Did anyone mention a double-action wheel gun yet? If this is for home defense, you can use speed loaders, and those are just as handy on a range as for home defense. Does take a little practice with them using proper technique to gain true speed with reloading, but the same applies with pistol magazines. I use the Massad Ayoob method with speed loaders and it's fast, although I'm nowhere near his lighting speed. A 4" or 5" .357 magnum offers the options of .357 magnum loads when you want something that hot, plus .38 Special or .38 +P for a range of energy and recoil. As with pistols, unless you're going to do concealed carry and really need an air-weight small revolver, one the size and weight of a Ruger GP100 will help with recoil. S&W has equivalent K frame.
I do not recommend single-action revolvers for self-defense unless you're into using New York reloads. G.S. Patton learned this as a captain chasing after Pancho Villa in 1914, and bought a second M1873 SAA (replaced with a .357 magnum in 1935).
John
I do not recommend single-action revolvers for self-defense unless you're into using New York reloads. G.S. Patton learned this as a captain chasing after Pancho Villa in 1914, and bought a second M1873 SAA (replaced with a .357 magnum in 1935).
John
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