and sure…but once again still … script expectation vanished.

On the other hand, you could be bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat because you shoved your semi-auto into your attacker’s ribs and pushed the slide out of battery. Maybe your 9mm doesn’t penetrate deep enough to do the job but a .357 mag would. Or your revolver could run out of ammo before the threat is neutralized. Either choice could get you killed or save your life. Odds are you should probably be more worried about your cholesterol, though.

That’s not my point…. the assured predictably confidence people express in ability or caliber or training mantras recited like a script… that ‘script’ expectation can vanish real fast and that is reality.

Like you said..”Capacity only matters if you miss.” Well no, some people can be hit multiple times and still keep moving. So what happens when the bad guy is coming towards you still up and you just fired that shot 6 in a revolver and put all six shots in him and before you can open the cylinder to start your trained super duper fast reload routine the guy is now at arms length swinging that knife around. Are ya gonna think “if I just had one more shot” ?

Now sure, the revolver guys, or even a semi auto guy, would say ‘shot placement is key’ and I’m not saying it isn’t… but sometimes things simply don’t work out as planned.

Script expectation vanished.

That’s how all of this works.

No “script”…just reality.

Training and shot placement ARE the single most important elements in any armed confrontation.

The simple fact is, if you cant hit what you are shooting at while under duress…caliber and capacity are both completely irrelevant.

Its wonderful you can maintain the illusion that every situation is going to follow your pre-defined script.

Capacity only matters if you miss. Training and shot placement trumps everything else….especially “accuracy by volume”.

“That is all the proof I need of the revolver’s effectiveness against any threat, two or four legged.”

Its wonderful you can maintain the illusion that every situation is going to follow your pre-defined script.

But muh shot placement!

Capacity is HIGHLY over-rated. Performance matters. Not all calibers are the same. Shooting jello is not remotely like shooting something made of flesh and bone. I’ve taken 175 pound hogs with a single shot from a 4 inch .357 magnum. If that didn’t work, one additional round always did. That is all the proof I need of the revolver’s effectiveness against any threat, two or four legged. If you can’t carry and shoot a revolver effectively because of poor grip strength or some other physical weakness, or lack of dexterity with a speed loader, that’s fine, but don’t gaslight the rest of us and say a 9mm wonder nine plastic pistol is just as effective.

It ain’t.