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wterrell · November 28, 2004, 07:57 AM

This question was answered in the early 1900's during the US military tests. The old guard military officers had a faithful devotion to the revolvers and a fear of technology. The early crude models of semi-automatics put the highly developed revolvers to shame and then eclipsed them as a military weapon.

Since that time there has been very little advancement in the technology of the revolver and quite a bit of advancement in the engineering of the semi-auto pistol.

It's an old question with old answers.

November 28, 2004, 07:57 AM	#17
wterrell Junior Member Join Date: October 31, 2004 Location: Rocky Mounting west Posts: 2	This question was answered in the early 1900's during the US military tests. The old guard military officers had a faithful devotion to the revolvers and a fear of technology. The early crude models of semi-automatics put the highly developed revolvers to shame and then eclipsed them as a military weapon. Since that time there has been very little advancement in the technology of the revolver and quite a bit of advancement in the engineering of the semi-auto pistol. It's an old question with old answers.