DA action revolver to auto is really a personal choice. Though the DA revolver has always been considered safer than autos. The main safety for a weapon is the brain. Modern DA revolvers are completely safe with a round in the all six or five chambers. Before the advent of fancy trigger locks we always trained officers with DA revolvers to store the weapon with a padlock behind the trigger on the trigger guard. The weapon is incapable of firing in this condition.
BTW all autos are capable of jamming or malfunctioning, many times the ammo is responsible for the problem. Sometimes it may be a weapon malfunction. This may only be once in 100,000,000 but if that once happens in a combat situation it is once to many. Hopefully the jam happens on a range, when the responsibility of loading ammo is on someone else there are no guarantees in life and death. For personal defense I am very comfortable trusting a revolver for the needs. If working I prefer a auto, with a backup.
BTW all autos are capable of jamming or malfunctioning, many times the ammo is responsible for the problem. Sometimes it may be a weapon malfunction. This may only be once in 100,000,000 but if that once happens in a combat situation it is once to many. Hopefully the jam happens on a range, when the responsibility of loading ammo is on someone else there are no guarantees in life and death. For personal defense I am very comfortable trusting a revolver for the needs. If working I prefer a auto, with a backup.
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