# Doper handgunners, Semiauto or Revolver?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-handgunners-semiauto-or-revolver/605931>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 12, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-handgunners-semiauto-or-revolver/605931 "2011-12-12T18:29:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-handgunners-semiauto-or-revolver/605931/61 "2011-12-28T18:22:43Z")

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> [@Scumpup](#):
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> I’ve shot many, many thousands of rounds out of both automatics and revolvers. Modern, good quality weapons of either type are very close in reliability with a slight edge to the revolver. Here’s the thing, though. When a revolver does tie up, you quite often aren’t going to correct it without tools. When an autoloader shits the bed, you can clear it most of the time with tap-rack-bang.  
> Had a S&W .357 tie up on me once when the ejector rod unscrewed itself just slightly. If it had happened when I was depending on that revolver for more than just putting holes in paper, I’d have been well and truly screwed. It wouldn’t fire and it wouldn’t open.

Not trying to be ‘snarky’, but see post #26. 😉

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