But I read on the internet that revolvers are always reliable
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August 24th, 2017 at 7:07 pm
One word: Taurus.
August 24th, 2017 at 8:11 pm
Also, “+P+…”
August 25th, 2017 at 8:47 am
Like anything else, it’s a tradeoff. A good quality revolver should have fewer stoppages, but the one’s it has will likely be severe….
August 25th, 2017 at 8:59 am
Yup. Patrick Sweeney’s nice book about pistolsmithing has a section about revolver malfunctions. One particularly painful one he describes is a squib load where the bullet is left in the cylinder/barrel gap.
August 25th, 2017 at 10:28 am
One of my fave handguns is a GP-100 purchased at a really low price because if fired rapidly the trigger bound up. A free repair by Ruger fixed that right as rain. Thanks, Ruger!
Apparently there was a naughty spring somewhere in the trigger assembly that needed replaced. I like my big .357, and other than a strange urge to use it as a hammer occasionally because that’s how it is built, I have no complaints about it.
August 25th, 2017 at 12:39 pm
If a primer can flow into the firing pin hole, then I submit that your breech face/firing pin setup is made wrong. It should be able to take a +p+ round without doing that.
August 25th, 2017 at 5:59 pm
Revolvers, like anything made/designed by humans are not perfect because humans are not perfect.
I’ve used both Revolvers and Autos and I’ve rarely had any problems with Autos and have never (so far) had any with Revolvers.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:31 pm
Autos probably have more frequent stoppages (unless you count running the gun dry as a “stoppage” – If so, then my little 38 snubbie for example cannot go more than five shots without a stoppage).
Now maybe the perception is because autos are typically used to fire far more rounds? Without thousands of people keeping meticulous logs I wouldn’t know for sure.
I can say that I’ve had several springs (hand springs and trigger/bolt spring) break in my SA revolvers (flat springs), whereas I don’t recall ever breaking a spring in an auto (which typically uses all coil springs [as do Ruger revolvers]).
August 26th, 2017 at 3:04 pm
Here is a weird malf:
When I shoot a Charter .44 Bulldog LEFTHANDED, the extractor/locking rod unlocks and hits the front of the shroud tunnel. When it returns, the cylinder is cocked slightly, so the end of the rod slams into the thin breechface to the side/edge of the locking hole. This impact bends the metal into the bore behind the hole, where the latch button pushes the end of the rod to unlock the cylinder. It takes only a few cylinders of ammo to displace enough metal to keep the latch from being able to push the rod far enough to release the cylinder. It then requires a tool to pry the rod forward, as the shroud prevents your fingers from accessing it.
The factory has seen the guns, but has stated that they have not encountered anyone else complaining of it, so are not willing to change anything to address the problem. I guess I’m the only lefthander that has fired more than a handful of rounds through their .44’s. Being as most righthanders won’t fire more than a cylinderfull, if that, practicing with their offhand probably never happens.
Bummer, as I really like them.
August 26th, 2017 at 8:06 pm
@Kevin Baker, I have a Taurus 66 .357. Are there problems with their reliability?