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The only way I have ever had a revolver jam was when a squib load pushed a bullet into the barrel and not out of the cylinder. As to reset time, Jerry Miculek fired 8 shots in a second, and McGivern was no slowpoke either.

Now THAT is amazing!

With most DA revolvers there's almost no slack in the action when the trigger resets.
With most modern autos, especially guns like the Glock, once the action resets there's enough slack movement forward of the trigger that a shooter can "learn the trigger" and begin the firing pull again without letting the trigger move all the way forward.

In DA revolvers that slack movement is so small it's almost impossible to pull the trigger again until it's all the way forward.
If you try to do a Glock-like non-fully reset trigger pull the action will almost always either jam or rotate the cylinder but not operate the hammer.

People like Miculek often install stronger trigger return springs to speed up the trigger reset.
In the S&W and most other modern revolvers the trigger return spring is a separate spring that can be tuned lighter or heavier.
In the older Colt's and the New Python and Anaconda the return spring also powers the hammer so it's not easily tuned for more or less strength.

Years ago it was thought that a "good trigger" in a revolver was as light a trigger as possible.
This led to miss-firing and failures to reset or short stroking the trigger: ie... failure to allow it to fully reset before pulling it again.
Today we know that a "good trigger" is a SMOOTH trigger.
Actions are best with full strength trigger springs and hammer springs.
If you feel you need a lighter trigger pull, the best option is to practice with the gun to strengthen your trigger finger.

Bottom line is, that most all modern DA revolver require letting the trigger move all the way forward to properly reset the action.
Attempts to do a Glock-like staging of a revolver trigger almost always fail unless you are a Jerry Miculek.

Thanks for the thorough reply. Miculek is astonishing.

I haven't shot all makes of DA revolvers but have shot DA and DAO S&W revolvers in Action Pistol competition for a number of years. All revolvers require an internal reset of the trigger/sear in order to function correctly. It is possible to short-stroke a Smith revolver if you don't allow it to reset. Some may have a longer reset than others depending on action work and the balance between the strength of the spring and the weight of the DA pull.

Thanks for the fast reply I'm still learning and it's a vast field.