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[Bill Nesbitt]

I'm a Revolver shooter. You build it and I will shoot it. Just watch out for flying speedloaders. I have yet to see a COF that I couldn't shoot with my Revolver.

[Steve Koski]

I got your point Chris. Well put. Just a little too nuanced for most revolver shooters. To most, revo neutral means 5 or 6 shots then a big break where a reload can be performed without (much) penalty.

[Blueridge]

I shoot revolver in competition because I like it more than the other choices. I will shoot whatever stages are put in front of me, and do my best to shoot them well. Revolver friendly to me is about how the stage can be shot. For example if a stage requires 13 shots to complete, then I will have to reload a second time to fire the last shot, as opposed to the auto shooters that only have to reload once. I would prefer that a stage does not do this, but if it does I will shoot it still. Revolver shooters understand that stages have to be setup for the people shooting it as a whole, and thus will give certain shooters a bit of a different challenge. Usually those shooters ate the revolver shooters.

As far as comments made by revolver shooters, I find that there are more comments about why only 10 rounds in a magazine is allowed than revolver comments about stages being revolver friendly.

I compete with a Ruger Alaskan, using .45 Colt Ammunition, and have to shoot it in ESR because it weighs too much for SSR. I choose the challenge that it presents, as opposed to using the S&W 625 that I also own. It is stock with no modifications because I choose to use it that way. Understand that this revolver is one of the handguns that I use for self defense along with competition, and have an auto for backup to it.

I have finished higher than several auto shooters in overall results at a number of matches, so the idea that a revolver cannot be competitive is a fallacy in my opinion. It is hard to be competitive against an auto with a revolver, but I place the goal of finishing ahead of as many autos as I can every match. In IDPA it is all about the overall time with penalties, and I never place a limitation on how I can do.

Edited by Blueridge, 26 February 2010 - 10:06 AM.