Scratch, Scratch, Scratch, lad you are quite the pup, you sound like one of the emporers minions questioning lord Vader, me thinks you should spend more time with bd or the Headmaster. Now to qualify, I have several springfield armory 45s rather bulky for only 7 rounds, a Colt Gov 38 super, very svelte, but honestly nothing comes to hand, or spins on my index finger quite so handily as the FN 1935 GP. To feel that lovely grip frame, with those lovely old Blonde Browning walnut grip panels, no double stack autopistole will compare. Having said that sir, if I absolutely, positively have to hit something beyond 50 yds, a Smith and Wesson Model 29, 44magnum will be in my hand. The old plow handled Colt peacemaker, close your eyes, now go for your gun, it naturally falls to hand, points well even without sights to those who are willing to spend the time to master it. Six well placed rounds are always better than 19 rounds with the "spray and pray" method. Kind of like kids, all different, but you love em all! My little teutonic heart does love that little browning Hi-Power, but I feed it only ball ammo if it has to function. On the other hand, my revolvers will fire anything I put in the cylinder that is combustable. To put it in practical terms, when you pull the trigger on your automatic, it remains in battery until the bullet has left the barrel, the extractor grabs the case by the rim and as the slide unlocks begins to pull it rearward until the rim strikes the ejector, in the meantime the barrel has dropped out of the locking lugs of the slide and the empty breech is refilled by the slide stripping the top round off the magazine and pushing it up into the chamber as it pushes the barrel up and forward into battery and the trigger disconnector disengages. Thats a great deal more monkey motion than a single or double action revolver. As you have pointed out already, it depends a lot on whats between your ears. Shame we can't all get together and join Jeff and the boys, then you could shoot a little bit of everything, the revolver is actually much more functional that it looks and as much as I love an Obernedorf Model 98 Mauser, I'd probably still select some variant of the AR for close quarters.
