For CCW, isn't a revolver a very good choice"

[Adam Helmer]

I have many, maybe far too many, semi-auto pistols as well as many more revolvers, but in gravest extreme we all do what we "grooved" under pressure. As kids, we all shot cap guns and water pistols so double action is second nature to us old guys and revolvers are just fine for that grooved, and learned, action.

The current generation of semi-auto pistols with decocking levers, safety switches and such like gizmos make a simple trigger pull a more convoluted exercise in mental gymnastics when time may be short. I personally know of some cases of folks dying because they forgot to "sweep" off a safety switch on a new gun. It appears a new semi-auto went to home defense duty and far too few rounds were expended in training to "groove" the new gun.

Bottom line, the new gun was not "grooved" to the point of 100% reliability. I heard at one training course on defensive handgun useage that it took 3,000 to 5,000 repititions to make it a natural event to get a gun into operation under gravest extreme. Well, my capgun and water pistol "firings" have me in good stead for useage of my S&W M65 in gravest extreme.

Adam