Advantages and Disadvantages of Semi-Automatic Handguns
ADVANTAGES OF SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUNS: The primary advantages of semi-automatic handguns are that they are more easily concealable, tend to have lighter triggers, have greater ammunition capacity than revolvers-in many cases, much greater-and are more quickly and easily reloaded than revolvers. Semiautos also, in most common calibers, have much less recoil effect and muzzle blast than revolvers, and have a bore axis much lower than revolvers. With polymer frame construction, some semiautos can be substantially lighter than revolvers yet hold substantially more ammunition...