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<blockquote data-quote="DoubleRidge" data-source="post: 5410408" data-attributes="member: 20594"><p>Many great points...and I'm certainly not anti-auto ....there are many great options out there....but part of my opinion is based off of my late father-in-law's experience in over three decades of law enforcement....so during the early portion of his career revolver's were the issued weapon period...S&W 38s....then as time marched on came the Ruger auto loaders followed by the Glock...9mm.....And his testimony and observations were this....during the annual qualification rounds....of all the years he carried the S&W ...he saw TWO failures on the line....one was a brand new revolver just out of the box which had a factory pin or spring malfunction...gun was returned to S&W....the other failure was ammo related....this was over a decade of annual qualification rounds.... With the auto loaders....every single year there was at least one jam....rack and tap....clear the jam...etc.....agree, any weapon can fail....but I've never seen a wheel gun jam....and I have had an auto jam....once from being dirty (my fault) another I believe was ammo related..... honestly I'm a fan of both auto loaders and revolver's....but I truly do appreciate how reliable revolver's are and how they have stood the test of time....great conversation...I need to visit the handgun forum more often. (And for the record I'm a huge fan of the 1911 and totally agree with your comments pertaining to it...great gun)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DoubleRidge, post: 5410408, member: 20594"] Many great points...and I'm certainly not anti-auto ....there are many great options out there....but part of my opinion is based off of my late father-in-law's experience in over three decades of law enforcement....so during the early portion of his career revolver's were the issued weapon period...S&W 38s....then as time marched on came the Ruger auto loaders followed by the Glock...9mm.....And his testimony and observations were this....during the annual qualification rounds....of all the years he carried the S&W ...he saw TWO failures on the line....one was a brand new revolver just out of the box which had a factory pin or spring malfunction...gun was returned to S&W....the other failure was ammo related....this was over a decade of annual qualification rounds.... With the auto loaders....every single year there was at least one jam....rack and tap....clear the jam...etc.....agree, any weapon can fail....but I've never seen a wheel gun jam....and I have had an auto jam....once from being dirty (my fault) another I believe was ammo related..... honestly I'm a fan of both auto loaders and revolver's....but I truly do appreciate how reliable revolver's are and how they have stood the test of time....great conversation...I need to visit the handgun forum more often. (And for the record I'm a huge fan of the 1911 and totally agree with your comments pertaining to it...great gun) [/QUOTE]
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