Highest Capacity Modern Revolver ?

[Vilkata]

What is the highest capacity modern revolver?

Recently someone mentioned the S&W Model 627, which is an 8 shot .357 Magum. Awesome gun! I had seen it before, but never learned much about it until now. Has anyone ever tried to make an even higher capacity gun?

I would love to see a modern gun, chambered in .38 Special, based on this design here, that someone posted a few months back...

That would be the ultimate revolver.

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[AttackTurtle]

12 shot revolver

9 shots are commen. I think I have seen some 10 shot 22lr

 

[gunsmith1]

9 shots

Harrington & Richardson Sportsman .22lr Model 999 was a nine shot. Iver Johnson "sealed 8" was 8 shot in .22lr and High Standard Double-9 was a 9 shot in .22lr. And also taurus makes their small revolvers in 9 shot .22lr and 8 shot in .22 mag.

 

[k in AR]

The most I have seen in 357 are the S&W "V8"s, i.e. 8 shot on an N frame.
The 617 has a 10 shot 22LR, most of the others seem to be 9 shot 22s.

 

[Tacoma]

10 shot in the S&W 617 is the highest current production I believe. You'd have to have a cylinder the size of a tuna can to make a 10 shot 38

Of couse, if fire power is the need, there was the Le Mat Revolver. 9 shots of 40 cal and a 63 cal shotgun barrel underneath

http://www.kopes.com/weapons/le-mat-revovler.htm

 

[James K]

There have been several revolvers of very high capacity, including a Belgian gun with 8 six shot cylinders arranged like a Ferris wheel so they could be swung into place as needed. But the question was about modern revolvers, so the 10 shot S&W Model 617 takes the prize.

Jim

 

[CarbineCaleb]

I have a 617 - I load it on Sunday and shoot it all week

 

[RWK]

Well, I have always favored the proven, 20mm, M61-A1 Vulcan; it IS a revolver, after all: http://www.f-16.net/f-16_armament_article5.html.

 

[625]

http://www.kapowwe.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1-1-644&Category_Code=Latest

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[tel0004]

Heres a 10 shot revolver type shotgun. You can also burry the drum and if somebody steps on it, all 10 shots go off at once, instant mine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancor_Jackhammer

 

[CarbineCaleb]

Somehow, I don't think selling antipersonnel mines to the general public would be a useful thing.