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Would it fit?
Has this ever been done?
Has been requested?
Would it even sell?
If not, why do you not think so?
In many ways, it seems that the .44Spl is oft over-looked, either for the .44Mag, the .45Colt in one direction, .45ACP and .375Mag in the other and yet is a really capable round, much in the same way that .480 Ruger has fallen somewhat into obscurity in the big-bore league, through no fault of its own.
I certainly have a soft-spot of the Spl and do often shoot it in my Redhawk. So on the one hand, I think to myself "would it be cool to fit the .44Spl into a smaller gun in the Ruger range such as a 5-shot in the GP.
I don't actually know if it would fit in the cylinder, and I don't know if it would be popular (why get a chunky gun like a GP and then limit yourself to 5 shots? Who shoots .44Spl these days?!), but I find the idea intriguing.
I don't recall it being suggested before, but it may have been...
So, should I use the vast influence I hold from my modest Estonian abode to sway Ruger & Sturm's marketing plan for the next few years?
Has this ever been done?
Has been requested?
Would it even sell?
If not, why do you not think so?
In many ways, it seems that the .44Spl is oft over-looked, either for the .44Mag, the .45Colt in one direction, .45ACP and .375Mag in the other and yet is a really capable round, much in the same way that .480 Ruger has fallen somewhat into obscurity in the big-bore league, through no fault of its own.
I certainly have a soft-spot of the Spl and do often shoot it in my Redhawk. So on the one hand, I think to myself "would it be cool to fit the .44Spl into a smaller gun in the Ruger range such as a 5-shot in the GP.
I don't actually know if it would fit in the cylinder, and I don't know if it would be popular (why get a chunky gun like a GP and then limit yourself to 5 shots? Who shoots .44Spl these days?!), but I find the idea intriguing.
I don't recall it being suggested before, but it may have been...
So, should I use the vast influence I hold from my modest Estonian abode to sway Ruger & Sturm's marketing plan for the next few years?