"I think most revolver "pros" are really played up by wheelgun fans, such as reliability."

"You know there are reasons why every military and about every police force uses semi autos today"

" I think all these people that keep saying a modern revolver is a simpler design then a semi auto probaly don't have any experance taking apart or reparing either one.
The double action revolver has lots of small parts that have to be fitted to that particular gun, something gets out of order it is far from easy to fix

Most semi auto pistols are easy to strip down and easy to replace any parts that need it.
Think about it...What hand gun do you think is easier to replace parts like a Barrel, trigger or hammer...a S&W revolver or a Colt 1911 ?

Ive had revolvers jam or get out of order and in ever case I either had to take them home and work on them or ship them out to a gunsmith to be fixed....Most autos you can easly unjam in the field and if it does need a part you can put them in yourself

You know there are reasons why every military and about every police force uses semi autos today"

"I agree that semis should have safeties, of course, but as I understand it, revolvers don't have safeties because they don't need them. A revolver is "safe" by its very design. Whereas a semi can't be fired until the safety is turned off, a single action revolver can't be fired until the hammer is manually c*cked. In a double action revolver the c*cking of the hammer requires a longer stronger trigger pull that can't generally be performed by accident."

"I have read that the one advantage of a safety on a pistol like this is that a person grabs your gun they might not know how to remove the safety....sounds plausable but I don't know. "

" Why is it you think double action revolvers don't need a safety but semi auto pistols of which most today are double action as well should have them " of Course" ?

A double action semi auto has a long heavier trigger pull just like a double action revolver so is just as safe as the revolver so a safety is not "needed". This is why many popular semi autos such as Sigs don't have a safety that has to be put off before they can be fired"

"That's true, many revolvers are able to switch calibers on the fly (.357/.38 being the most common). Some semis can kinda come close to that (with spare parts).

For example, if my friend wants to shoot 9mm out of his .40S&W Glock 22 all he has to do is change out the stock barrel for his LoneWolf 40-9 conversion barrel. He even uses the .40S&W mags. To date, he has fired several hundred 9mm rounds out of his Glock 22 with zero failures. And the exchange takes under a minute, Glocks aren't hard to tear apart.

You'll find a few guns like this now (Glocks and some Sigs come to mind) where all you need to do is change out the barrel and maybe a recoil spring and/or the magazines. Depends on the gun, but it can be done pretty easily. The caliber changes you can make are often limited, my buddy won't be shooting .45 out of his G22, but he could shoot .357SIG IIRC."

"That's true, many revolvers are able to switch calibers on the fly (.357/.38 being the most common). Some semis can kinda come close to that (with spare parts).

For example, if my friend wants to shoot 9mm out of his .40S&W Glock 22 all he has to do is change out the stock barrel for his LoneWolf 40-9 conversion barrel. He even uses the .40S&W mags. To date, he has fired several hundred 9mm rounds out of his Glock 22 with zero failures. And the exchange takes under a minute, Glocks aren't hard to tear apart.

You'll find a few guns like this now (Glocks and some Sigs come to mind) where all you need to do is change out the barrel and maybe a recoil spring and/or the magazines. Depends on the gun, but it can be done pretty easily. The caliber changes you can make are often limited, my buddy won't be shooting .45 out of his G22, but he could shoot .357SIG IIRC."