Why Would You Carry THAT Antiquated Revolver?! My 15 reasons
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- Giving my 15 reasons why I often choose to carry (or use) a revolver for self defense instead of a semi-automatic pistol. Always appreciative of any channel help :) www.patreon.com/user?u=5828221
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You left out one of my very favorite reasons for carrying a revolver ... I just plain like 'em.
I am 50 years old. I am a combat veteran. I have been trained to use semi auto hand guns. The older I get I am just more comfortable with a revolver for a regular carry weapon.
Same here. 53, 4th ID vet, actually ran as my units armorer for a year. I can work with about any weapon...carried a Glock 26 with a 17 or 19 mag backup for 12 years....now I'm moved to a pair of revolvers for my edc. I still love all my Glocks...but honestly, the older I get the more I want the simplicity of a revolver.
I'm almost 40. Lots of experience with duty semi autos. But I'm starting to get into revolvers again. Reminds me of my childhood shootIng with my grandfather who was a Korean war vet. He loved S&W snubs. Wish I could have one more day shooting at squirrels on his back porch.
@@Harleywindtherapy 4th infantry Division? (ID)
I'm not young, but I'm not that old either... but I think it's understandable why people like, carry and prefer revolvers. Don't consider myself to be a revolver person, but if that's all I had I would be happy. I think revolvers especially make good backup guns too.
@@deucedeuce1572 yes sir. Ft. Carson then around the world, lol.
There is just something about the Art of a Wheelgun
Well said.
Indeed.
Aesthetically, no autoloader is ever going to compete with a 29 or Python...ever.
It is like comparing a gen-2 or 3 VW Jetta [i.e. any Glock] to a Talbot-Lago SS. There aren't enough drugs on earth to make me see it the other way 'round :D
Yeah, it is very hard to make a good revolver (think "S&W"?) jam. I was often publicly chided by our CHIEF Range Safety Officer for being "TOO SLOW" on the range with beginning students. Well, he also had beginning students shooting our club-owned semi-autos, and HE had to sort out the malfunctions on almost every class! Some things are just not to be hurried in a gun class.
I feel extremely confident to donate my 4 3/4 629 with Speer got dot is just what I need well placed i will even help the dude pick up his arm for the EHS staff after the confrontation. Thats not if my blue tick dog gets it first to know on it outside in the back yard for some sustenance.
I agree some S&W revolvers look beautiful. Not all of them though. And most other revolver manufacturers guns honestly look like crap. Looking at you Ruger and Taurus, lol. I haven't seen a Colt in person but from pictures the Anaconda and Python look about on par with S&W L and N frames.
The wheel on my gun goes round and round, round and round, round and round;
The wheel on my gun goes round and round; All...day...long.
Round and round, gun will find a way just give it time. 1984- Ratt
@@GunSam Lol, I luv that song!
"Vee ask der Fuhrer if vee ist der Master Race, und he say "Yah vee ist der Master Race" so vee say "Heil pfft heil pfft heil pfft" right in der Fuhrer's face!" - an American hit from circa 1942 or so, it just happenned to come to mind when I heard the above song, I know not why.
My generation says "all through the town" instead of "all day long".... which gives your song a very different meaning LOL
Carry what works for you. I love my old S&W revolvers, but carry a 4” 1911 in .45 ACP. My wife carries a small revolver (or two). When she was a cop in the mid 90’s she wore a S&W Model 66, and did in fact permanently retire a child rapist after he’d stabbed her. The .357 works, and so does the .45 - so carry what gives you the most confidence.
Americans working temporarily with the French Intelligence Service (DGSE, the Directorate-General for External Security - Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure) on several cases linked to US interests, it was noted that the 9mm HPs used by the French took between 9 and 14 hits to bring down armed combatants with no body armor and 72% of the time, the combatants who were shot multiple times with 9mm didn't perish. When US personnel fired their sidearms (restricted by the French to revolvers), in this case, the .357 Magnum S&W Revolver with 125 gn. JHP or 158 gn. Hardcast, only one to (rarely) three rounds per enemy combatant was sufficient with a 69% fatality rate. For a comparison, look at the US-based police shootings available for public review to see a direct correlation of this
data and comments like the one from Name, below. 9mm, for all its ratings and hype (a great deal of which is financially motivated), is not at all as reliable at stopping combatants as the .357 Magnum. Anyone with more experience than just a few gunfights knows two things: Revolvers are far more reliable than even the very best semi-auto, and that 9mm is not as effective as .357 Magnum. Congrats Elmer Keith. Great work, as always, Gun Sam.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/27/upshot/deadly-bullets-guns.html
45 is basically 9mm with a slight buff.
@@mmabagain The article is about police shootings fatality rates by handgun caliber. 9mm is 58%, 45 is a couple of percentage points higher and 357 has a 72% fatality rate.
@@ANSELAbitsxb when ?? what load ??
Your wife is a hero for what she did.
@@connor3284 she is to me. I guess we are each other’s heroes.😄 It’s a good life.
17:09 yep! Racking the slide is a big problem for my tiny wife too. She's terrified of slide bite, and will not let me teach her. We're both happy with her snubbie revolver.
It's good for you that she's happy with a short barrel.
@@chrisbonnett6783 OOF
Ugh I couldn’t marry a woman like that
I am amazed at how many little-women students who THINK a Model 1955 S&W 45 revolver at 45 ounces is T-O-O B-I-I-IG will actually perform well after trying, with good instruction. (But, still would not suggest actually carrying it, just confidence-building).
My wife also likes her snub-nosed revolver, but only with the 38 ammo the 357 stuff hurts her hand.
Another talking point to your malfunction clearing item, one that for some reason is not often mentioned when discussing self-defense: when you are attacked, there will likely be no time to establish a nice stance, grip, and aim. You may have to fire one handed while trying to resist with the other. Any kind of malfunction at that point, a stovepipe, failure to fire, failure to eject, anything that would require a 'tap and rack' could get you dead.
I agree they fire everytime like 99.9987 percent of time semi autos varied data as low as 94.6 to 99.09 % . sorry 1out of 100 or 5 out of 100 or me ill take 1 out of 1million.
That's an excellent point.
Great point.
Is it the same 1 out of a million or greater that the average person would even need a gun for self defence?
@@tulsavol6653 No idea where you are coming from with this, but "1 out of a million" would suggest 300 shootings (or stabbings, or other aggravated assaults) annually in the US. I think you should get new talking points.
At least for me, I prefer a large semi auto over a large revolver. But I prefer a small revolver over a small semi auto. With the ease of hiding a small gun I find myself very rarely carrying anything but my Charter Arms Undercoverette in 32 H&R Mag. 32 cal is great in snubnoses, It gets very controllable recoil and 1 extra round.
I wanna get that black 3” Charter Arms 32 H&R mag with the wood grips(I forgot what it’s called?) You get 7 shots of 32 H&R magnum which is a lot better than 5 shots of 38 special imo. 👍🏻
@@michigunsanta8680 thats the Professional. Everything from Charter has been out of stock for a while. But I would love to get one of those as well.
@@michigunsanta8680 ME TOO! That extra inch adds one hundred foot pounds of energy. After being out A YEAR now not a single gun magazine has reviewed the Charter Arms Professional, and not a single objective reviewer has put up a RUclips vid! Even their website does not have many photos? I need a companion for my 3" six-shot S&W!.............................elsullo
@Marion Hamer I disagree. There is a threshold of minimum effectiveness. And there are some cartidges for pistols that provide a better lethality than others. But there are plenty of videos or people taking multiple hits from 9, 40, and 45. At least in my thoughts I think the capability of follow up shots is more important in a close range defensive situation. Happy Easter as well.
@Marion Hamer I don’t know there’s some pretty vicious 32H&R magnum ammo out there, I wouldn’t wanna get hit center mass with one that’s for sure! 😬
Reason 16 - 'The Lone Ranger!' If revolvers are cool enough for him, then they are cool enough for me. 😁
Heck yeah!
Love it!
@@joeltowle2737 Thanks.👍😁
@@b75s you're welcome! That was awesome! Long time Lone Ranger fan here! Have a great night!
What did the Lone Ranger shoot? I remember watching the show in the 70’s when I was a kid.
Also, one HUGE Plus that I forgot to mention. If you reload it's easy to police your brass with a revolver. Just open the cylinder and dump the empties into your range bag. No need to bend over and pick up cases that are thrown all over the place. Love the channel, keep up the awesome work.
Thanks. Yeah I reload most of my brass, once in awhile I do a demonstration video where I dump them but all my other shooting and ballistic tests, I dump into my range box. I used a huge plastic box with a lid for all my gear, makes a nice big target to dump into.
As a hand loader, this is the primary reason I prefer revolvers. They also just fit my hands better that 80% of semi autos. Lastly, revolvers allow weird bullets that semi autos just don't allow. Show me a 9mm that can use a full wadcutter or a double round ball load. (The double round ball is my new pet load for 38 special.)
Got to Love Revolvers
15:33 #9 is so true! Revolvers are so much more comfortable. Especially DAO or bobbed hammer versions.
I kept buying small semi automatics for EDC, but after a while of carrying each one I’d find myself gravitating back to a .38 snubbie anyway. So, I’ve settled in on carrying a 642 every day and the pistols mostly stay in the safe or in small lock boxes staged around the house just in case.
When I was a member of our SWAT team , we did some exercises with the LAPD SWAT team. The LA officer had a 2" .38 revolver in his pocket, he had me point my service revolver at him with the hammer back and my finger on the trigger (all guns were loaded with plastic .38s with only a primer). I was directed to tell him to take his hand out of his pocket, I would shoot as soon as I recognized the threat, "I died".
The pocket draw is quite effective.
I like the new stuff that wasn't around when I was a kid like airsoft. Can do a lot of drills like this with a lot of makes and models of guns. They shoot about 300 FPS with a 24 caliber less than one grain plastic BB and they hurt, but don't penetrate skin.
I got "killed" a few times in similar drills. Our bullets were cotton (they still smarted!)
Great information, thanks for sharing. Some of the points you covered is exactly why I recently purchased a S&W Carry Comp 357 with a 3” barrel.
Started with a semi auto and now mainly use a revolver, love them both, but 110% agree with you.
My sentiments exactly! My Taurus 605 resides on my belt wherever I can legally carry it here in Wyoming. PS: you missed one of my favorite reasons for revolver carry, especially in the magnums. You have the choice of very soft recoiling "target" rounds, all the way up to some pretty rip-roaring magnum rounds, especially in my .357 and .44 magnums! They do provide some degree of comfort here in the woods of Wyoming, both for the local critters and the two-legged sort, as well! God bless you and yours, and keep up the good work!
I love the precision machining of revolvers, and mastering the single action trigger is a skill that will serve you well no matter what handgun you're shooting.
Great video! Awesome and knowledgeable delivery. My Father just handed down his old S&W .38 12-2 air weight K-frame to me his first boy and namesake. And i started carrying it. I used to carry 17 round CZ P-01 or a Ruger 9 mm , but they are both uncomfortable when driving and holstered at 3 O’clock. The snubby is something i can pocket carry or sticky holster in the small of my back and have the confidence needed to retrieve it in a hurry. Thanks Sam.
I have 4 semis and 1 revolver. My revolver is more comfortable to carry. Easier to draw. More accurate. And most importantly, NEVER had a malfunction. Plus.... 357mag is the still the reigning street king 😎
ONLY until you blow out your eardrums. Good luck finding a good ENT, AND a salesman for hearing aids, TOOO late!
@@Arthur172B
Only if you got some weak ass ear drums lol. It’s no louder than 9mm as far as what your ears can actually perceive.
Yup nobody can have my . 357mag! 💙🇺🇸
@Marion Hamer
What are some kinda mall ninja? Gunna get in shoot outs using cover 😂. Who’s on the BS??? Cuz you smokin some dope.
@Marion Hamer you watch too many movies. 🤦♂️
You are the revolver guy. You and Yankee Marshal are serious revolver experts I trust.
Talk about a dichotomy.
@@elblancobasura I don’t understand. Please explain.
Please don't group Yankee Marshal with Sam. You're bringing Sam down that way.
@@mmabagain granted, the Yankee is a weird creative spirit, but he is well educated and knows his revolvers very well. What you got against the Yankee marshal?
Yep,, recently went back to my first service gun model. SW 15-2". due to sprained left wrist, but rediscovered my revolver love!
Thanks for posting
Being a very practical person myself, I agree with all that you said, especially reason #15. Even f you do put yourself in a situation where you have multiple assailants, there will most certainly NOT be 14 of them. Typically it's not more than 4 of them and they are looking for easy prey that doesn't fight back. Once you shoot the first one or two, the rest of them will realize they made a big mistake and will hightail it out of there.
I got my first gun 26 years ago, it was a 38 special. Over the years I got many semis and now with age comes arthritis. I have a real hard time gripping and racking the slide on a semi. But I still have that little 38 snuby and I can shoot that just fine. I found 26 year later that my first gun is my best gun. Thank you for this video. I can relate to your girlfriend and the slide issues.
This the first video of yours I have seen. Was very impressed with the common sense, practical and well presented analysis. Subbed for sure.
You brought up some important functionality issues I had not thought of before. Thanks!
Sam I love you're channel. I used to do armed security on the side part time, I started with a semi auto 9 mm but quickly went back to a revolver due to the same reasons you listed. I stopped doing part time guard work probably 20 years ago, but I always carry my revolver everywhere.
Very well put and shown! Man that was excellent and right on time for me! You may have set the bar once again with regards to practicality in test and evaluations. Damn good job!!!!!
my little charter arms 38, fits right in my pocket, is powerful, and DOESNT have a hair trigger like an automatic does, and it is more likely to NOT jam up!
Get a old, S&W mod 36. Never touched trigger or sear. Target (Scarry) let of. Former Law enforcement NEVER Single action cock unless target practice
Bought mine in early 1970's
I 4got about the peanut butter & jam 🎸
@@WillyK51 This so true! I tell my wife and daughter (and sometimes myself), you maybe can touch your eye ball with your finger, but any more than that a S & W will fire. My daughter carries a M34 due to small hands and recoil adverse. She too has a light weight Tarus 38 if she feels the need to carry heavier. I refer it as her truck gun, as if stolen, can be replaced.
@Marion Hamer most revolvers are more likely to fire than an automatic, and i dont fire this one very much, i have 4 other revolvers for fun, i just fire this one enough to get the feel for it, for when i need it, good church gun
As always, great video!! Good points and some I didn't think about. I love my revolvers. Keep them coming your doing an awesome job.
Great info as always. I like your practical realistic approach to civilian concealed carry. I teach a CCW class and I’m always suggesting small frame revolvers to the elderly, women and novice shooters.
Thanks!
My main reason for preferring a revolver, I have much more experience with one and therefore I do better with it. Personal preference.
I love my revolvers! Great video and great points! Keep them coming! Have fun!
I have been trained on a semi auto platform and having carried same for the past 24 years on and off duty. I was recently gifted a Smith and Wesson Model 19-4 with a 4inch barrel by a great friend. Held that gun and fell in love with it. Its ergonomics and aesthetics are amazing. The intimidation factor on that gun is also up there. Greetings from S. Africa
Great video and great information, I've been shooting revolvers since 1982. We carried the s/w 13 for almost 10 years before getting the M9. I still shoot and carry the revolver during the winter months. The capacity wasn't an issue, we had speed loaders and it only took 2 or 3 rounds to get what you needed done (if you k ow what I mean) people say 6 rounds isn't enough but carry semi autos that holds 7- 8 in the mag like that makes a difference. They are great guns
Thank you.
Outstanding! I agree with everything you said. I own autoloaders and revolvers, but the autoloaders sits unloaded most of the time and the revolvers gets carried. I have the option and I usually choose the revolver for all the reasons you mentioned as well as spring compression. All it takes is owning one autoloader that is not reliable and you see the immediate advantages of the wheel gun. I had to laugh when you mentioned a revolver being more comfortable to carry. Today I had my model 28 S&W K frame four inch barrel with target grips in an IWB holster all day and hardly noticed it.
Thanks for watching. I don't carry large guns in general anymore, but maybe I will start again! Love my .44 too much to leave it at home as much as I do.
A light, comfortable snubby in a pocket holster is my good companion. It is more than sufficient protection in my corner of the nation. Whatever you choose to carry it still comes down to practice for proficiency.
Number 16 - The scare factor. Nothing is more intimidating than a big bore stainless revolver.
Yeah you definitely have a point here I had a S&W Highway patrolman and that gun out of all my guns would alway get comments like oh man look at that cannon or something in regards to Dirty Harry movie even though the Highway patrolman wasn’t a 44 lol but yeah a full size revolver is definitely a unique shape that people remember and know what it’s capable of
Nah.
The sawed-off 12g pump shotgun wins this one. [Or the Serbu or Liberator.]
a) More powerful than any pistol. A common 1oz 2 3/4" 12g slug can deliver about 3,000 efp, and a magnum 3 1/2" much more still. The .500 S&W doesn't come close.
b) Offers a greater range and variety of ammunition than all of the pistols ever invented can shoot.... _in one gun_. In the same magazine I can have slugs, birdshot, buckshot, shorties, incendiaries.
c) You may not even have to show it. The racking sound alone can sometimes scare a (relatively sane) perp away.
d) Has the added "i don't give a phuck if this is illegal" factor as soon as you DO show it.
Obviously a shotgun is not a pistol...but you claimed "nothing is more intimidating" in the context of a carry weapon.
@@shaft9000 No wonder the 2A is under attack. Irresponsible gun ownership.
@@jma3586 Our enemies will attack the 2A no matter what we do. I don't break any gun laws but I honestly appreciate those who do. The government has no authority to tell us which guns we can or cannot possess.
I agree with everything you have mentioned in this video. And actually I have just started a new chapter in my firearms life. Thing is I truly love all guns both autos and now revolvers.
All great points, Sam! Excellent videos. It’s for these very reasons I intend to always keep a spare revolver in my pocket.
Very informative. Lots of good sensible info. After 65 years of shooting everything under the sun, I'm still a revolver guy.
My compliments, a great channel. I was in a major police dept. in the 60s-70s and 80s. We went from very reliable revolvers to major brand undependable 9mm pistols. The makers of the 9s had an answer every time their pistols failed during a shooting. Limp wrist, wrong ammo (they supplied the ammo) poor maintenance on and on. After leaving police work I went back to my S&W 442, 38 special for concealed carry. After watching several of your videos about the LCR in .327 magnum, I purchased this weapon with it's 6 rounds of Buffalo Bore ammo that you tested. I feel very well armed. I use a Tuff Products ammo pouch with a 6 round speed strip. Thanks again, Good job!
Thank you.
#16 limp wristing or improper grip is not going to cause an issue with a revolver
Great point
Well, that's almost correct...sort of. If missing your intended target is an "issue," improper grip is in fact going to "cause an issue."
improper grip = missed target no matter what the gun
@@shaft9000 true but im talking about reed issues.
Just bought a Taurus 856 Defender. This is my favorite gun channel now.
i really like these type of videos because a lot people consider semi autos the best choice just because they have 15 + rounds and most people don´t think about what´s safer or more reliable etc. keep it up i like your videos especially because you explain what a lot of shooters don´t !
Thanks!
I'm right there with you. Most gunfights end with only about 5 shots fired. I'd take 6 rounds and a speedloader of .357 Magnum than 20 rounds of 9mm. Great video as always!
Any time bud!
I feel a different vibe for autoloaders than I do revolvers. I used to jokingly describe it as 'autoloaders are what you go to war with and a revolver is what you use to execute their general after you win.' That's a joke, btw. I never go to war unless paper targets count. What I mean is, autoloaders are just really well designed stone cold killing machines but revolvers have a personality, almost like some swords supposedly did in days of old. Maybe even deserve a name, some of them. They reek of history. Incidentally, I own both. Each have their place.
I carry my S&W Bodyguard 38 spl. +P (non-laser version) more than any of my other handguns. It's light weight, reliable and accurate. With 125gr +P loads it also packs a pretty decent punch at defense range.
Well thought out video. When I carry I weigh out safety, accuracy and capacity; as well as comfort of carry. Too, there is an emotional trust factor. I've certainly had more feed issues with semi-autos than revolvers, and even with a semi-auto I've found uber-reliable it is still hard to shake that "what if" nagging at the back of your mind. Ultimately it is a personal choice.
Thanks!
Also, if it worked for you when you were on "In The Heat of The Night", it should work in 2021!
Excellent expression of the pros and cons of revolver EDC! Well done, friend.
The S&W mod 36 with a 3” barrel has never let me down. Nothing wrong with the J frame 😎
I agree that three inches is about the perfect barrel length for a defensive revolver meant to be concealed. I own nine revolvers that fit J-frame holsters and the best-feeling ones so far are the two three-inchers. Incidentally, both of them are older Taurus revolvers in stainless, an 85 (.38 Special) and a 941 (.22WMR.)
Another Great video Sam !! Even knowing most of this stuff , it is great to watch all these do’s n dont’s and fun facts .
Btw Nice Shooting!! 😁🇺🇸
Thank you.
Beautifully spoken and demonstrated! 👊🏻
Great video.You make some very good points.
You briefly touched on this, but, you can also use things like snake loads for serpents and small game, down loaded rounds for small game and +P rounds for large dangerous things. Its more versatile as a tool. Btw, you can get more life from your brass by annealing the cases. Just passing it on.
My (early) Christmas present to myself this year was a Ruger SP101. Picked it up a few weeks ago and already have 200 rounds through it. I’ve had it with me every day since. I feel adequately armed and it’s much more comfortable to carry than the Sig P320 I’d been dragging around.
Yep, I've had my Ruger sp101 for a couple of years and really enjoy shooting it. It has a 3" barrel but is easy to carry. Great revolver!!
I carry both but like a revolver the most. Thanks for another great video
Both definitely have pros and cons and I like both! My favorite carry guns are a S&W model 10 snubby and CZ PCR.
Great video I’m strictly a revolver guy it is nice to hear my thoughts confirmed
Great presentation. So well reasoned.
HOLY COW!!!!!!! I JUST HEARD YOU SAY .327 MAGNUM!!!!!!! I own a Charter Arms Patriot in .327 and any time I tell people about it, even among some fairly knowledgeable gun owners, they say "you mean .357?" Thanks for throwing it in there, it made me smile!
Sam is not alone... There are a few other true gun experts supporting revolvers -starting with Jerry Miculek, Y.M., etc...
Greg Newton (Lionquest Fitness), Hickok 45, Buffalo Outdoors.
Strictly in town I carry my Glock 22 gen 3 in a Zorn iwb holster, when I'm out in the boonies my Glock is my backup to my Smith & Wesson N frame 29-2 44 magnum 4" barrel.
I just carry a revolver because I like everything about them. I feel more connected to the process of operation, loading and shooting in general. I have more confidence with a wheel gun.
Another big plus, especially in this ammo shortage, is you don’t lose your brass for handloading.
Yeah I love shooting and hand loading the revolver. Very nice process and my favorite thing to do is get a nice hot/fast powder and just reload .38+P's at the max listed charge and shoot them in my .357's. Typically with 125 gr we're talking 1,000 FPS, just perfect for range work.
@@GunSam one of my favorite 38spl loads for a lazy man’s dual purpose is a 158 lswc going about 650-700 fps out of the snub, and getting about 800-850 out of a 4 inch k frame. That way I can practice with the ammo I carry.
It’s not a barn burner, but in my tests it gives good straight line penetration thru bone and various media and still give enough penetration where you don’t have to worry about it.
@@everythingdefensivecarry1108 I like Speer TMJ or plinker bullets when I can get them as it makes cleanup easy, but I do also shoot 158 gr lead bullets sometimes.
I enjoyed watching your 15 reasons.
Good Points all..I have shot and Carried Revolvers for Fifty Years All Calibers..I was really into wheel Guns during the 70 80 and Switched to a Few Semi-autos for Work and range work etc...alas I sold all my wheel guns and Went back to the 1911 45 acp and 9mm,,,I regret all the Smiths I sold and Various Colts..Fast forward and Now I am set with a 1911 45 and a S&W 5906 9mm.Love the Steel ones..but I have a snubbie 38 spl that I carry 80 % of time, feel very protected and I know It will Go Bang Every Time!!! Great Video !!
Spot on, good review!👍🇺🇸
17:14
My wife has trouble racking the slide in either of my .45 autos. Surprisingly, she preferred to shoot my Colt Anaconda .44 mag over the .45 even with the harder recoil because she could hold it and understood how to operate it. When I introduced her to my S&W model 60 .38 spl, it instantly became her favorite.
Great video I also know that for two reasons that can cause a malfunction is not only ammo but mag dysfunction . I know there’s a place for both semi automatic and revolvers, but revolvers are hard to beat for up close self-defense situation. Thank you for sharing this in valuable information.
I really liked this video, great job describing your experiences with us - I plan to buy a KelTec CP33 as my first firearm later this year! ...I'm a horrible shot & I need to learn :\
Thank you.
As usual great video. I saw antiquated revolver and thought, awesome, here comes the Super Blackhawk!
Thanks!
Super BH is modern. Old 3-screw flattop BH is antiquated. I have both.
Great video Sam 👍
Always carried my xds 9mm semi auto.
Some days XD .45 depending on situation and surroundings.
I would never even consider a revolver until I held one (GP100 .357, 5 inch barrel).
Fell in love with practical aspects of it.
Brass stays in the cylinder and prevents littering.
Plus revolvers are just plain COOL!
Totally agree. I carry my Taurus 605 with 125 grain 357 magnum JHP. I have no shortage of power in my hand.
Thanks for sharing your strong endorsement and recommendations for carrying a revolver over a semi-auto. Good to see you. It's been awhile since I've gotten a notification for a new video from you. Guess I need to pull up your ID and see what I've missed.
Thanks for watching! Yeah youtube is weird. I only get maybe 10% of my comments in notifications.
@@GunSam Bye the way, good arguments for a revolver. When patrolling the coast line of Vietnam while others carried 1911 45 ACP duty weapons during encounters, I carried my Colt Trooper 357 magnum with a 6" barrel. Did so because of the reliability edge a revolver has.
I just feel so guilty leaving magazines loaded. Keeping the revolver loaded 24/7 - why not?
Yeah I leave mine loaded usually thinking maybe it will help break them in. In all reality it's probably not a huge deal, might not chamber right on round 10+ lol
Compression springs in magazines weaken with motion, not with static compression. In other words, the weakening effect is loading and unloading many times. Spring weakening isn't a problem if you compress the spring and let it remain that way for longer periods of time. Metal fatigue occurs with motion.
Yeah, that can lead to reliability issues too, as those mag springs tend to degrade over time. Another upside for the wheelgun.
Thanks, that was a very good and informative video. I has to wait until today to finish it as I was down at the farm fighting a 15 mph wind, but the upside, it was 68F! Take care
It was that warm here in Michigan today also. Very warm, 10:30 pm still 63 which is like night time in July.
@@GunSam Is it not wonderful!
Great video, started carrying a revolver again and not looking back, with any gun only takes one
Thanks!
My EDC is a Ruger SP101 which is chambered in .357 Magnum. The cylinder holds five rounds and that is enough for me. Plus, it is great to practice with .38 Special. Thanks for the tip about .38 Short Colt.
I carried a revolver for the first 22 years of my 38 year LE career. For concealed carry I still prefer a small revolver because in my hands they're more dependable and accurate than a pocket sized semi-auto. I agree that many "experts" chant endlessly that "all handguns suck", but my experience has been that it isn't that they fail from time to time in real shootings. It's that they are so effective such an amazing percentage of the time when the chips are down. If you hold up your end and shoot straight, you can far more often than not depend on a handgun in a good fighting caliber to get you out of an unexpected jam.
Was that a Paul Harrelesque moment?! 😅 Very Cool! Good video Sam!
Thanks.
You’ve stated your case very well and I completely agree. I’m not a cop any longer, my daily travels are pretty tame so a J Frame is all I need. Lots of newbies go out and buy a Glock only to discover it’s heavy and bulky. That will eventually be left at home (don’t EVER leave a gun in a car) when reality sets in. The one consistent problem I’ve had w/the LCP & the S&W Bodyguard is the mag popping out in a pocket holster. I’ve tried a plastic pocket holster that covers the mag button but it comes out w/the gun when I draw it.
I get that for sure and discovered that in the first few months of carrying a gun. I just prefer to look at what i'm going to do, what I can always do, then pick the best gun for that setup. For me it's the LCR .327 Federal. Pocket carried like a .38, has the power of .357 Mag but the recoil of 9mm, plus 6 shots in a 5 shot sized gun. Perfect.
@@GunSam I had to carry my service revolver off duty (a job requirement in ‘68) until I could afford an off duty gun, and that’s when I learned just how difficult & uncomfortable concealing a service size weapon could be.
I love Wheels and Wood. Always have. Reliability. I always cross post your videos to the Wheels and Wood FB page.
Cool. I haven't seen their page.
@@GunSam Like you, we don’t do politics. Just like to see good sane stuff about what all our members love, revolvers (with some necessary semi-auto stuff thrown in). And, as a retired coroner with over 25 years of examining gunshot wounds and other deaths, I can tell you, placement of bullets are critical. I saw many people killed with a .22. Anyway, keep up the great work.
As a WW2 marine told me;"If it takes more than 6 rounds you have lost."
In Vietnam there was 40,000 small arm rounds fired for every one enemy Kia. I’m sure it was different in ww2.
@Marion Hamer thanks I adjusted it.... yes I am fos. Happy Easter
Reason number 16. Most revolvers, if not all, can operate with black powder. Reloading components are scarce. I can, and do make my own black powder with three simple ingredients. That means there's one less thing I need to worry about when reloading. Semi-autos won't function with BP.
I've had a couple rounds of 44 that the primers were not seated properly and caused my ruger super blackhawk to lock up and I had to remove my cylinder, to be able to remove the round. It was bad factory ammo , and I had a problem with steel case 357 magnum ,sticking in my taurus 605. Besides my ammo problems I haven't had any issues. When I go out hunting, fishing and camping I like carrying a revolver and having the heavy trigger pull
Being able to use single action or double action on a revolver is something I prefer. When drawing with a hammer you can put your thumb on it as it's being drawn to keep it from snagging on anyting. I like the advantage of being able to use single action trigger pull for a more precise shot.
15 likes from me! I dont need convincing, but I sure enjoy the video and points well made!
Have to write that revolvers will digest a wider variety of ammunition ( given same caliber and case seating ) energy wise compared to auto loaders. Put simply, auto loaders are more finicky as to which loads as to power and bullet shape that they'll feed, fire and eject reliably. There's a place for auto loaders, particularly military applications. That's due to the limited, specific cartridge type selected for use combined with the sidearm chosen for combat field use by tens of thousands of troops.
I'm a wheel gun guy. I can buy just about anything I want and have multiple pistols, of most standard calibers and revolvers of most standard calibers. I use a full size .357 mag for home defense and depending on the weather, I carry just about everything under the sun. It all boils down to what do you have confidence in. Good presentation and your little G3C has double strike, but you would still have to clear a dead round.
Thanks!
I carried a .31 Colt BP revolver when I was "prospecting" in Nevada.
31???
@@jimmieburleigh9549 .31 cal. It's a pocket pistol.
Yup, on some occasions I'd carry a 31 Wells Fargo model as an off duty weapon. A 31cal pocket pistol is on par with a 380ACP's punch. Never felt unarmed when I went out the door with the 31.
@@marco529 oh ok cool.
I never heard or seen the cal in any gun or the ammo.
Very interesting. Imagine those are extremely rare.
I've always strongly preferred semi-autos over revolvers, so much so that they outnumber my revolvers by something like 10:1. Lately though, the thought occurred to me that - with a semi-auto - if you lose the magazine, or if it breaks in some way, that renders the firearm virtually useless, until/unless you can source another magazine for it, and sometimes, that can be very difficult to do for certain firearms.
It all boils down to what YOU can best defeat an attacker with. If you can do it better with one over the other it’s best to chose the one you’re best with, obviously. If you can do it with either then you get to enjoy the luxury of choice. I’m glad I get to enjoy the choice. Nice job demonstrating the differences.
Thanks. And with that explanation, because i'm big often times looking irritated defeats potential attackers lol.
Thanks enjoyed as always.Appreciate you telling it like it is.Revolvers rule👍
LOL! Man those water jugs freeze up fast in Michigan! It was sixty degrees here yesterday.
I think I mentioned this before, MN is number one for bad winters, but MI is number two. I think your air loses steam over WI but then the lakes then turn it into snow and dump it on us. Same here, last 2 days very warm.
We tend to agree. I have a s&w 442. I love this gun. W/ the Hornady 110 FTX it’s my favorite. Keep up the content,my dude.
I've always been a revolver fan. I guess watching Dirty Harry movies when I was a kid got me hooked on them. Plus I don't like things that are complicated. I prefer the basic easy reliable function of revolvers. Also revolvers are more intimidating looking. Autoloaders look like poptart guns.
The intimidation factor is something that has been talked about before and though I must say that I don't really respond differently myself, since I see them all as deadly, the fact that some do fail to get intimidated by smaller bores means it's a factor with some and therefor is a real thing. Even the ammo, while deceiving by size for the noobs, doesn't really equal the power of the round yet obviously a little 9x19 is not all that threatening looking compared to a .38 Spl. and being almost as long as the .357 it gives the impression of so much more power than what it actually has. A .44 just seems to say "Take me seriously!" to everyone lol.
Simple is always better when things drop in the pot. That's one of the things I like about revolvers. There are way more points of failure with an auto-loader.
Something as simple as not seating the magazine well enough can cause the gun to stop working. Something that has happened to even well trained cops. And that is the tip of the iceberg of everything that could go wrong.
Revolvers functions are more simple yes but the firearm itself is incredibly more complicated. I can take every single part out the slide and frame of my Glock in about 45 seconds with one simple tool. Open the side plate of a revolver and it’s a damn Swiss watch in there. That being said I carry a j frame about 90% of the time
I've again gone back to using the S&W 66 over my semi-autos. I feel well armed again.
I have both.. revolver & semi.... I find myself carrying a small revo most of the time. Enjoyed your vid.
Hi Gun Sam , I carry a 38 revolver most of the time and I trust it with my life if need be . I always have it in back of my mine the possibility of a semi auto weapon jamming at the wrong time.