Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns The wrong gun & the wrong training?

police recruits are generally 20 to 35 years old oh, don't have arthritis yet and our suffering the long-term effects of carpal tunnel syndrome Etc. They are generally plenty strong enough to work the slide of an automatic without pointing at toward their elbow or side or someone standing alongside them. and of course you have them for 6 to 8 months were you can correct them or send their ass down the road.

Some of us were actually around training those recruits with revolvers and through the transition to semi-automatic pistols. That group will generally do fine with whatever you train them on and yes, much of the new generation have never held a pistol before the academy.

Training private CCW folks is another matter. Lots of them are well into their golden years and they're not going to put in the time or effort to become class a action shooters with a semi-auto. many of them have already purchased a revolver before the training begins Many of those folks are in fact better served by the Simplicity and ease of operation of a double action revolver.

I realize a lot of what goes on here is Hive think and trying to aggravate people out of your tree house. and right here is the only place where it changes anything and most of that in people's imagination.

Both have simple manual of arms, just different. People aren't as stupid as some seem to think (some are, though).

It's just like all the women who come into the store and their husbands have them convinced they're the weaker sex and can't rack a slide. In 2 minutes, 95% of them are doing it just fine with the overhand push-pull method.

Oh how I have missed the pistol section of the fire. I would throw my .02 in but I looks like I'm out since I don't hold the coveted NRA certificates. I do appreciate how the OP has answered all of his own questions and decided who is allowed to contribute in a worthwhile manner. Lol

Can't rack a slide but have no trouble with the heavy double action trigger pull with their arthritis?

Miracles never cease

Exactly! Also, racking a slide is an occasional occurrence. That heavy DA pull is an every shot event.

Revolver :
Press cylinder latch
Press cylinder open
Insert rounds
Close cylinder
Pull trigger till done
Press cylinder latch
Press cylinder open
Slap ejector rod
Close cylinder

Auto (striker fired / no safety to be most revolver-esque)
Load mag
Insert mag
Rack slide
Pull trigger till done
Drop mag
Rack slide to make your self feel better that it’s empty


What did I miss ? (Big fuggin difference :sarcasm )

This has certainly turned into one of the dumber pissing matches I've seen on this forum. I mean....it lacks all the humor of a Hardin/Gunkid thread, but still going nowhere.

ZING! Couldn't have said it better myself.

When you find yourself under attack by a mob of ANTIFA or BLM thugs the semi-auto Glock with a backup 33 round mag is much better than a revolver.

13 brand new women shooters in a 4 hour class today. I'd estimate ages to be from 25-67 and the average somewhere around 40. All of them very new and very weak.

2 S&W .22s (Victory?) and a Glock .22, everything else was striker fired.

With minimal instruction they were all loading, unloading, firing, and clearing basic and double-feed malfunctions with aplomb. I'd guess the average A-Zone hit percentage at 15 yards was 80%, C-Zone 95%.

13 brand new women shooters in a 4 hour class today. I'd estimate ages to be from 25-67 and the average somewhere around 40. All of them very new and very weak.

2 S&W .22s (Victory?) and a Glock .22, everything else was striker fired.

With minimal instruction they were all loading, unloading, firing, and clearing basic and double-feed malfunctions with aplomb. I'd guess the average A-Zone hit percentage at 15 yards was 80%, C-Zone 95%.

You're gonna have a hard time fitting in if you travel back to 1986.

You're gonna have a hard time fitting in if you travel back to 1986.