Locked & Loaded (not safe for workplace)

[felitopaz]

My babies.

[Shag]

I live out in the middle of nowhere and I watch the news so it makes me feel a little more comfortable to have something within arm's reach of me out here. Here's what's been sitting beside me the past few months. Ruger LCR .357 mag. I've got a couple of semi-auto pistols but I like a revolver for an "I need it now and need it to work now" gun. Keep it loaded, point-and-click, no need to worry about chambering a round of fiddling with a safety or dealing with a jam, etc.

[jabo]

I guess I am a lot like shag in that I am a wheel gun type of guy. I do have a smith auto, but that is a .22 for plinking.

[felitopaz]

Originally Posted by Shag

I live out in the middle of nowhere and I watch the news so it makes me feel a little more comfortable to have something within arm's reach of me out here. Here's what's been sitting beside me the past few months. Ruger LCR .357 mag. I've got a couple of semi-auto pistols but I like a revolver for an "I need it now and need it to work now" gun. Keep it loaded, point-and-click, no need to worry about chambering a round of fiddling with a safety or dealing with a jam, etc.

I like revolvers also but, I never had any problems with my Beretta 92 SBC or my Colt Gold Cup either. Both automatics. I guess you get what you pay for.

cheers.

[felitopaz]

Originally Posted by felitopaz

My babies.

I love these babies.

[aznwrr]

Have a few in the safe but picked up an xds, xdm compact, lcp w/crimson, and a stag 2t in the last 3 months. Utas, Kriss vector, or something suppressed is next. it never ends!

[Arkansas Warrior]

Glock 23 gen 4 and couple Remington 22 rifles

[Shag]

Originally Posted by felitopaz

I like revolvers also but, I never had any problems with my Beretta 92 SBC or my Colt Gold Cup either. Both automatics. I guess you get what you pay for.

cheers.

I agree with you 100%. The thing is you have to pay more $ to get a semi-auto-pistol that will give you the same reliability you can get from a revolver that you pay less for. More moving parts and more complex mechanical interactions happening in a semi-auto pistol than there are in a revolver. We're just talking about simple physics.

[DFW_Warrior]

Originally Posted by Shag

I agree with you 100%. The thing is you have to pay more $ to get a semi-auto-pistol that will give you the same reliability you can get from a revolver that you pay less for. More moving parts and more complex mechanical interactions happening in a semi-auto pistol than there are in a revolver. We're just talking about simple physics.

The only downside is if your timing ever gets out of whack even the tiniest bit, a revolver can turn into a grenade pretty darn quick. It is rare, but that one mechanical interaction can be really, REALLY bad if it goes wrong. On a semi, the worst thing that can happen is the darn thing can jam.

As for me, I have both. My Glock is my primary carry weapon along with my Kel-Tec and I have a Taurus .357 stainless which is my primary "bike" gun because I don't really care if it gets soaked in a rain storm. And anyone must know, I've fired maybe 200 rounds through the revolver in 6 or 7 years and it has been trouble free. The same for the Glock, but the number of rounds in the past two years of owning it is somewhere in the 2000's by now.

[Sherriism]

Originally Posted by outlawarrior

Play time.

Nice!