Doug.38PR said:
No way is it obsolete! The Revolver is just as relevant as it was 80 years ago. Semi-Automatics and even High Capacity Semi-Automatics are nothing new. Six For Sure and the powerful .357 Magnum are still top notch.
The revolver is probably
more relevant than it was 80 years ago as revolvers have seen much more development with regards to cartridges and firearms compared to semi-automatics. The only semi-auto cartridge invented in the last 100 years to gain widespread usage is the .40 S&W, which is slightly more powerful than the .45 ACP and 9 mm. We're still shooting semi-automatics based on late-1800s to 1920s era cartridges- .22 LR, .25/.32 ACP, .380 ACP, 9 mm Luger, .38 ACP/.38 Super, .45 ACP, and then the newer .40 S&W which is the one exception to the pre-1920s rule. Also, one of the most popular semi-auto pistols is the 107 year old M1911.
Most of the revolver rounds we shoot today are much newer. Yes, the .38 Special is old. But the .357 Magnum was invented in 1935, the .38 Special +P spec is newer than that. All of the other magnum revolver cartridges in wide usage were invented after WWII. The .44 Magnum, which is grossly more powerful than any rimless semi-auto pistol cartridge, was invented in 1955. the .41 Magnum, which is still more powerful than any of the rimless semi-auto pistol cartridges, was invented in the '60s. The larger magnum and supermagnum revolver cartridges were invented in the 1970s or later. Most of the revolver designs we shoot today hail from the 1970s or later.