If I had 3 misfires out of 50 with hand loads, I wouldn't necessarily call that the fault of the handgun. I'd shoot at least 100 rounds of factory ammo before I made that judgement call.
Yeah, well I knew someone would say that. That's why I pointed out that I reload for several other revolvers (I didn't even mention a BFR and a Freedom Arms model 97) as well as three Smith and Wessons that my wife owns. In thousands of reloads, I cannot remember one single misfire. Not that I expected that everyone would actually read that.
But this brand new revolver has three misfires in 50 rounds, and the revolver itself isn't a factor - really? I'm not interested in owning a gun that can only shoot factory ammo, so I'm not going that route. As I said, I may keep it as a range gun, but there is something quite a bit different in its performance compared to all the other revolvers in my home.
