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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:31:53 AM EDT
[#1]
Obsolete =/= no longer viable for use as intended.
The revolver has been obsolete for a long time, but is still a perfectly good option for a defensive firearm. |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:32:51 AM EDT
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It was rendered obsolete in 1911. However, that does not mean it is now useless. I carry one all the time.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:33:59 AM EDT
[#3]
Nope, great as a hunting arm.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:34:41 AM EDT
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Of course not.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:36:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Obsolete =/= no longer viable for use as intended. The revolver has been obsolete for a long time, but is still a perfectly good option for a defensive firearm. |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:37:15 AM EDT
[#6]
Wheel guns are real guns!
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:37:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Exactly, obsolete does not mean ineffective. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Obsolete =/= no longer viable for use as intended. The revolver has been obsolete for a long time, but is still a perfectly good option for a defensive firearm. Yep, just look at the 1911 |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:38:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It was rendered obsolete in 1911. However, that does not mean it is now useless. I carry one all the time. what revolver do you carry? |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:38:47 AM EDT
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Obsolete =/= no longer viable for use as intended. The revolver has been obsolete for a long time, but is still a perfectly good option for a defensive firearm. Then it isn't obsolete by your own definition. It is very viable. |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:39:24 AM EDT
[#10]
Thinking about getting an IWB holster for my .357 SAA
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:39:27 AM EDT
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it will be once they stop making ammo.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:39:48 AM EDT
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They have uses. I'd love to get a S&W Model 36, and send it to Heirloom Precision for their revolver conversion package.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:40:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: what revolver do you carry? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It was rendered obsolete in 1911. However, that does not mean it is now useless. I carry one all the time. what revolver do you carry? S&W Airweight with +P hollow points brah |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:40:19 AM EDT
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It was rendered obsolete in 1911. However, that does not mean it is now useless. I carry one all the time. IMHO, not that early. I don't think the revolver was truly obsolete until autos started feeding JHP reliably. Before about 1980, a .357 Magnum loaded with hollowpoints would be hard to beat as a defensive gun. |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:40:32 AM EDT
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Who cares, they're still wicked cool.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:41:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thinking about getting an IWB holster for my .357 SAA |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:42:20 AM EDT
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Nope. They are still useful for Cowboy Action Shooting.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:43:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: IMHO, not that early. I don't think the revolver was truly obsolete until autos started feeding JHP reliably. Before about 1980, a .357 Magnum loaded with hollowpoints would be hard to beat as a defensive gun. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It was rendered obsolete in 1911. However, that does not mean it is now useless. I carry one all the time. IMHO, not that early. I don't think the revolver was truly obsolete until autos started feeding JHP reliably. Before about 1980, a .357 Magnum loaded with hollowpoints would be hard to beat as a defensive gun. |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:43:20 AM EDT
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Dont tell Jerry that.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:44:13 AM EDT
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Still a completely useful system. Lots of use for hunting, and defense.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:44:54 AM EDT
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My dad carried an "obsolete" Colt Trooper in Viet Nam (yup back when you could take your own gun to war) and closed out two bad guys with it. Both bad guys were armed with semi autos.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:45:49 AM EDT
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I kind of hope so. I need a single action revolver for my Pistol classes. and Maybe I can find one for under 200 bucks.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:46:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Obsolete =/= no longer viable for use as intended. The revolver has been obsolete for a long time, but is still a perfectly good option for a defensive firearm. This. GD has a hard time understanding the difference between obsolete and useless. |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:51:27 AM EDT
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From articles in magazines the S&W revolvers don't seem to be as good out of the box as the stuff back in the early 80s.
Given the need to hit a man sized target at extended ranges (maybe 100 yards) I and one of my best friends would both take our revolvers over any auto. If i wanted to teach a novice to use a handgun effectively I'd teach them how to shoot an auto. W.E. Fairbairn felt the same way. He felt the perfect gun for him was a DA .44 or .45 in a cross draw. The perfect gun for the Shanghai police was a 1911 with pinned safeties carried hammer down on empty chamber. The pinned safeties and empty chamber because they just was no gun culture there and they were taught to rack the slide fast as the gun was drawn. |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:52:26 AM EDT
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Nope, great as a hunting arm. This |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:53:08 AM EDT
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"Obsolete" does not mean "useless".
Revolvers are obsolete as fuck. Time has passed them by, and most of them have been replaced by proper, high capacity autoloaders in most roles. They aren't without their uses, and far from "useless". 38 special and 357 magnum are well documented as being good as fuck at killing two-legged critters, and when you have the need for much more power in a small-ish size, for large four-legged critters, you can't get the power that you may need from an auto pistol. Such a pistol will have to be freaking huge to match the huge bullets that will be fired through it (Desert Eagle, I'm looking at you!). Slide action shotguns are obsolete, too, but you won't see them going away anytime soon, like its revolver counterpart.
And just like a good pump shotgun, everybody should own at least one revolver (preferably of the .357 mag variety in either 4" or 6" barrel lengths). 
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:53:50 AM EDT
[#27]
Less useful, sometimes more specialized, not obsolete.
They still outclass autos for handgun hunting by far |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:54:43 AM EDT
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Please send your obsolete firearms to me for proper disposal.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:58:56 AM EDT
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Please send your obsolete firearms to me for proper disposal. Hell no. I'm never going to get rid of my 586 no dash, and am sure as shit not going to give it to you. 
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:59:26 AM EDT
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Quoted: ... The revolver still has some life in her and can fight the good fight... Agreed.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 11:59:43 AM EDT
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I carry a S&W 642. I carry it because I know that if I ever have shoot someone in order to save my own life then I will get 5 chances to do so. Is there newer technology? Yes. But I really like the reliability of 5 guaranteed shots.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:00:18 PM EDT
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I only have big bore revolvers. I like their accuracy and ability to hit harder further, but tactically I think they suck. But, what do I know, SF have been known to use revolvers.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:00:31 PM EDT
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Bunch of fudds in here
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:01:30 PM EDT
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I have yet to find an autoloader that generates the same ballistics AND draws as cleanly from a pocket as a 642.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:02:59 PM EDT
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Bunch of fudds in here and pogues that think they know everything
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:03:35 PM EDT
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500 magnum auto?
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:04:05 PM EDT
[#37]
Rick still carries a Python and that is during zombie apocalypse.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:05:14 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Obsolete =/= no longer viable for use as intended. The revolver has been obsolete for a long time, but is still a perfectly good option for a defensive firearm. viable adjective capable of working successfully; feasible. |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:06:33 PM EDT
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Not obsolete, but definitely not the best choice for self-defence in my opinion.
Our next purchase will be a SP101 for my better half. She doesn't practice enough to feel confident with a semi-auto - the simplicity of a revolver appeals to her. So in her case, a revolver means the difference between her being armed or not. This is one of the situations where I guess the revolver wins. Plus they're sexy
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:06:48 PM EDT
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I'm just here for the revolver porn...
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:08:35 PM EDT
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For anything other than handgun hunting I would say it's obsolete.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:09:26 PM EDT
[#42]
Useless right here
686+, 17, 36, 28. 
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:10:58 PM EDT
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I owned a few colt detectives and a mkIII Snub. Sold them all, I am sad now. I really want a few colt det 3rd gen guns NOW.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:13:44 PM EDT
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For anything other than handgun hunting I would say it's obsolete. Pocket carry as well. The smooth and rounded shape of a hammerless snubbie works better than any auto in this role. I only own one revolver (a 642-1) and this is the reason I own it. |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:15:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:15:48 PM EDT
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Answer: No, not yet. Since revolvers are relatively simple to operate, reliable, chambered in many modern cartridges that are very available, and the fact that many outdoors applications pretty much require magnum power (by default, almost always requiring a revolver) it is definitely not "obsolete". That being said, I find autos much more desirable for all of MY applications.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:17:09 PM EDT
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Wheel guns are cool. I got a bunch of them. Love to shoot them and you don't have to pick up your brass.
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:20:20 PM EDT
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Don't mind me. Just dropping something off here...
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:21:12 PM EDT
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Pocket carry as well. The smooth and rounded shape of a hammerless snubbie works better than any auto in this role. I only own one revolver (a 642-1) and this is the reason I own it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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For anything other than handgun hunting I would say it's obsolete. Pocket carry as well. The smooth and rounded shape of a hammerless snubbie works better than any auto in this role. I only own one revolver (a 642-1) and this is the reason I own it. http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/articles/2009/11/shots-fired-palm-desert-california-03-30-1996.aspx |
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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:25:18 PM EDT
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I have 5, and I will never give them up, never.
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