well, auto is my choice.
Having worked in a gun shop for 4 1/2 years, worked as a range instructor, and shot about 32 local IPSC tourneys, I have my preferences.
While it is true that your average fight is 2-3 rounds, ther is no such thing as having too much ammo. Home invasion robberies are common in Los Angeles and the famous wrong way turn where a family turned into the wrong streeet in Pacoima, Cal., to be shot at by several gangbangers strongly suggest that a gun fight can involve multiple rounds.
Autos can be extremely and 3 things make it so: quality firearm, training and skill to fire it properly, and maintenance. No industrialized nation uses revolvers anymore. No revolver cna pas the same torture test service autos go through to qualify and approved as service sidearm, and all major metro police agencies have transitioned to autos. 99.99% of all auto malfunctions can be traced to the nut behind the trigger. A malfunction in an auto can be cleared in seconds. A malfucntion with a revolver such as a high primer that binds the cylinder, stuck case, case falling under the extractor star, etc., will put the revolver down.
Auto's actually shoot better, fit the hand better, shorter trigger reach than a revolver, have lower line of bore to hand than a revolver, and with several types of interlocking and redundant safeties, much safer than revolvers. The various safety feature and manual of arms also make it safer shuold it fall to untrained hands. Most people can't figure out if the auto is cocked and locked, safety on/safety off, which way the saftey flips to be off, which button is the safety, etc. An auto falling into an assailant's hands will normally take a few seconds before the perp can figure out what to do to fire it. A revolver will just go bang. That is called hte proprietary nature of the auto.
Autos are flatter and pack better.
