Real pistols

[Jim McArthur]

Revolvers do jam, the difference between a pistol and revolver jamming is that you can clear the pistol, revolver not. Ever had a primer get pushed back from the shell with factory ammo? I have

Yes they do! I've had the cylinder of a lightweight .38 snubbie jam shut on me after firing a hot cartridge in it. I had to take it to a gunsmith, who told me that the pistol's weight was insufficient to absorb the recoil, causing the bullet to break its crimp in the cartridge casing and protrude forward, locking the cylinder.

I've also had a revolver cylinder refuse to rotate when I purposely went several hundred (dirty reload) rounds without cleaning it, just an an experiment.

But such extreme situations aside, revolvers are still a lot more reliable than autoloaders.

Jim

[Phil G]

But such extreme situations aside, revolvers are still a lot more reliable than autoloaders.

Jim

Too true and usually quicker to clear than auto's. With their broken extractors, dirty feed ramps and unreliable mags to mention a few. Good ol' wheel gun every time




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[Woodie]

[QUOTE
But such extreme situations aside, revolvers are still a lot more reliable than autoloaders.

Jim[/QUOTE]

Each for their own,but I would like to see someone beat Todd Jarret's 1000 round test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7wL2QuFTLQ

Watch part 1, 2 and 3

[Phil G]

[QUOTE
But such extreme situations aside, revolvers are still a lot more reliable than autoloaders.

Jim

Each for their own,but I would like to see someone beat Todd Jarret's 1000 round test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7wL2QuFTLQ

Watch part 1, 2 and 3[/QUOTE]



Great bit of YouTube. Just an observation though. Why did he run the mags dry? If he'd kept one up the barrel on the reload he might have trimmed those few seconds off to get a sub 10mins. And those reloaders slow old gits






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[Woodie]

To make sure the slide locked back on a empty mag, thats all. Todd is the King in ISPC. He was lazy though, as Blackhawk, now Para http://www.para-usa.com/new/why_jarrett.php
teaches you to not use the slide release though,but pull the slide back and let it run forward.

[Haggis]

I miss my Glock 23, I bought it in '91 and sold it in 2001. In the ten years it rode at my side it performed flawlessly. I've shot all kinds of pistol, colt, browning, star, astra, tokarev, FEG, CZ, Walther, beretta, taurus , SIG, ruger, S&W. the only handgun I would think of swapping the Glock with was the Steyr M.
When you carry a pistol everyday and work as an electrician in the African heat it's got to be compact, powerful, reliable and accurate.

That said I once used a beretta model 71 in 22lr to get myself out of a sticky situation. As luck would have it my Glock was away having tritium beads installed...

[Woodie]

I miss my Glock 23, I bought it in '91 and sold it in 2001. In the ten years it rode at my side it performed flawlessly. I've shot all kinds of pistol, colt, browning, star, astra, tokarev, FEG, CZ, Walther, beretta, taurus , SIG, ruger, S&W. the only handgun I would think of swapping the Glock with was the Steyr M.
When you carry a pistol everyday and work as an electrician in the African heat it's got to be compact, powerful, reliable and accurate.

That said I once used a beretta model 71 in 22lr to get myself out of a sticky situation. As luck would have it my Glock was away having tritium beads installed...

I thought you fell in love with the star model B Try CAR Tecnique with a glock (Centre Axis Relock), the glock cannot handle all the recoil and hence cracks

[Haggis]

No I learned stoppage drill with a star b, what do you do in CAR drill?

[Korium]

the only handgun I would think of swapping the Glock with was the Steyr M.

I hear very good reports about the .40S&W model from America; apparently they were built for the cartridge rather than 9mm.
The designer was originally part of Glock and they were built with the idea of being an improved model, but Glock would not produce.

Steyr are a universal favourite, trustworthy quality.

[Haggis]

I hear very good reports about the .40S&W model from America; apparently they were built for the cartridge rather than 9mm.
The designer was originally part of Glock and they were built with the idea of being an improved model, but Glock would not produce.

Steyr are a universal favourite, trustworthy quality.

I heard that at the time, about it being made by ex glock employee. I only got my hands on the 9mm version but it shot very well. The ergonomics are even better than a glock, which impressed me the first time I shot it. The sights were weird at first but it pointed so well I would ignore them and just point shoot it, like I did with my 23 anyway.