I'm considering buying a revolver as a way to reduce my ammo consumption some, or rather to get more range time out of the same amount of ammo. Also because revolvers allow more complete dry firing practice than a semi auto handgun since live ammo isn't necessary for the trigger to completely function. Has anyone else here considered a revolver for this purpose, and are they effective at stretching your ammo so that you get more time shooting with the same amount of ammo? I should state that I already own a .22 pistol, but I'd like something that fires a larger caliber and that I can reload for in the event of another shortage.
The reason I'm considering this is that I'm starting to accept the reality that ammo will never return to being as cheap as it was before Obama was elected with current prices being the new norm, and that it's now necessary to reload for pistol calibers in order to achieve the same cost per round as ammo from Walmart or your local gun store before Obama was elected. The days of buying 100 round boxes of Winchester white box 9mm for $12 at your local Walmart are long gone, and even ordering bulk amounts of lower quality steel cased shit online won't get you that low of a cost per round anymore.
Does Jow Forums have any other ways of dealing with higher ammo prices keeping them from shooting as much as they'd like?
I handload. That said I thought 30 rounds of .44 Mag would be more than enough for one hour of range time. I was wrong. Through in 15 Minutes.
You really have to slow yourself down. With my bolt action rifle I take care to make every shot "perfect", that leads to 30-50 rounds/h. With the AR-15 I'm easily tempted to go for "as fast as I can hold the 9 ring"
Same with Pistols and paper vs plates.
Jace Cox
Unless you get it in .22 or 9mm. The revolver won't really help you on a financial level. My favorite round to shoot is .38 special, and it's more expensive than 9mm
It's actually easier on the hands, and much quicker, to load revolvers in the long term (meaning over a long shooting session), since you're only putting 6 rounds in the cylinder, and they slide in like butter, as opposed to manually hand loading a magazine.
In regards to the dry fire, yes you can practice dry firing to the max with revolvers.
They're practical and fun firearms. But you have to inherently like them, because they don't inherently offer any benefits $$$ wise.
Jose Phillips
>With the AR-15 I'm easily tempted to go for "as fast as I can hold the 9 ring" That's pretty much me when shooting my pistols, especially .22 pistol, except I shoot on steel so I don't even need to go down range to check. The best I can do currently to slow myself down is to step back further or shoot without my support hand. I'm wondering if this would be as bad with a revolver given the lower capacity.
>My favorite round to shoot is .38 special, and it's more expensive than 9mm I already reload for a few different calibers (including 9mm), so adding one more wouldn't be an issue. At that point, bullet weight has the largest effect on cost per round.
>But you have to inherently like them I have enjoyed the revolvers I've had a chance to shoot, both modern double action and old single action only.
Cameron Lee
Here in the Midwest 9mm is $9.50/box for most brands. Are you living on the coasts or something? Also, Ruger makes a decent revolver in 9mm
>Here in the Midwest 9mm is $9.50/box for most brands From the OP: >The reason I'm considering this is that I'm starting to accept the reality that ammo will never return to being as cheap as it was before Obama was elected with current prices being the new norm, and that it's now necessary to reload for pistol calibers in order to achieve the same cost per round as ammo from Walmart or your local gun store before Obama was elected. The days of buying 100 round boxes of Winchester white box 9mm for $12 at your local Walmart are long gone, and even ordering bulk amounts of lower quality steel cased shit online won't get you that low of a cost per round anymore. Also, I already reload for all the handgun calibers that I shoot.
Matthew Sanders
Ah didn't see the part about >100 rd boxes So it'd be around $19/100 here
Reloading is preferable, but I simply do not have time for that. I wish I did though - I'd make so much .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer
Jose Nguyen
To slow down with handguns, there's no need for a revolver, just forget all your magazines and you'll be shooting plenty slow.
Colton Phillips
Then go for it. .38 special is extremely easy to reload for. Probably on of the reasons I like it so much.
Sebastian Long
SAA Is Always The Answer
Anthony Davis
Not so different in the coast either, I can also find a box of 9mm at around that price. Matter of fact, I've actually seen some better deals in Cali gunstores than in other places.
The cheapest I've seen them around the midwest were $130/1000 (Tula) or $150/1000 (Armscor)
Jack Allen
First, DA/SA. Also you don't have to fully load magazines.
Daniel Moore
>I should state that I already own a .22 pistol, but I'd like something that fires a larger caliber and that I can reload for in the event of another shortage.
Kayden Cox
>more complete dry firing practice than a semi auto handgun since live ammo isn't necessary for the trigger to completely function I don't understand. You are speaking of a single action semi auto? Like 1911 or striker fired like a glock? Because there are also DA semi autos that you can just keep pulling the trigger on
Josiah Perez
DAO semi autos aren't that common, and DA/SA semi autos are only DA for the first shot. Also, with a revolver there is no slide moving back and forth or locking back on the last round that's dependent on live ammo to operate.
James Moore
S&W model 10. I can't think of anything cheaper to reload for then 38spl. And the model 10 is the last "vintage" gun that can be had for cheap(because they made like 6million of them in the 20th century.
I use like 3.1grs of bullseye under 158gr hard cast lead SWC. That's like 2200 rounds from a single pound of powder.
>are they effective at stretching your ammo so that you get more time shooting with the same amount of ammo? That would mostly depend on how well you can handle the double action trigger and if having less ammo on hand makes you personally shoot slower. If neither of those slow you down, then the only difference you'd be looking at is more breaks for reloading. Otherwise you may need something single action only in order to achieve what you're looking for.
Jackson Jackson
HK's LEM trigger behaves differently when actually firing or racking the slide between dry firing than it does just dry firing repeatedly without manipulating the slide. Same with Sig's DAK trigger.
But how many man-hours casting/prepping the boolits? I reload too but my time is worth too much to give a fuck about buying boolits. If you're a poorfag or a retired boomer with more time than money it's definitely worth it to cast.
Anthony Torres
>my time is worth too much to give a fuck about buying boolits >uses his extremely valuable time to post on Jow Forums Ah, there's 1 in every thread
Nolan Sanders
Shit posting is fun. Casting is work. I get paid to work.
Aaron Gray
>my time is valuable, yet shitposting is a good use of it >other people couldn't possibly see casting as fun Wew. I too get paid to work, congrats.
Jason Harris
Goddamn lol you enormous faggot. I am set up to cast and do crank out some shit every year for my less used guns(like muh 45-70). But I shoot ALOT my G19 alone gets like 2.5K rounds through it a year. No fucking idea how much 38/357 I put through mush spinbois (maybe 5K a year?)
AINT NOBODY GOT TIME TO CAST/LUBE/SIZE ALL THAT SHIT.
>doesn't have kids >doesn't have a car to maintain >doesn't have house things to fix >doesn't have a wife to spend time with >spends more time prepping to shoot then actually shooting and training >not supporting local gun stores and gun ranges or even fucking online gun stores >Not spending the time to actually work out so you don't die in shtf Sure bud. Go ahead and explain to the crowd how your time is THAT valuable.
Grayson Miller
All irrelevant to you acting like time spent reloading somehow equates to time not working, little fag. I'm not rich, I make around $40 an hour, but I'm not retarded enough to pretend I'd be making that on my off work activities. >2.5k rounds a year is a lot Lmao
Joseph Morgan
>you can't reload if you don't meet my list of projections!
At least you recognize that I am projecting my shit onto you. Here I am shitposting while I'm at work and you're doing it on your own time. Sad.
Oh shit I just realized he said 2.5k rounds a year as a lot. Damn I spent that much on hand gun ammo so far this year alone.
Dylan Martin
Seen too many old farts messed up from lead exposure to bother with casting desu.
John Cooper
ALOT. Anyhow OP, fags aside, reloading is the way to go if you're cheap, although that's really just a bonus cuz it's fun. Just be careful of your very very valuable time. I have wondered if anyone's done long term studies on occasional lead exposure.
Jose Barnes
Get a single action, or a contender.
Henry Scott
Pistols absorb some recoil in the action of autoloading, revolvers don't. You need to practice until it feels natural. So you ought to be practicing more with revolvers than with pistols. I would start with a 22lr Bersa, then a 38 snubbie, then some 9mm pistols. It was always a huge jump.
Aaron Moore
reading is fundamental...I said 2.5k for ONE GUN ALONE. Then another 5Kish in 38/357 for various guns, no idea on .45acp, 45colt wild ass guess I'd say maybe 3kish. So like 10K rounds out of my handguns in a year. I realize I'm not Jerry Miculek but I have no interest in casting/prepping 10K boolits when I can afford to buy them.
I'm glad you enjoy casting 10s of thousands of boolits a year. I don't.
Charles Cooper
Sauce for the love of god.
Ryan Myers
Wait a second....haven't you heard of practicing with wax bullets? This is cheap and great way to practice. Gun experts such as Bill Jorden used wax bullets extensively.
They are extremely easy to make. Use the most powerful primer you can find for your .38 shells. Then you just twist them in softened wax. You will be surprised how fast those thing come out of the gun. Don't shoot anyone with these rounds thinking they aren't lethal.
Jeremiah Russell
And don't shoot them indoors. Primers have lead in them too...
30 rounds is 30 rounds m8, you’ll get the same level of practice either way.
Justin Garcia
Not him. I've heard of wax bullets before, but aren't they not very accurate?
Charles Richardson
>the days of buying 100 round boxes of Winchester white box 9mm for $12 at your local Walmart are long gone
Your right, now it's $16
Ryder Fisher
Yaaaaaasssssssss!
Sebastian Reyes
Casting is easy, satisfying, and you can listen to podcasts and drink while doing it. Get a nice place to set it up and have at it, pussy!
t. Dude with wife and kids, demanding job, make plenty of money to buy ammo, but enjoys reloading.
Jaxson Sanders
>Your right, now it's $16 Yeah, if you're ordering online and not counting the shipping that amounts to almost $5 a box even when ordering 100 boxes at a time. Otherwise, the only way you're going to get it that cheap is if you're buing steel cased shit.
A revolver won't slow you down for long unless it's single action revolver. Double action triggers aren't difficult to use once you get used to them, the cylinder will be easier to reload than a magazine unless your revolver uses a loading gate, and if you reload you don't need to spend time chasing your brass.
Ayden Sullivan
>if you reload you don't need to spend time chasing your brass.
That feel when a single piece of brass hits the ground.
This is a bit farfetched, but what about a SHTF situation? In theory, a revolver has an advantage over a semi-auto because it can use loose ammunition, whereas the latter is nigh-useless if you lose your magazine. They're also easier to disassemble, clean and maintain as well.
Colton Evans
>but aren't they not very accurate? They're surprisingly accurate.
Carter Turner
Slow firing is boring. I much prefer trying to do double taps as fast as possible by bringing the gun up and aquiring sight picture fast and trying to group them decent. I feel like I am actually building skill instead of just putting holes in paper. Went shooting with my father for the first time in a couple years and he still shoots slow as fuck. Takes him 5 minutes to shoot a 10 round magazine and then he brags about how his group is better than mine. Yeah I could shoot better if I took 30 seconds per shot, but that isn't building any sort of skill.
Jacob Smith
>revolvers as a way to stretch ammo >spending many hundreds of dollars I "could" be spending on ammo, so I spend less on ammo? It's called self control, holy shit. But if all you are doing is putting holes in paper at a crowded public range because that's all you are allowed to do, no wonder you need to blast away at 100mph to trick yourself into having fun. Or find some targets you shoot and it's kindof fun to check out the damage and test stuff out. Although handguns of any sort are a lot less exciting that way because the bullets are low energy/speed vs rifles. Do walks in wildlife areas or something and just shoot when there's something that looks interesting to shoot.
Austin Thomas
As someone who used to shoot 1k a month. You can do this or you can choose cheaper things to shoot. A .22 revolver is nice especially if you can find an old H&R break top. That being said, just nut up and bulk order 9mm. It's pretty easy to find .18/rd and you can order 5k for less than you spend on weed, eating out, or a few movies.
Daniel Roberts
>spending many hundreds of dollars I "could" be spending on ammo, so I spend less on ammo? Considering ammo is the most costly part of gun ownership in the long run and how the OP makes this sound like a long term plan, that's actually reasonable.
Liam Long
It's a good "long term plan" maybe. But OP sounds like he's worried and unable to afford shooting right now, and if he's still shooting ammo at roughly the same cost per round, then it still comes down to self control. Load your 33rd glock brand glock mags to 5rds at a time or something for fuck's sake rather than dumping thousands of rounds worth of cash into a revolver for the sole purpose of conserving ammo at the range.
Ian Rogers
>But OP sounds like he's worried and unable to afford shooting right now, How do you get that? He's talking about accepting that prices aren't going to return to what they were 10 years ago and being prepared for another shortage.
Focus your range time on drills that utilize lower round counts. Reloads, target transitions, dot torture, shit that you can do with a round or two per mag.
This. No matter which job I'm at I'm either sitting in front of my 4k screen or at least my smartphone with a bluetooth keyboard so typing a response isn't a complete chore.
