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> "tiny dancer"  wrote in message
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>> That's why I prefer my revolver over a semi-automatic.  I like being able
>> to open it, check if there are bullets in it, and close it again.  I 
>> don't
>> worry much about my gun jamming either.  I like the simple, straight
>> forward way a revolver works.  Mine has a laser sight on it, very easy to
>> aim and fire accurately.  Not too heavy, little kick, handles easily.
>> It's a Smith and Wesson .357.
>>
>
> 1)    Not a real problem checking for a chambered round with a semi-auto
>        All you need to do is pull the slide back far enough to see if 
> there
> is a round chambered
> 2)    I have never found a revolver whose grip just fits my hand the way a
> semi does
>        One of the reasons, I don't shoot revolvers
> 3)    With the right combination of ammo and pistol, the odds of jamming 
> are
> negligible
>        NOT ONE of my (true) Makarovs have ever jammed in all the years 
> that
> I have owned, shot and carried them.
>        And there's one, a badly abused Bulgarian, that has not been 
> cleaned
> since I got it 7 years ago, and has fired over 7000 rounds of Russian ammo
> since that time.
>        It will be cleaned, when I can't hear the firing pin rattle, or it
> misfires, but not before.

And Chuck Taylor has a "loaner" Glock (he regularly loaned it to students
in his shooting classes who either didn't have a suitable firearm or
whose firearm suffered problems during class) that went something
like 50-100 thousand rounds without cleaning.  He finally took pity
on it and did clean it and from what I gather it is at 250 thousand
rounds with infrequent cleanings. (But even that is likely an outdated
number.)