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lynx_strife
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Well after doing some home work and some thinking. I am now looking at revolvers now. I am currently looking at the gaucho series from taurus but i am trying to weigh the pros and cons from pistol(semi auto) or revolver.
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Thanks Karl
Well after doing some home work and some thinking. I am now looking at revolvers now. I am currently looking at the gaucho series from taurus but i am trying to weigh the pros and cons from pistol(semi auto) or revolver.
After running a few laps in the first-defensive-handgun game, early on I came back to what generations of gun folk have been telling neophytes for ages: .38 DA revolver. It's simple, easy to check/load/unload, you can practice with wadcutters that barely recoil more than a .22, and the full-house loads are plenty good enough for anti-personnel use. You can get a used one from a big name maker fairly cheap, get it checked out if you didn't buy it from a reputable shop, and have all the confidence in the world that it'll go bang when you need it too.
I used to tell people to get a .357 and work their way up to magnum loads, but gave that up when I realized that most people that were asking for advice weren't going to be going to the range even once a month anyway. Which is why I gave up recommending autos with the caveat that they needed to keep up their practice with the manual of arms.