Still, malfunctions with revolvers are exceedingly rare.
Which is precisely why I carry one.
so do I, have for years, my point wasn't auto versus revolver.
It was, They all brake, they all malfunction, so don't be surprised if one day your standing there and all you hear is a click,
or the trigger doesn't move,
or the hammer is stuck half way back,
or the cylinder wont release,
or wont move into position when you pull the trigger,
or the extractor star moves up but spins and wont go back down,
or the crane is stuck in place, so you cant reload.
My point is, they all brake, people read other posts and may, get the idea that they are foolproof or bombproof, like a Glock, (extreme sarcasm), and be completely surprised they have a malfunction.
(hopefully on the range) but usually when its the worst possible time, that's when it happens, makes the story funnier or sadder, depends on how much time you spent doing malfunction or immediate action drills.
My choice in what I carry, was in no way, at all, I cant stress enough how much, my choice in a carry gun was not influenced at all by the internet.
Fact is I was carrying before the internet was a word that I knew.
My choice came from trips to the range, gun shop, and talking to people face to face, and a lot more than I want to admit, by money, or lack of.
Not anymore, everybody here has seen it a dozen times, theres too many threads on here where the same question is asked,
"Hi, I've been slinging lead like a master for years but I want your opinion on what I should carry around and trust my life too"
The fact that they asked the question tells you the first part is bulls**t, so telling them that this gun has never malfunctioned or never broke in thousands of rounds seems like a sales pitch or at the least bad advice/information, and kinda leads me, to believe the person saying it is not what the say they are or have done what they say they have.
I am not pointing fingers, or a mouse at anybody, really.
Mostly because of my experience from the past nearly forty years, (hell the first rifle I was issued in the military was an A1, as in M16A1, went well with the steel pot).
Partly due to the fact that I just don't trust what I read, or what somebody says when I cant look them in the eye or talk to them face to face.
Thats the trouble with the internet, no idea whos typing on the other side of the screen, so all you can do is read what they write, and hopefully if you have some experience you can glean the good from the bad.
Or
You have no experience or knowledge and you take some bullshit for gospel and follow somebody's wagon off.
Internet is faceless, just a screen with words and pictures, taking advice on something as important as a carry gun is in my opinion a bit silly and maybe a bit irresponsible to yourself and people you may have to protect. JMO.
take the info here and go to the range, go to some competitions, some trainers, talk to some cops, or even some bad guys then take all that and all the combat experience from call of duty and youtube vids and head to the gun shop and get a 642 air weight and a couple of speed strips and don't look back
Signed, faceless person on the internet. JMHO, YMMV
Just had to add, I've been carrying a 642 for the last ten years and so far haven't felt under gunned at all and completely satisfied with the way it works and had no doubt that if I pulled it and pointed it and pulled the trigger it would put a hole in what I wanted it too.
