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DobermansDoItGoofy

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I like revolvers... I have owned semiautos...but I always KNOW the revolver will fire when I pull the trigger! I like the revolver! I admit a semiauto can be fun to shoot ie. I had a Beretta Bobcat that would only reliably feed one particular brand of roundnose 22's...but it was fun to shoot...

I have a 357/38... My favorite is a Ruger SP101... It fits my hand perfectly and is well-balanced... Imagine a revolver that same size that had 10 rounds of a cartridge just as effective as a 38! In looking at bullet designs - imagine a hollowpoint bullet the diameter of a 22 magnum - but with thicker brass and about 1.5 inches longer ! I just wonder what kind of experimentaion and tinkering has been done to find the perfect bullet ie. longer skinnier bullets vs. little fatties... A kind of Super Magnum 22 or Super Magnum 32... or Extra Extra Super 17 Magnum would be interesting... Oh well... :barf:
 
Longer bullet means longer cylinder and longer frame. Handguns rely on bullet weight and mass. They simply can't generate the velocity needed to utilize the smaller diameter bullets like a rifle.
 
Dobies...

First of all, if you know Dobermans do it goofy, then you must own one (or more) of 'em. Congrats on that. They're fine animals who think they're people. :D

Part of the issue is cylinder size. You can only stuff so many shells of a given diameter into a cylinder (mind you the N-Frame does have a LOT of room). But as you increase powder, velocity and pressures, you need more metal between the charge holes to contain it.

Lengthen the cartridge too much and now you need to invest in new tooling and designs. Long skinny bullets will create more wear & friction in the barrel when pushed at high speeds. Short fat bullets tend to loose range. As one well known writer says - TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch).

Personally, I once thought it might be interesting to put a rim on a .30 Carbine cartridge the same length as a .357 Mag, load up a slightly longer 110-120grain round with a stout load of ball powder and see if it worked. Heck, you might even get 9 or 10 into a N-Frame S&W.
 
I like revolvers also. However, they are just as prone to malfunctioning as are auto pistols.

For some reason, people just don't remember when revolvers stop shooting. Yes, I know that there are people out there who have fired thousands of rounds through their favorite wheelgun without any problems. I have a Gov't model clone that has done that also.

The last .44 Spl I bought (second hand), would not fire 4 out of 5 tries.
 
22 Hornet is interesting...

I think Taurus made a pistol chambered in 22 Hornet... Something along those lines...but with a more refined velocity...ie. not as much velocity as a 22 Hornet but enough to outclass a .32 and put it in 38+P territory...

Dobies... I wouldn't want to try it...but one might fight off a Dobie a bit easier than a German Shepard...but my Dobies are well trained & will whine and let me know the very moment someone touches our property...waaay down at the end of the long driveway...and my Dobies can run like greyhounds. A Sheperd seems more prone to just wait... Dobies are more doggish and Sheperds are more wolfish... My dobes are very friendly and a lot of fun...but they are also more reassuring to have around than a firearm... I sorta got hooked on dobes many years ago...when I was walking through a rough neighborhood late at night...and I looked up to see a Doberman Pinscher running strait toward me... It was a bright moonlit night... I looked across the field - a big vacant lot - and had this gut wrenching feeling of 'Oh No - Not This.' I braced myself for the attack; there was no place to run. The Dobe stopped 5 feet in front of me, dropped a tennis ball at my feet and 'wanted to play.' :cool:
 
Bottlenecked rounds have always had troubles in revolvers. Chambers had to be kept squeaky clean and devoid of any oil.
 
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