[chaosrob]

Gone from te combat world imho. BTW, the only thing that is sure is death. No mechanical item is a sure bet.

 

[chaosrob]

Autos are cheaper. Standardized firearms save departments mega dollars. Plastic service autos are cheaper to maintain. Your post is a pipe dream sir. I carry revolvers often but if I was in charge of a budget for a dept. they would all carry the same firearm that combined cost savings on purchase, reliable service, easy to maintain, cheap to maintain. This would not be a revolver, sorry.

. I'm not so sure it will stay that way simply because the reality is they are not, and never were, outdated and see just as useful and effective today as they were in 1950. Just as more people are realizing gun control doesn't work than 20 years ago sooner or later the culture will mature again and realize this (among other things)

 

[chaosrob]

That is just awesome. So you have Officer Joe with a .357, Officer Jane with a .44 Special and Officer Biden with a good ole Double Barrel Coach Gun. I hope they all are hauling around a lot of extra ammo with them on their person. Seriously though, it just makes sense all the way around for a dept to be uniformly armed.

Where I come from, a lot of police can or are even required to purchase their own gun. That saves even more money as far as tax dollars go.

 

[chaosrob]

Yeah, there is not a lot of 9mm or 40 revolvers out there. I am not bashing a revolver, I carry one often, I just do not think there is anyway you will see them return to police or military service anytime soon. Major melt down and resupply effort needed and you will see them reappear, but not as normal every day carry. I would not feel under armed with any of my center fire S&W or Colt Revolvers but like most of you guys/gals I do not need 17 rounds to put 6 center mass.

Most departments have a choice that is narrowed down as to caliber, and the selection is not too great. There is a list of approved arms.

Bob Wright

 

[chaosrob]

That's an opinion of one old time cop, hardly enough data to characterize as proof

Proves that it doesn't necessarily make sense for everybody to use the same thing and scenarios don't necessarily reflect real life

 

[chaosrob]

I believe that you and Doug think I am arguing against the revolver, I am not. I am telling you that from a modern litigation happy, bean counting, training, supply simplifying stand point it will never happen. Most departments only provide adequate training to protect themselves in a legal challenge. Most of the time when I carry a revolver I do not take more than one reload with me, I get it. If I need more than that I probably put myself in a bad situation I should have been smart enough to avoid. Again, I do not think that the revolver is outdated to use in almost any survival type role, but I do not think you are going to get any major dept, or the public at large to go, as most would consider it, "backwards".

How much 'extra ammo' would one reasonably need? If one is Plain clothes or Uniformed LEO?

I see no issue there with Officers carrying their own Arm(s), ones they prefer, one's they bought and paid for and qualify with and so on..

If it was me, I would carry two or three re-Loads worth...maybe four...depending on the Arm.

Hardly difficult to do.

If in a protracted Shoot Out, it is not as if Officers are going to be saying "Hey, toss me some more Ammo!" merely because they all happen to have the same Gun...most probably do NOT carry enough for the rare exigency anyway, so it would not matter then, if they all used the same Cartridge...they will all be "out" fairly quickly, with no one to borrow any more from anyway.

 

[chaosrob]

I received my "black widow" Luger from a vet still loaded with ww2 ammo. That magazine still runs like a champ.

Oyeboten, I don't deny your knowledge of the topic, but I had brand name magazines for a semi-auto (Browning, to be specific) that failed to function reliably if stored loaded for a few months. The same magazines worked correctly when new.

 

[chaosrob]

I just took that 627-0 out and shot it. It is an amazing pistol and can double as a war club when/if you run out of ammo. Very few autos people carry these days can be that flexible

 

[chaosrob]

I shot an lcr and a bodyguard 38 special, two turds imho. A revolver should be a finely finished item with class and finess imho. What's next, a polymer Luger?

 

[chaosrob]

M'eh, shiny objects are for racoons

I cannot believe that revolvers, such as this, would ever lose their appeal. 'nuf said.