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Obsolete: Here’s why revolvers are less reliable than autos

Befuddled old men are fond of saying that revolvers are “six for sure” and insist that they cannot ever fail

This article originally appeared on The Firearm Blog.

Befuddled old men are fond of saying that revolvers are “six for sure” and insist that they cannot ever fail. But are revolvers really more reliable than self-loading handguns? Let’s find out by gettin’ dirty.

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