At 60 years old I am still of the mindset that for a new or inexperienced shooter a revolver is the best "fool proof" way to go, especially for home defense. For those of us that have been around and shot semi autos a bunch a failure is something we know how to clear quickly, but under stress all things get more difficult. A new or inexperienced shooter under high stress with a jammed semi auto tends to simply want to pull the trigger again. With a revolver all that is required is pulling the trigger to get to a fresh round, even on a "dud" hard primer simply pull the trigger to get to the next round. I always liked revolvers, but when I first saw Big John Wintergreen's (Robert Blake) Colt Python "Pinto" in the 1973 film Electra Glide in Blue I was hooked.
This is exactly my thought. Someone who’s going to take it to the range once and then put it in the bedside stand should have a revolver. The “gun trainer” crowd will say, “jUsT tRaIn MoRe!” but in the real world, some people just aren’t going to do that. A lot of people who buy a handgun for self/home defense aren’t particularly gun people and don’t shoot for entertainment. I advise people to be realistic about their expectations and buy accordingly.
My issued revolver saved my life three times during my career, reloading once in a ‘74 gunfight w/three armed robbery suspects, so a light J Frame is what I usually carry in retirement.
In my mid 70s now. Old school Ranger and retired peace officer. Carried a 1911A1 in Vietnam. And on the street as a cop, a 4" S&W mod 28 357mag. I've walked away from 3 shootings as a cop, and several firefights in the jungle. So what's in my safe or my hip? A bucket full of revolvers and two 1911A1s in 45 Auto. No plastic is allowed in my house. I'm kinda particular about some things. 😅😂
@@anangryranger hard to beat plastic for daily carry, light weight and you don’t have to worry about beating it up like a pristine smith model 19-2 or something lol
@@thegundungeon Interesting. I have often seen the results of neglect and abuse by gun owners. Never cleaned or lubricated. Bragging how they've shot hundreds of rounds and never clean their weapons. Foolish. One of my favorite weapons is a 1922 Colt Army Special in 38spl. A 4" nickel plated revolver that can put 6 rounds on a playing card at 25ft, and remains in perfect condition as its cleaned and lubricated regularly. And I have no fear of beating it up, as I take care of my weapons. Perhaps I'm the exception rather than the rule of younger folks.😏
@@anangryranger I think more along the lines of say crawling under my truck on concrete to change my oil, I don’t mind dragging plastic around on the concrete as I would walnut and blued steel. Or spending all day working outside sweating all over a polymer wonder as opposed to worrying about what my body salt is doing to pretty bluing. I spend a lot of time wollering around and working on stuff, my jeans and boots don’t last long, I don’t want to put a pretty gun through that lol
I’m sixty two and with you on “no plastic guns in my house”. I have more autos than revolvers but I’m still a little partial to revolvers anyway. I especially like my Ruger SP-101 3” in .357; to me there is no more versatile carry gun than that, and though not my only option, it is my favorite.
What many fail to consider with respect to reliability is that even if the semi is just as reliable at the range it is much more susceptible to proximity or user induced failures such as limp wristing in hand to hand close contact encounters.
It’s the used-induced failures that’s one of the big issues IMO. For someone who’s put 10s of thousands of rounds through semis, that’s not a very big consideration, but for some people, it matters.
@@itsapittie If you are grappling with a bad guy and having to shoot one handed with your wrist cocked at an odd angle to get the muzzle pointed at the bad guy while avoiding any part of the slide getting too close to him or you it might be of a little bit more of a concern.
Also "simplicity of manipulation" , as with the pocket carry S&W sentential (as shown). DA only, with two "levers" cylinder release and trigger. I still love a quality 1911(Wilson CQB for example), but this muscle memory discipline must be learned. I'll still carry my Sentinel instead.
I’ve been shooting revolvers for over fifty years mostly s&w and some colt’s and rugers and lots of semi autos and I sometimes still carry an air weight.38 but mostly a shield plus and always introduce a new shooter with one .38 special round in a six inch model 28 s&w only because I don’t have a .22 revolver
Still lovin' the content my man! Although I'm not a huge wheel gun guy, I do own enough to understand their usefulness. The phrase that always stuck with me was that "revolvers deal with neglect better where semi-auto's deal with abuse better." Not sure that's always been the case but most certainly since the mid 90's and the advent of all the polymer wonders since then. 👍
The only handgun I ever had jam where I couldn’t clear quickly was a S&W j frame. The extractor backed out locking up my cylinder exactly like the issue you experienced. Now I frequently check to ensure it’s tight.
Nice! Showing some revolver love. I enjoy and like all my polymer wonders but my first love for hand guns is revolvers. They are my first pick for hunting or just woods side arm. Whether it’s my 500 or 629 or 686 or sometimes a single action in 45 colt. Great video good sir 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Excellent video! I started out back in 1982 with a S&W 19 in .357, awesome pistol! Revolvers are a great carry option, especially for hiking, camping, & backup when hunting. Or just working around the house/ranch,whatever you got. Like you said “i wouldn’t want to be that target, would you!”
I have been a handloader for 50+ years. I also not only love guns (mostly handguns) but I LOVE TO SHOOT and I love history... love Westerns and war movies etc Back when revolvers and 22 autos were about it... 1911's were not great back then (they all are now!) sooo in order to shoot a lot? I had to cast bullets and I had to use whatever powder I had. also revolvers I could load light or heavy slugs hot or mild and they worked. My first 44 mag was a RSBH in the early 70's... I put maybe 50k rounds through it? 250 grain cast on a stove SWC bullets with everything from 700x to 296 powder. All my revolver loads these days have something in common. I make loads several hundred FPS under max and ones right at max. The other thing all my handgun loads have in common is that they are HT coated. This means no leading up to 2000 fps... It means the guns clean so easily that they pretty much brush out... it also means that there are no lead particles in the air when you shoot. History... I have Colt and clone SAA revolvers in 44 spl .357 etc. they are fun as can be and viable as nightstand guns (they point well) I also have Smiths from the turn of the century... no... not the last one... 1917 model in 45 acp.. I also have old model 19's as well as a minty 69 Python and Trooper... All fun and ewwww ahhh guns. lately (10 years or so) I have bought Colt replica black powder revolvers... from 31 calber to 36 caliber to 44 caliber. VERY relaxing. Even make paper cartridges for em. and... learned how to nickel plate and they are nickel plated (not that hard actually) my handgun world revolves (so to speak) around revolvers of all eras and 1911 semi autos these days.
I carried revolvers through much of the 90s. But I didn't transition to autoloaders by the late 90s. I hunt/hunted whitetail with a few different 44 magnum revolvers with good success. I do occasionally carry my 6" 629 during deer season when hunting bow or rifle for bear or big dog. Good perspective. Many thanks.
I carry a Taurus 327 regularly in a pocket. Six rounds of 85 grains at 1,400 feet per second is a handy backup. And I'd never feel unarmed with my S&W 1917 or Model 19 out hiking. One revolver that I own--a S&W Pre-Model 10--has the name of what I imagine was its first owner engraved on the right side of the frame. I looked him up and found out that he was a police officer during Prohibition and may have been fired later for drinking on duty. That's not a practical use, to be sure, so not an answer to the question of this video, but the history of old guns of any type is one of my reasons for collecting.
Why Revolvers? For me, more reliable and safer than autos and though I shoot autos well I shoot revolvers better. Revolvers are simple to operate with little to no hassles that come with autos.
At 67 y/o I still have a couple of revolvers an old frontier scout & a 1998 bright stainless King cobra in .357. But for the most part I have gone to semi-auto bought the PX4 Storm in .40 S&W when they first came out. Now that semi-autos have gotten so much more reliable & higher capacity I have several 2/S&W, 2/Beretta, & 3/Ruger all semi-auto. And I shoot all of them pretty often I live on 11acres closest neighbor is 3or4 acres through the woods. I still think most wheel gun are better looking than any semi though.
Hi, with the .22 revolver I'm on par with the target .22 pistol in bullseye, for exercises not calling for a timed string like the 5 in 20 and the 5 in ten, for the slow fire and the snapshot, the revolver may score higher often. So, in the "Standard pistol" where you have slow, timed and rapid fire, the revolver is behind, but in the "Sport pistol" where you have slow fire and snapshot (1 well-aimed shot in 3 seconds) a properly setup revolver, with a target grip, may actually be an advantage because the .22 revolver will eat all .22 loads regardless of muzzle speed and you may find one that prints extremely tight. The .38 used to be the king in the centerfire match but has lost its place, but I think there is a place open for the .22 revolver, if a manufacturer invests in a match model. with a good adjustable trigger and grip.
I've actually seen far more catastrophic failures with autos than revolvers: broken extractors, ejectors, firing pins, mag failures, cracked frames, etc. I've never personally experienced a catastrophic failure with a revolver. I did see a Jerry Miculek video documentig a firing pin breakage on his revolver that lost a match for him!
We have carried revolvers chambered in .22lr, .22wmr, and .38spec...no argument there are some potent calibers available, but lighter calibers can be okay, too...
I had a Ruger Super RedHawk that I hunted with. That thing would crush deer. I went through the big Divorce and sold the majority of my guns. But I’m proud to say; I now take my child hunting since I won custody. 😊❤️🇺🇸 there’s always a silver lining
15:30 hollow ejector rods per the S&W classics have long been known to vibrate loose and move forward locking up the mechanism. Counterclockwise turning puts them back into place. It takes a lot of shooting for this condition to occur and whenever cleaning the tight fit should be verified. S&W used to sell a tool to do this but fingers or padded plier jaws will do but be carful not to squeeze the hollow rod tip into a crushed egg shape. Shrouded ejector rods like on Model 66, 686, 27, and 28 .357s are tougher to reach to tighten if the gun is locked up which is why the Departments preferred the 10, 13, 15, 64, and 65 where the naked rod is exposed to grab onto. Pushing in on the projecting tip of the forward locking lug will relieve spring tension to help get a seized cylinder to open. Force is not necessary. Higher recoiling +P and magnum loads are the cause of the problem, the K frame was designed in 1899 for light blackpowder .38 Specials which have come a long way since, and the .357 in 1935 originally was meant for the larger N frame. The Gun Blue channel is a veteran armorer.
@@richardkluesek4301 I can’t swear to it but I’d bet my pinky toe it was my Ruger sp101… it may have been a smith but I can’t think which one it would have been, trying to remember 8-10 years ago is harder these days lol
@@thegundungeon Fair enough, S&W and clones using hollow ejector rods have the track record for the loosening issue while solid ejector rods like Colts and Rugers less so but its still an engineering flaw possibility as all ar thread into the ejector star. My 66-8 uses a solid rod with crane ball detent locking in the frame to replace the hollow rod locking up into the under barrel lug, so the engineers corrected a known problem.
from my personal experience in IDPA, revolver shooters, generally, are much more precise and deliberate in their shooting compared to the semi-auto shooters, which tend to fire too rapidly and rely on an expedient reload. An old NYPD expression was Six straight with my 38 beats all the jive from your 45.
Sittin her thinkin, 'does he know there's another one in the cylinder?' I have 5 custom guns made for me. My favorite is a Ruger Bisley 5.5" 44 Magnum built and tricked all to shit. The 44 Magnum is just a pleasure to reload, and it can do EVERYTHING
Why revolvers? A good holster always cover the trigger. Look at how much grip and the angle of said grip in relation to your belt. Easier to get a paw on and present than autos. I'll take the capacity trade off for getting the first shot off faster.
Dude you caught a fragment of a bullet on film! 11:21 give or take a second. Thats a good reason why you need to wear protection as well as record in as many frames per second as possible and look closely. Be safe my friend, God Bless the USA ! 🫡🇺🇸
I want to add at 3:51 when you say 10mm has “more power” that’s kinda true but also not. 10mm has more sectional density but in terms of maximum energy 357 mag has more potential. Buffalo bore has a 180 grain rated for 900 foot pounds and 10mm typically tops out closer to 750-800 foot pounds when loaded to max capacity in 180 and 200 grain weights. I know of a 70 grain that hits 1000 foot pounds but it’s a odd niche round and loading
@@dmw3086 in comparable barrel lengths top end 10mm loads will beat top end 357 mag loads of similar weight. Now you get to 7.5” + barrels, the 357 starts stepping away because of the slower burning magnum powder it uses like h110. 5” and below, 10mm takes it.
@thegundungeon I’m looking at Buffalo bore as a example and using 180 grains because it’s the only weight they really meet and 180 grain 357s from BB slightly beat out the 10mm even in 4 and 6 inch barrels. In common pistol barrels they are essentially the same in terms of energy. But yes in rifles 357 has a huge advantage. But 10mm has an advantage in bullet weights and capacity.
@@dmw3086 yeah the buffalo bore 180’s, I can’t touch them from a reloading perspective, not sure how they get the velocities they do. Their 180gr 357’s get up close to 1400 from a 4 5/8” barrel, I can’t touch that with the stoutest charges of h110. They also don’t load their semi auto rounds nearly as hot as they do their revolver rounds, underwood beats them on speeds with semi auto cartridges. So yeah I’ll give you buffalo bore as a winner between the two, but hand loading I can push 180gr 10mm faster than I can 357 using max published data
40+ years and while I own at least a couple dozen hand guns of various styles, on any given day I will most likely be carrying a J frame or K frame 2" revolver. But nothing says cool like my C96 Broom handle😄!
I love my 686-6 But I am good with my G21 45acp and G2C 9 mm and my Rossi 38 special. Why not a revolver? It’s great for beginners although I’m not new to guns. I was good with a compound bow now at 54 the bow is to much. Good video brother god speed.
my revolver failures... over a zillion rounds. Early smiths the ejector rod would unscrew and lock up the gun... easy fix.. Ruger... the transfer bar shattered. used a section of beer can (seem to always have one) to make the gun fire the rest of the weekend. unburned powder under the extractor star... this was a 22 mag load with one type and early filthy Unique. Squib load in barrel.. bad news for any gun.
Because they're awesome! And all the reasons you gave. I've got 9 of them (in as little as a 2'' barrel and as long as 8 3/8'' barrel) and still don't have enough of them. I also like semiautos and have more than a dozen of them. Same goes for rifles in bolt action vs semiauto. Buy both, because they're fun and both are useful. Years ago, I had a Desert Eagle in 50AE and it was fun and the recoil wasn't bad at all BUT, it was enormous and very heavy to the point where I didn't carry it for hunting or anything else. This thing was like carrying an artillery piece especially with the Leopold scope. My Dad had to have it and after less than a year he didn't carry it to do anything either, so he sold it too.
@@thegundungeon I'm 6' 3' 240lbs and its still a BIG gun to hold, shoot and especially to tote around. I had 2 Grizzly's back then and they seriously pushed that envelope as well. 1 was a 44 Mag and the other was a 50AE. The 44 was fine to shoot but the 50AE in the Grizzly was truly nasty to shoot. That gun made my Dads 44 Automag seem like a pussy cat in the recoil department
My carry gun is a 340 pd in .357 I love your range.. do you have sheep to keep it clipped? lOL.. My 629 or Dan Wesson 44 will take anything I throw at em and way more accurate than I can hold. what you are doing is what me and my buddies do in a day of fun on private property.
Where did you get this info that a 10mm is more powerful than a 357mag. Thats not what I have been finding . According to current FBI statics currently and for decades the 357mag. has the best record for 1 shot stops on the street and home defense. Its around 90 to 92 % I believe the number was if am correct. Shooting into ballistic gel doesn't prove a damn thing. The record speaks for its self. Other wise this was a very good video.
@@Ray-vq2jc can’t compare based on statistics when one round is 100 years old and used in service for most of that and the other isn’t even old enough to have AARP yet. In comparable barrel lengths, a 10mm loaded to the actual SAAMI pressure, will beat 357 magnum doing the same. Both use a window range of similar bullet weights, compare a real 180gr 10mm to a 180gr 357, or a 155gr vs a 158gr, I’ve actually done this, so to me, my real life testing and my real life in my hands actual data is entirely more valuable than any statistic that has skewed data entry.
@@thegundungeon I guess the 10mm has proven its self as far as hunting on game animals by the testimony from hunters who use them. The only shooting I know about on the street with a 10mm A guy was shot in the back5 times and did not stop. Ammo selection a lot times has its merits even though not really convinced that 10mm is a better man stopper than the 357mag with the proven track record . Thanks for your reply and I have subscribed .
@@Ray-vq2jc man stopper is very subjective. Someone all cranked up on meth and bath salts may take several 30-06 before realizing they should have fallen lol. When I say more powerful, I’m typically referring to energy, sometimes I’ll use momentum but I’ll clarify if that’s what I’m talking about as energy and momentum are both measurements, they are calculated differently with energy giving advantage to velocity.
semi automatic, revolver it doesn't make any difference. proper marksmanship, bullet selection, testing if for hp or hardcast. don't rely on opinions of armchair experts and the information of fools. all bullets are not equal. as a reloader with over 45years experience and knowledge testing many many calibers. don't hunt mice with with a 44mag or hunt dangerous game with a 22lr. the right calibers for the intended application. Papa wishing you well 😊
Why revolvers? Because they are awesome.
@@grahamohea2424 good answer lol
At 60 years old I am still of the mindset that for a new or inexperienced shooter a revolver is the best "fool proof" way to go, especially for home defense. For those of us that have been around and shot semi autos a bunch a failure is something we know how to clear quickly, but under stress all things get more difficult. A new or inexperienced shooter under high stress with a jammed semi auto tends to simply want to pull the trigger again. With a revolver all that is required is pulling the trigger to get to a fresh round, even on a "dud" hard primer simply pull the trigger to get to the next round. I always liked revolvers, but when I first saw Big John Wintergreen's (Robert Blake) Colt Python "Pinto" in the 1973 film Electra Glide in Blue I was hooked.
@@EC-mc7vg old colt bluing is hard to beat
This is exactly my thought. Someone who’s going to take it to the range once and then put it in the bedside stand should have a revolver. The “gun trainer” crowd will say, “jUsT tRaIn MoRe!” but in the real world, some people just aren’t going to do that. A lot of people who buy a handgun for self/home defense aren’t particularly gun people and don’t shoot for entertainment. I advise people to be realistic about their expectations and buy accordingly.
@@itsapittie Absolutely.
My issued revolver saved my life three times during my career, reloading once in a ‘74 gunfight w/three armed robbery suspects, so a light J Frame is what I usually carry in retirement.
@@oldcop18 that’s awesome to hear
In my mid 70s now. Old school Ranger and retired peace officer. Carried a 1911A1 in Vietnam. And on the street as a cop, a 4" S&W mod 28 357mag. I've walked away from 3 shootings as a cop, and several firefights in the jungle.
So what's in my safe or my hip? A bucket full of revolvers and two 1911A1s in 45 Auto. No plastic is allowed in my house. I'm kinda particular about some things. 😅😂
@@anangryranger hard to beat plastic for daily carry, light weight and you don’t have to worry about beating it up like a pristine smith model 19-2 or something lol
@@thegundungeon Interesting. I have often seen the results of neglect and abuse by gun owners. Never cleaned or lubricated. Bragging how they've shot hundreds of rounds and never clean their weapons. Foolish.
One of my favorite weapons is a 1922 Colt Army Special in 38spl. A 4" nickel plated revolver that can put 6 rounds on a playing card at 25ft, and remains in perfect condition as its cleaned and lubricated regularly. And I have no fear of beating it up, as I take care of my weapons. Perhaps I'm the exception rather than the rule of younger folks.😏
@@anangryranger I think more along the lines of say crawling under my truck on concrete to change my oil, I don’t mind dragging plastic around on the concrete as I would walnut and blued steel. Or spending all day working outside sweating all over a polymer wonder as opposed to worrying about what my body salt is doing to pretty bluing. I spend a lot of time wollering around and working on stuff, my jeans and boots don’t last long, I don’t want to put a pretty gun through that lol
@@thegundungeon Gotcha. I understand. 👍😉
I’m sixty two and with you on “no plastic guns in my house”. I have more autos than revolvers but I’m still a little partial to revolvers anyway. I especially like my Ruger SP-101 3” in .357; to me there is no more versatile carry gun than that, and though not my only option, it is my favorite.
What many fail to consider with respect to reliability is that even if the semi is just as reliable at the range it is much more susceptible to proximity or user induced failures such as limp wristing in hand to hand close contact encounters.
Good points
It’s the used-induced failures that’s one of the big issues IMO. For someone who’s put 10s of thousands of rounds through semis, that’s not a very big consideration, but for some people, it matters.
@@itsapittie If you are grappling with a bad guy and having to shoot one handed with your wrist cocked at an odd angle to get the muzzle pointed at the bad guy while avoiding any part of the slide getting too close to him or you it might be of a little bit more of a concern.
Also "simplicity of manipulation" , as with the pocket carry S&W sentential (as shown). DA only, with two "levers" cylinder release and trigger. I still love a quality 1911(Wilson CQB for example), but this muscle memory discipline must be learned. I'll still carry my Sentinel instead.
I’ve been shooting revolvers for over fifty years mostly s&w and some colt’s and rugers and lots of semi autos and I sometimes still carry an air weight.38 but mostly a shield plus and always introduce a new shooter with one .38 special round in a six inch model 28 s&w only because I don’t have a .22 revolver
Still lovin' the content my man!
Although I'm not a huge wheel gun guy, I do own enough to understand their usefulness.
The phrase that always stuck with me was that "revolvers deal with neglect better where semi-auto's deal with abuse better." Not sure that's always been the case but most certainly since the mid 90's and the advent of all the polymer wonders since then. 👍
The only handgun I ever had jam where I couldn’t clear quickly was a S&W j frame. The extractor backed out locking up my cylinder exactly like the issue you experienced. Now I frequently check to ensure it’s tight.
Nice! Showing some revolver love. I enjoy and like all my polymer wonders but my first love for hand guns is revolvers. They are my first pick for hunting or just woods side arm. Whether it’s my 500 or 629 or 686 or sometimes a single action in 45 colt. Great video good sir 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Took the anaconda as my sidearm while taking my daughter deer hunting last year
"If it fits, it ships!" Great saying!
@@revv45acp71 have to credit usps for that one on their flat rate boxes lol
Excellent video! I started out back in 1982 with a S&W 19 in .357, awesome pistol! Revolvers are a great carry option, especially for hiking, camping, & backup when hunting. Or just working around the house/ranch,whatever you got.
Like you said “i wouldn’t want to be that target, would you!”
I have been a handloader for 50+ years. I also not only love guns (mostly handguns) but I LOVE TO SHOOT and I love history... love Westerns and war movies etc Back when revolvers and 22 autos were about it... 1911's were not great back then (they all are now!) sooo in order to shoot a lot? I had to cast bullets and I had to use whatever powder I had. also revolvers I could load light or heavy slugs hot or mild and they worked. My first 44 mag was a RSBH in the early 70's... I put maybe 50k rounds through it? 250 grain cast on a stove SWC bullets with everything from 700x to 296 powder. All my revolver loads these days have something in common. I make loads several hundred FPS under max and ones right at max. The other thing all my handgun loads have in common is that they are HT coated. This means no leading up to 2000 fps... It means the guns clean so easily that they pretty much brush out... it also means that there are no lead particles in the air when you shoot. History... I have Colt and clone SAA revolvers in 44 spl .357 etc. they are fun as can be and viable as nightstand guns (they point well) I also have Smiths from the turn of the century... no... not the last one... 1917 model in 45 acp.. I also have old model 19's as well as a minty 69 Python and Trooper... All fun and ewwww ahhh guns. lately (10 years or so) I have bought Colt replica black powder revolvers... from 31 calber to 36 caliber to 44 caliber. VERY relaxing. Even make paper cartridges for em. and... learned how to nickel plate and they are nickel plated (not that hard actually) my handgun world revolves (so to speak) around revolvers of all eras and 1911 semi autos these days.
I’ve told you before, I carry a j frame model 360 more than any other gun I own! Throw it in the pocket, easy to conceal!
I carried revolvers through much of the 90s. But I didn't transition to autoloaders by the late 90s.
I hunt/hunted whitetail with a few different 44 magnum revolvers with good success. I do occasionally carry my 6" 629 during deer season when hunting bow or rifle for bear or big dog. Good perspective. Many thanks.
I always carry a semi-auto but the backup is quite often a wheel gun(J-frame 638). It's just hard to say no to a good wheel gun.
Well, I don't have to say anything, do I?
@@WHEELGUNNER1 name says it all! lol 😂
I carry a Taurus 327 regularly in a pocket. Six rounds of 85 grains at 1,400 feet per second is a handy backup. And I'd never feel unarmed with my S&W 1917 or Model 19 out hiking.
One revolver that I own--a S&W Pre-Model 10--has the name of what I imagine was its first owner engraved on the right side of the frame. I looked him up and found out that he was a police officer during Prohibition and may have been fired later for drinking on duty. That's not a practical use, to be sure, so not an answer to the question of this video, but the history of old guns of any type is one of my reasons for collecting.
Why Revolvers?
For me, more reliable and safer than autos and though I shoot autos well I shoot revolvers better. Revolvers are simple to operate with little to no hassles that come with autos.
Love your enthusiasm! Greater video!
At 67 y/o I still have a couple of revolvers an old frontier scout & a 1998 bright stainless King cobra in .357. But for the most part I have gone to semi-auto bought the PX4 Storm in .40 S&W when they first came out. Now that semi-autos have gotten so much more reliable & higher capacity I have several 2/S&W, 2/Beretta, & 3/Ruger all semi-auto. And I shoot all of them pretty often I live on 11acres closest neighbor is 3or4 acres through the woods. I still think most wheel gun are better looking than any semi though.
Hi, with the .22 revolver I'm on par with the target .22 pistol in bullseye, for exercises not calling for a timed string like the 5 in 20 and the 5 in ten, for the slow fire and the snapshot, the revolver may score higher often. So, in the "Standard pistol" where you have slow, timed and rapid fire, the revolver is behind, but in the "Sport pistol" where you have slow fire and snapshot (1 well-aimed shot in 3 seconds) a properly setup revolver, with a target grip, may actually be an advantage because the .22 revolver will eat all .22 loads regardless of muzzle speed and you may find one that prints extremely tight. The .38 used to be the king in the centerfire match but has lost its place, but I think there is a place open for the .22 revolver, if a manufacturer invests in a match model. with a good adjustable trigger and grip.
Amen, one of your most fun videos!
@@ThePenn7 glad you enjoyed!
I've actually seen far more catastrophic failures with autos than revolvers: broken extractors, ejectors, firing pins, mag failures, cracked frames, etc. I've never personally experienced a catastrophic failure with a revolver. I did see a Jerry Miculek video documentig a firing pin breakage on his revolver that lost a match for him!
Why revolvers? Because they’re infinitely cooler than a blob of black plastic and they come in much more potent calibers.
@@876mpr lol 😆
I agree with you that black plastic guns are blaa, 10mm and 357 SIG are not slouches.
We have carried revolvers chambered in .22lr, .22wmr, and .38spec...no argument there are some potent calibers available, but lighter calibers can be okay, too...
@@TheJHMAN1Kind of funny that 10mm needs a revolver to realize its potential. Bullets can be seated out to increase powder capacity.
I had a Ruger Super RedHawk that I hunted with. That thing would crush deer. I went through the big Divorce and sold the majority of my guns. But I’m proud to say; I now take my child hunting since I won custody. 😊❤️🇺🇸 there’s always a silver lining
@@johnparker9139 yes sir, glad it worked out in the end
15:30 hollow ejector rods per the S&W classics have long been known to vibrate loose and move forward locking up the mechanism. Counterclockwise turning puts them back into place. It takes a lot of shooting for this condition to occur and whenever cleaning the tight fit should be verified. S&W used to sell a tool to do this but fingers or padded plier jaws will do but be carful not to squeeze the hollow rod tip into a crushed egg shape. Shrouded ejector rods like on Model 66, 686, 27, and 28 .357s are tougher to reach to tighten if the gun is locked up which is why the Departments preferred the 10, 13, 15, 64, and 65 where the naked rod is exposed to grab onto. Pushing in on the projecting tip of the forward locking lug will relieve spring tension to help get a seized cylinder to open. Force is not necessary. Higher recoiling +P and magnum loads are the cause of the problem, the K frame was designed in 1899 for light blackpowder .38 Specials which have come a long way since, and the .357 in 1935 originally was meant for the larger N frame. The Gun Blue channel is a veteran armorer.
@@richardkluesek4301 I can’t swear to it but I’d bet my pinky toe it was my Ruger sp101… it may have been a smith but I can’t think which one it would have been, trying to remember 8-10 years ago is harder these days lol
@@thegundungeon Fair enough, S&W and clones using hollow ejector rods have the track record for the loosening issue while solid ejector rods like Colts and Rugers less so but its still an engineering flaw possibility as all ar thread into the ejector star. My 66-8 uses a solid rod with crane ball detent locking in the frame to replace the hollow rod locking up into the under barrel lug, so the engineers corrected a known problem.
from my personal experience in IDPA, revolver shooters, generally, are much more precise and deliberate in their shooting compared to the semi-auto shooters, which tend to fire too rapidly and rely on an expedient reload. An old NYPD expression was Six straight with my 38 beats all the jive from your 45.
Sittin her thinkin, 'does he know there's another one in the cylinder?'
I have 5 custom guns made for me.
My favorite is a Ruger Bisley 5.5" 44 Magnum built and tricked all to shit.
The 44 Magnum is just a pleasure to reload, and it can do EVERYTHING
lol yeah I missed my John Wayne cowboy load some how, I’m not shocked but that’s what I did lol
Why revolvers? A good holster always cover the trigger. Look at how much grip and the angle of said grip in relation to your belt. Easier to get a paw on and present than autos. I'll take the capacity trade off for getting the first shot off faster.
Dude you caught a fragment of a bullet on film! 11:21 give or take a second. Thats a good reason why you need to wear protection as well as record in as many frames per second as possible and look closely. Be safe my friend, God Bless the USA ! 🫡🇺🇸
You should watch my very early 10mm gel test video. A bullet comes out of the block and hits me in the head lol 😂
@@thegundungeon LoL, holy shiitttt! New Sub after that reply!
Great video thanks 👍😎
Because options 😉 👍
awesome and entertaining thanks
For me it’s pointability and feel. A semi just feels like a blocky 2x4 in my hand. I prefer a revolver
Why not? :D Great video TGD.
@@Valorius thank ya buddy
@@thegundungeon you got it brother.
That fire ring at 5:43 was awesome
She’s known for that with h110 loads lol 😆
That was quite enjoyable. Thank you.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
I want to add at 3:51 when you say 10mm has “more power” that’s kinda true but also not. 10mm has more sectional density but in terms of maximum energy 357 mag has more potential. Buffalo bore has a 180 grain rated for 900 foot pounds and 10mm typically tops out closer to 750-800 foot pounds when loaded to max capacity in 180 and 200 grain weights. I know of a 70 grain that hits 1000 foot pounds but it’s a odd niche round and loading
@@dmw3086 in comparable barrel lengths top end 10mm loads will beat top end 357 mag loads of similar weight. Now you get to 7.5” + barrels, the 357 starts stepping away because of the slower burning magnum powder it uses like h110. 5” and below, 10mm takes it.
@thegundungeon I’m looking at Buffalo bore as a example and using 180 grains because it’s the only weight they really meet and 180 grain 357s from BB slightly beat out the 10mm even in 4 and 6 inch barrels. In common pistol barrels they are essentially the same in terms of energy. But yes in rifles 357 has a huge advantage. But 10mm has an advantage in bullet weights and capacity.
@@dmw3086 yeah the buffalo bore 180’s, I can’t touch them from a reloading perspective, not sure how they get the velocities they do. Their 180gr 357’s get up close to 1400 from a 4 5/8” barrel, I can’t touch that with the stoutest charges of h110. They also don’t load their semi auto rounds nearly as hot as they do their revolver rounds, underwood beats them on speeds with semi auto cartridges. So yeah I’ll give you buffalo bore as a winner between the two, but hand loading I can push 180gr 10mm faster than I can 357 using max published data
40+ years and while I own at least a couple dozen hand guns of various styles, on any given day I will most likely be carrying a J frame or K frame 2" revolver. But nothing says cool like my C96 Broom handle😄!
Oh yeah that is cool in the coolest form lol
Everyone should own at least 1 revolver - no kidding, they're fun AF, & your "non-shooter friends" will love them at the range
Kimber k6 in my pocket 😊
I love my 686-6 But I am good with my G21 45acp and G2C 9 mm and my Rossi 38 special. Why not a revolver? It’s great for beginners although I’m not new to guns. I was good with a compound bow now at 54 the bow is to much. Good video brother god speed.
my revolver failures... over a zillion rounds. Early smiths the ejector rod would unscrew and lock up the gun... easy fix.. Ruger... the transfer bar shattered. used a section of beer can (seem to always have one) to make the gun fire the rest of the weekend. unburned powder under the extractor star... this was a 22 mag load with one type and early filthy Unique. Squib load in barrel.. bad news for any gun.
Because they're awesome! And all the reasons you gave. I've got 9 of them (in as little as a 2'' barrel and as long as 8 3/8'' barrel) and still don't have enough of them. I also like semiautos and have more than a dozen of them.
Same goes for rifles in bolt action vs semiauto. Buy both, because they're fun and both are useful.
Years ago, I had a Desert Eagle in 50AE and it was fun and the recoil wasn't bad at all BUT, it was enormous and very heavy to the point where I didn't carry it for hunting or anything else. This thing was like carrying an artillery piece especially with the Leopold scope. My Dad had to have it and after less than a year he didn't carry it to do anything either, so he sold it too.
@@frankbrowning328 desert eagles are the most awkward feeling guns lol 😆
@@thegundungeon I'm 6' 3'
240lbs and its still a BIG gun to hold, shoot and especially to tote around. I had 2 Grizzly's back then and they seriously pushed that envelope as well. 1 was a 44 Mag and the other was a 50AE. The 44 was fine to shoot but the 50AE in the Grizzly was truly nasty to shoot. That gun made my Dads 44 Automag seem like a pussy cat in the recoil department
Great video! Love the revolvers. What holster are you using on the J-frame
@@RandyWittmann I really can’t remember and it doesn’t have a name on it. I’ve had it for 8 years or so lol
Wish you gun video guys would say something about gun safety for new or inexperienced shooters , either with your voice or scrolling on screen.
@@XboxAmbassoderGamingLeague I have some gun safety specific videos. It would get monotonous to insert it into every video.
@thegundungeon But isn't that the point to make gun safety monotonous ?
@@XboxAmbassoderGamingLeague it should be in practice for sure.
Loce my colt python combat elite
Never skip neck day.
@@mudejartrainingnaturalscie6938 or class, never skip class, intelligence is in short supply these days
greaaat
Because they never jam
My carry gun is a 340 pd in .357 I love your range.. do you have sheep to keep it clipped? lOL.. My 629 or Dan Wesson 44 will take anything I throw at em and way more accurate than I can hold. what you are doing is what me and my buddies do in a day of fun on private property.
@@doranmaxwell1755 I have a video on the 340 pd coming out next week lol.
@@thegundungeon Its a beast
@@doranmaxwell1755 oh I know! I punish myself in the video with 180gr buffalo bore 357s and handloads max h110 charges lol 😂
Hiking in bear country.
If you get a big malfunction with any gun your out of the game .
Where did you get this info that a 10mm is more powerful than a 357mag. Thats not what I have been finding . According to current FBI statics currently and for decades the 357mag. has the best record for 1 shot stops on the street and home defense. Its around 90 to 92 % I believe the number was if am correct. Shooting into ballistic gel doesn't prove a damn thing. The record speaks for its self. Other wise this was a very good video.
@@Ray-vq2jc can’t compare based on statistics when one round is 100 years old and used in service for most of that and the other isn’t even old enough to have AARP yet. In comparable barrel lengths, a 10mm loaded to the actual SAAMI pressure, will beat 357 magnum doing the same. Both use a window range of similar bullet weights, compare a real 180gr 10mm to a 180gr 357, or a 155gr vs a 158gr, I’ve actually done this, so to me, my real life testing and my real life in my hands actual data is entirely more valuable than any statistic that has skewed data entry.
@@thegundungeon I guess the 10mm has proven its self as far as hunting on game animals by the testimony from hunters who use them. The only shooting I know about on the street with a 10mm A guy was shot in the back5 times and did not stop. Ammo selection a lot times has its merits even though not really convinced that 10mm is a better man stopper than the 357mag with the proven track record . Thanks for your reply and I have subscribed .
@@Ray-vq2jc man stopper is very subjective. Someone all cranked up on meth and bath salts may take several 30-06 before realizing they should have fallen lol. When I say more powerful, I’m typically referring to energy, sometimes I’ll use momentum but I’ll clarify if that’s what I’m talking about as energy and momentum are both measurements, they are calculated differently with energy giving advantage to velocity.
Consider "if it fits, it ships", stolen!! ;-) Besides, you're the perfect fall guy if the post office comes after me!!!
@@davidkachel hahaha 😂 yes!
semi automatic, revolver it doesn't make any difference. proper marksmanship, bullet selection, testing if for hp or hardcast. don't rely on opinions of armchair experts and the information of fools. all bullets are not equal. as a reloader with over 45years experience and knowledge testing many many calibers. don't hunt mice with with a 44mag or hunt dangerous game with a 22lr. the right calibers for the intended application. Papa wishing you well 😊
@@johnnymccann5607 right… but what other title could justify me getting all these wheel guns out to play with? lol 😆
Amen to all those points.
Omnivores.