My current EDC is a Ruger LC9 and I love it. However, the arthritis in my shooting hand thumb is getting pretty bad such that I'm developing quite a knob at the base of the thumb. That, coupled with very small hands, I've been noticing that I'm having more trouble reaching the trigger without shifting my hand such that my thumb "knob" is taking much of the recoil of my semi-automatic. I've started having more failures to eject, or failure for the slide to stay back at the last round, and it's because of my arthritis and not being able to keep the proper grip through the recoil. (We tested that it was me and not the gun. My husband ran through all the different ammo we use and couldn't get a single failure. So we knew it was me and my grip, not the gun.)
For this reason, plus I happen to think revolvers are more elegant than semis, and I like their trigger pull, I'm seriously considering switching to a revolver.
At first I felt bad about this decision, mainly because there are more rounds in a semi-automatic and they're easier/faster to reload a lot of rounds. But as I got to thinking about it, I see an advantage to using a revolver as my EDC and at-home self defense gun. This will sound extreme, but bear with me. When I think of the main situation I'm likely to have to defend myself in, I think of rape. If I'm lucky (smart?) enough to have my firearm with me and still in my possession, then the advantage of revolver over semi automatic is that you can hold a revolver against a rapist's body and fire multiple shots without worrying that the slide won't go back into battery. And since rape is one thing I am most likely to defend myself against, I want something that I can reach for and shove into the abdomen of a rapist.
Trust me, I hope I never have to find out. But given the arthritis and the close-range consideration, I'm seriously considering this. I'm going to start renting small and large revolvers to see what I think.
If anyone else has made the switch or has reasons they decided not to, I'd be interested to hear about it.
For this reason, plus I happen to think revolvers are more elegant than semis, and I like their trigger pull, I'm seriously considering switching to a revolver.
At first I felt bad about this decision, mainly because there are more rounds in a semi-automatic and they're easier/faster to reload a lot of rounds. But as I got to thinking about it, I see an advantage to using a revolver as my EDC and at-home self defense gun. This will sound extreme, but bear with me. When I think of the main situation I'm likely to have to defend myself in, I think of rape. If I'm lucky (smart?) enough to have my firearm with me and still in my possession, then the advantage of revolver over semi automatic is that you can hold a revolver against a rapist's body and fire multiple shots without worrying that the slide won't go back into battery. And since rape is one thing I am most likely to defend myself against, I want something that I can reach for and shove into the abdomen of a rapist.
Trust me, I hope I never have to find out. But given the arthritis and the close-range consideration, I'm seriously considering this. I'm going to start renting small and large revolvers to see what I think.
If anyone else has made the switch or has reasons they decided not to, I'd be interested to hear about it.