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<blockquote data-quote="Sanford" data-source="post: 2234765" data-attributes="member: 27733"><p>Well, a person <em>could</em> carry an SA revolver cocked. I certainly wouldn't recommend or do it under any normal circumstances, but it's at least possible.</p><p></p><p>Cocking an SA is certainly easier and faster than having to rack the slide on an auto, and at least as fast as cocking a 1911 for those who don't like to carry condition one. When you really look at it from the standpoint of motion required, cocking an SA is pretty much equivalent in effort and approximately as fast as clicking off a safety.</p><p></p><p>For a shooter that's familiar and experienced with his gun I believe the first round time to target is going to be so close that it's a draw. And (here it comes) I suspect that the average SA shooter is more familiar and experienced with his gun than the average semiauto shooter. I say that not meaning anything negative against semiauto shooters as many are extremely good, but for several practical reasons. To begin with an SA revolver is simpler than a semiautomatic pistol on a purely mechanical basis, and fewer parts translates to fewer motions needed to learn. Next is just the matter of numbers as regards the "average" shooter; I think there are probably just a lot more semiautos than SA revolvers that have been bought, loaded, and stuck in the nightstand drawer by people who haven't a clue how to use them. Last is that I suspect that any knowledgeable, experienced shooter of almost any type who actually chooses to use an SA revolver for self defense would be the type of person who knows and considers all of the things we've been talking about and makes a conscious and informed choice; this sort of person would likely to be the sort of person to take the time and make the effort to become proficient with their instrument.</p><p></p><p>The real disadvantage I see to an SA is reloading - both the number of rounds available without reloading, and reloading speed. Most semiautos will have the advantage over most SA's on the first and virtually all will on the second, and that's a real consideration that for some situations certainly should be a determining factor. On the other hand some of that advantage goes away for compact semiautos, even more so if the shooter's not proficient at mag changes (or not even carrying a spare).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sanford, post: 2234765, member: 27733"] Well, a person [I]could[/I] carry an SA revolver cocked. I certainly wouldn't recommend or do it under any normal circumstances, but it's at least possible. Cocking an SA is certainly easier and faster than having to rack the slide on an auto, and at least as fast as cocking a 1911 for those who don't like to carry condition one. When you really look at it from the standpoint of motion required, cocking an SA is pretty much equivalent in effort and approximately as fast as clicking off a safety. For a shooter that's familiar and experienced with his gun I believe the first round time to target is going to be so close that it's a draw. And (here it comes) I suspect that the average SA shooter is more familiar and experienced with his gun than the average semiauto shooter. I say that not meaning anything negative against semiauto shooters as many are extremely good, but for several practical reasons. To begin with an SA revolver is simpler than a semiautomatic pistol on a purely mechanical basis, and fewer parts translates to fewer motions needed to learn. Next is just the matter of numbers as regards the "average" shooter; I think there are probably just a lot more semiautos than SA revolvers that have been bought, loaded, and stuck in the nightstand drawer by people who haven't a clue how to use them. Last is that I suspect that any knowledgeable, experienced shooter of almost any type who actually chooses to use an SA revolver for self defense would be the type of person who knows and considers all of the things we've been talking about and makes a conscious and informed choice; this sort of person would likely to be the sort of person to take the time and make the effort to become proficient with their instrument. The real disadvantage I see to an SA is reloading - both the number of rounds available without reloading, and reloading speed. Most semiautos will have the advantage over most SA's on the first and virtually all will on the second, and that's a real consideration that for some situations certainly should be a determining factor. On the other hand some of that advantage goes away for compact semiautos, even more so if the shooter's not proficient at mag changes (or not even carrying a spare). [/QUOTE]
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