Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Well, my wife finally crossed over...

Waders: Great gun! She'll enjoy it and recoil tolerance will build with time and rounds down range.

Here's my take on the revolver vs. auto issue:

I doubt that reloading a revolver, even with a speedloader, is faster than reloading a magazine fed semi-automatic.

I don't think a double action revolver is "simpler" than a single action automatic. Think about it: how is pulling through a 12-16 pound trigger any easier than wiping off a thumb safety and pressing a 4lb single action trigger? Assuming that the shooter owns the gun and is familiar with it, I think a new shooter--particularly one with limited hand strength--is better served with the single action semi-automatic.

In my experience with revolvers, the hardest to shoot quickly and accurately are the alloy construction J-frames with full-power ammunition. By comparison, even an alloy frame Commander size 1911 with 230gr Hydrashoks is a breeze.