I recently, mistakingly purchased a 9mm Charter Arms Bulldog revolver ,5 shot. thinking it was 9mm parabelum?. Now I see where it uses special rimmed 9mm ammo, suposedly made by Federal??Does anyone know who still makes the special 9mm Federal type ammo for this?? Who carries it?
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Charter Arms 9mm Bulldog
- Thread starter kythera
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Jim Watson
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Have you tried it with 9mm Para? If there is a properly located headspace stop in the chamber you could shoot 9mm P and pluck or poke the empties out. Pressure and ballistics of the 9mm Federal were the same as 9mm P so you would not be overloading the gun.
A good example of why you should know what you are buying and have the ammo situation figured out first.
A good example of why you should know what you are buying and have the ammo situation figured out first.
Read this:9mm auto rim?
There is a Charter Arms Pit Bull 9 mm revolver advertised that requires no moon clips. It says that it takes a Federal 9mm rimmed cartridge strictly for revolvers...I've made some contacts with ammo sites and they haven't been much help.. I've had a strong interest in a 9mm revolver, scarce as they are, that doesn't require moon clips due to my arthritis. However, I don't load my own and don't want to purchase a gun without an ammo supplier...Georgia Arms supplied me with the scarce .45 auto rim for my 1917, but have not heard back from them on the 9mm...Any owners out there? Suggestions would be appreciated since I will possibly make an offer...
Mon May 02, 2005 1:34 am
Charlie Petty
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The cartridge is the 9mm Federal which was intened to be a rimmed version, the problem is that little ammunition and fewer guns were made. Today the ammo is quite rare. If you want something to shoot that most surely isn't it.
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Charlie Petty
Mon May 02, 2005 3:17 am
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Location: Long Island, NY And IIRC, it was discovered that the high-pressure 9mm Federal round chambered easily in low-pressure .38 S&W caliber revolvers. Not a good thing , for obvious reasons.
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Mon May 02, 2005 4:13 am
delloro
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I did a quick net search and that ammo is a collector's item as Charlie notes.
no doubt something could be made to fit by the dedicated and resourceful reloader, but that is not what you are after.
please excuse my ignorance, but moon clips would seem to be the easiest way to load a revolver if those moon-clip loaders/unloaders work as well as I have heard.
There is a Charter Arms Pit Bull 9 mm revolver advertised that requires no moon clips. It says that it takes a Federal 9mm rimmed cartridge strictly for revolvers...I've made some contacts with ammo sites and they haven't been much help.. I've had a strong interest in a 9mm revolver, scarce as they are, that doesn't require moon clips due to my arthritis. However, I don't load my own and don't want to purchase a gun without an ammo supplier...Georgia Arms supplied me with the scarce .45 auto rim for my 1917, but have not heard back from them on the 9mm...Any owners out there? Suggestions would be appreciated since I will possibly make an offer...
Mon May 02, 2005 1:34 am
Charlie Petty
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Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Posts: 1063
The cartridge is the 9mm Federal which was intened to be a rimmed version, the problem is that little ammunition and fewer guns were made. Today the ammo is quite rare. If you want something to shoot that most surely isn't it.
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Charlie Petty
Mon May 02, 2005 3:17 am
LIProgun
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Posts: 480
Location: Long Island, NY And IIRC, it was discovered that the high-pressure 9mm Federal round chambered easily in low-pressure .38 S&W caliber revolvers. Not a good thing , for obvious reasons.
_________________
Molon labe!
Mon May 02, 2005 4:13 am
delloro
Joined: 13 Mar 2004
Posts: 2851
I did a quick net search and that ammo is a collector's item as Charlie notes.
no doubt something could be made to fit by the dedicated and resourceful reloader, but that is not what you are after.
please excuse my ignorance, but moon clips would seem to be the easiest way to load a revolver if those moon-clip loaders/unloaders work as well as I have heard.
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