are your thoughts on the Taurus public defender? That's the main one I'm looking at.

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Are Semi's better then Revolvers? Depends. Try a semi in a purse holster. Now, try a shot through the purse. One shot, and jam. Same as carrying in a jacket pocket. A hamerless revolver excels in this scenario. I know that this might be an extreme case, but there is never a one size fits all answer.
 
Each to their own but I prefer a revolver. I have been carrying two since 05/1971. Have no plans to change.

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Well, this is a discussion about the pros and cons towards revolvers for everyday carry.

If the OP had asked which revolver to choose, that'd be different.


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