Posted: 12/5/2016 6:36:15 PM EDT
| Is a semi-auto pistol safer to carry than a revolver? |
| The way I look at it, especially if children are around, is the semi-auto has the edge. With a semi-auto pistol there is the option of no round in the chamber. With a revolver all a kid has to be able to do is pull the trigger. Most smaller kids would have a hard time racking the slide to load a round. right? |
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Generally, a revolver is going to have a heavier trigger. So comparing a 12lb trigger on a Ruger revolver to a 5lb trigger on a Glock, I'd say, technically, the Ruger is going to be "safer" since it takes over twice the effort to pull the trigger. But as long as you're carrying and the trigger is covered, it doesn't matter. I know some women don't have the hand strength to pull the trigger on a heavy trigger revolver. |
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The way I look at it, especially if children are around, is the semi-auto has the edge. With a semi-auto pistol there is the option of no round in the chamber. With a revolver all a kid has to be able to do is pull the trigger. Most smaller kids would have a hard time racking the slide to load a round. right? Just don't let kids play with your gun. Problem solved. |
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The way I look at it, especially if children are around, is the semi-auto has the edge. With a semi-auto pistol there is the option of no round in the chamber. With a revolver all a kid has to be able to do is pull the trigger. Most smaller kids would have a hard time racking the slide to load a round. right? If little kids are around, guns should be on you or locked up. Kids do dumb shit. Hell, adults do dumb shit. |
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I've never heard of a negligent discharge with a revolver. I have heard of numerous negligent discharges with semi-automatics.
I've never heard of a child shooting himself or others with a revolver (although I'm sure there have been). I've heard plenty of times of a child shooting himself or someone else with a semi-automatic. |
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I've never heard of a negligent discharge with a revolver. I have heard of numerous negligent discharges with semi-automatics. I've never heard of a child shooting himself or others with a revolver (although I'm sure there have been). I've heard plenty of times of a child shooting himself or someone else with a semi-automatic. Now that you mention it ... you're correct. |
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I've never heard of a child shooting himself or others with a revolver (although I'm sure there have been). I've heard plenty of times of a child shooting himself or someone else with a semi-automatic. Less common, but usually done after cocking the hammer on a DA revolver and then not fully understanding the much lesser SA trigger pull weight or how to safely decock the hammer. As to the OP's question, I would give the revolver a slight statistical edge only because it is a time tested design that is still in use, some new semiauto designs have yet to be fully proven by the time they hit the market (examples such as Taurus 24/7, Caracal C, early Glocks, etc.) that wind up being recalled. |
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I've never heard of a negligent discharge with a revolver. I have heard of numerous negligent discharges with semi-automatics. I've never heard of a child shooting himself or others with a revolver (although I'm sure there have been). I've heard plenty of times of a child shooting himself or someone else with a semi-automatic. i have......he dropped the hammer when trying to let it down...older guy, and it was his gun...stayed behind him the rest of the afternoon.. |
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The way I look at it, especially if children are around, is the semi-auto has the edge. With a semi-auto pistol there is the option of no round in the chamber. With a revolver all a kid has to be able to do is pull the trigger. Most smaller kids would have a hard time racking the slide to load a round. right? The correct approach is to keep kids the hell away from your firearms unless you're actively teaching them. As far as the empty chamber bit, a lot of single action revolver guys carry with only 5 rounds loaded, but that's more intended to keep guns without a transfer bar or other firing pin safety from firing when dropped. |