Handgun of the year

[Michael2013 56]

Yes, it is a revolver.
Read here: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/04/25/youll-never-guess-the-nras-surprising-handgun-of-t.aspx

[JohnnyB 4,325]

Not surprising considering a revolver can't jam! I used to swear off all pistols for HD/SD but have since had a change of heart.

I still trust a revolver over a pistol, but not as much as I used to due to improvements in ammo and pistols.

[lunker 274]

Semi-autos will jam, but usually a tap-rack will solve it.

A revolver can jam, and when it does it's not usually something you can easily fix. I have seen the ejection rod get loose and lock up the cylinder. Same with the cylinder stop. Mechanical devices can and will fail.

 

 

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[JohnnyB 4,325]

Semi-autos will jam, but usually a tap-rack will solve it. A revolver can jam, and when it does it's not usually something you can easily fix. I have seen the ejection rod get loose and lock up the cylinder. Same with the cylinder stop. Mechanical devices can and will fail. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I knew someone would chime in with revolvers can jam! Sure, a mechanical failure can happen with anything mechanical! In my 30+ years of shooting, I have never had a revolver "jam"!

I can't say the same for pistols and I doubt anyone else here could either!!!

[lunker 274]

I knew someone would chime in with revolvers can jam! Sure, a mechanical failure can happen with anything mechanical! In my 30+ years of shooting, I have never had a revolver "jam"!

I can't say the same for pistols and I doubt anyone else here could either!!!

 

 

I own several revolvers, and the examples I gave are because they happened to me. The ONLY revolver I own that has never jammed on me is a nicely worn Model 19-3. I also had a Model 629 seize on me with the S&W internal lock. The little flag that sits between the hammer and frame got caught partway up because of recoil. It took Andy at Shore Shot a few minutes in his shop to get it unstuck.  

I love my revolvers (more than my semi-autos), but they aren't magic. That whole "six for sure" saying about them isn't any truer than "15 for sure" with a Glock 19, IMO. 

[Pizza Bob 1,488]

Of course it's a revolver. What have I been telling you people? 

[blksheep 466]

What kind of jam is it?

[blksheep 466]

I have seen revolvers lock up a few times.

[siderman 1,138]

A revo with that internal lock gun of the year? it should be ineligeble to begin with. no knock on the gun just the NRA championing the lock like that. stupid stupd stupid

[Parker 213]

A revo with that internal lock gun of the year? it should be ineligeble to begin with. no knock on the gun just the NRA championing the lock like that. stupid stupd stupid

 

I agree, that lock has to go.

 

I don't put too much stock in the NRA picking any "gun of the year." They've picked winners like the Remington 105 CTI and Ruger Gold Label in the past as "Shotgun of the Year" in their time of release, yet both were failures and quickly discontinued. (I guess they've become collector items today?)