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			Rapid fire?  The first one would go downrange, the second one straight up and the third would go behind you.  Lotta noise, but no hits - at least on the target.   
 
With heavy recoil, a semi-auto is no faster than a revolver in AIMED fire.   
 
One might even argue that a revolver may be faster than a semi-auto anyway.  Ed McGivern managed to get six shots of .38 Special off in 2/5 of a second from a S&W revolver, AND he got all of them onto a playing card in a nice group at a defensive shooting range of seven yards.  Now that's a world record, and Ed was an astounding shot, but it proves what is possible.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
	
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