Magnificent Seven is the western version of Seven Samurai. Prove me wrong.
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Fist Full of Dollars is the western version of Yojimbo.
You can’t prove me wrong because it’s verifiably true.
Is that even debated? I've thought for decades that that was an accepted fact.
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They're popular because they're reliable, easy to operate, easy to work on, and come in a wide range of calibers.
That being said, yee-haw motherfuckers!
One great thing about revolvers are they don't jam. They leak gas instead.
They seldom jam. When they do they are much tougher to clear than a semi-auto. My LCR is famous for jamming.
Semi-automatic magazine fed pistol boys 😎
To be fair, revolvers can be significantly more powerful than semi-automatic handguns, depending on how you measure. A 10mm is almost on par with a .357 Mag, and 10mm is the most powerful common semi-auto cartridge. For revolvers, you have a few common-ish cartridges that are significantly more powerful than that, like .44 Mag, .454 Casull, and .500 S&W.
Otherwise, yeah, pretty much. At this point, you're at a distinct disadvantage in most cases if you're carrying a revolver.
Big plus of a revolver is that you can just pull it out, point and pull the trigger, without having to engage a safety mechanism while carrying it.
So getting a semi auto pistol "combat ready" requires more steps and more training. For self defense revolvers make more sense imo.
You can do much the same with any double action semi-auto pistol though, or most striker-fired semi-auto pistols. If you, for instance, carry any Glock, or most other striker-fired pistols, you carry in condition 0; the striker is cocked, and there's a round in the chamber. There's a safety on the trigger that help prevent it from being unintentionally fired, but pulling the trigger normally will also disengage the safety. Double action semi-autos are usually carried in condition 2; there's a round in the chamber, but the hammer isn't cocked. As with a revolver, the safety is--usually--the long and heavy pull of the trigger for the first shot. The Beretta 92X RDO has a decocker, but the CZ Shadow 2 Compact has a manual safety; you have to (carefully) let the hammer down on an empty chamber, and then the safety is optional.
You won't find anyone except the most fuddy of fudds that would recommend a revolver for self defense anymore. You won't even find too many people seriously recommending a 1911 as a carry gun (those would be carried in condition 1; a round in the chamber, the hammer back, and the safety on). The only time I would suggest carrying a revolver for self-defense is if you regularly went hiking in grizzly or kodiak bear country, and then I'd be suggesting the largest revolver you could shoot accurately.
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The first thing I try to do in RDR2 is get a semi-auto pistol because the way the revolvers work is wonky by comparison to other shooters because you have to click once to pull the hammer back after firing because it doesn't do it automatically, and it just fucks with my rhythm.
I don't like this with traditional controls, but it would actually be fun in VR if you had to actually use your thumb or free hand to pull the hammer back.
It was tough to get used to the way revolvers and lever action rifles controlled in that game, but once I did, it was so satisfying to use them.
I probably would have liked that semi-auto broomhandle pistol, but I hated the way it looked in the holster.
so you dont spam the shoot button until it goes click?
Hell naw. I go for headshots, like a civilized murder hobo. Plus some of the extra challenge things for gold stars on mission require a certain percentage of accuracy and the not shooting when I expect to shoot messes it up.
Katana (Samurai), Revolver (Cowboys) and long swords (knights) are of a similar genre and they get era dramas around them because of thier lasting renown.
No... don't do this to me...
because there is none