Polymer frame revolver?

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Apple a Day

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Has anyone ever made a polymer-framed revolver? Polymer frame with steel inserts? I was thinking about it the other day and was wondering.
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Please not that

There are enough anti plastic gun threads with just whats out there.
The last thing we need is more types made out of plastic.
Just think about all the plastic wheel guns that will make it through airport X-ray.
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We must burn this thought and never talk about it again. it doesnt exsist it does not exsist.If u think of it someone dumb enough will build it.I think im gonna go sit in the closet while cleaning my security six and break down emotionaly.Start wiping and crying and holding her and hug her and tell her its all just a dream. If u have even watched King of the Hill then u know what I'm talking about , just picture Dale Gribble doing what I just said , there's the mental image.
 
Yea, they could sell maybe all of two. And then only if they called them "Tactical" and chambered them in 40 S&W or 45 GAP. :barf:
Forget it, Revolver guys are traditionalists for the most part. We like traditional materials like metal and wood . It's hard enough we are loosing blued steel and solid , unlugged barrels from S&W. This subject is just too painfull.....
 
One reason (other than being totally revolting), is the way the revolver transfers recoil energy. The semi-auto dampens recoil energy and spreads it out over time by the nature of the cycling action. The revolver transfers ALL of the recoil energy instantly. In lower recoiling handguns, it is a non issue, but in the hard kicking magnums, there would likely be a reliability problem. Besides....the main advantage of polymer frames is light weight. But with the plethora of alloys like aluminum, titanium, scandium, un-obtanium, the polymer weight advantage is mostly gone. I hope I don't live long enough to see a poly revolver.
 
I wonder how many plastic guns will be around 100 years from now and will be safe to shoot like my old S&W Hand Ejector?

Like the guy who told the cop just before he was read his rights or rites.

"When I was a little boy I had a plastic gun too".
 
Maybe just in .22LR and maybe .38special?

It would lower the cost of a Taurus or Smith .22LR DA revolver quite a bit, wouldn't it?

I'd never buy one for self defense or for a major caliber (sorry .38 lovers:o ), but maybe in those two it would be okay?
 
I humbly beg forgiveness from the Board for even mentioning the possibility. <Apple ducks for cover> Curiosity got the better of me. I always thought it was a matter of time before someone started mass-producing plastic .22 revolvers. Small, low-recoil, and cheap. I have spoken of it once and shall never speak of it again.
Meanwhile, in penance I will take my oldest revolver (a 1913 Nagant) to the range and feed it generous amounts of ammo. For the next month I will carry nothing concealed but a .38 snub. ;)
Regards
 
We must burn this thought and never talk about it again. it doesnt exsist it does not exsist. If u think of it someone dumb enough will build it. I think im gonna go sit in the closet while cleaning my security six and break down emotionaly. Start wiping and crying and holding her and hug her and tell her its all just a dream.
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Funny stuff. :D
 
Yea, they could sell maybe all of two. And then only if they called them "Tactical" a

wow, what a great idea:) I want one in .45 GAP!!!



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Plastic Guns???

Humm, I wonder how long a plastic Gun would hold up shooting .357s? I know I would not buy one because all of my guns were used when I bought them, except one, and it was made of steel and wood.
 
Not practical?

The frame on the receiver has to do some things that an auto does not have to. Like hold the barrel firmly in alignment with the cylinder. And the frame gets indirectly hammered when the bullet is forced into the forcing cone of the barrel. That is why steel or alloy frames "stretch" from firing magnums, I believe. Do you trust plastic threads to secure the barrel being slammed with that force? And the frame holds everything in critical alignment. I think that auto plastic frames have a little "flex" in them, and that is what advocates claim soaks up some recoil. I can just see grabbing the end of the barrel and being able to bend it slightly side to side from the thin plastic frame flex. If you add steel inserts strong enough to counter these characteristics, what is the point? Might as well have an alloy frame, to save weight. Due to the different types of stresses, I cannot see it being practical with the current non metallic materials, unless for a low power thing like a rimfire, like someone suggested. Now, there might just possibly be a way to make the grip frame of something other than metal. Like with the synthetic grips, the grip frame of a Ruger that is metal is pretty small. But it would still need to be strong enough to support the mainspring, or have an insert for that. Would certainly shift the weight balance forward!
 
if barrel+cylinder are steel

it should be theoretically possible, if the barrel and cylinder are steel.

I'm not sure if such a gun would be less durable than a traditional wheelgun, since in my experience, Glock has being more durable and reliable than most traditional double action auto, on par with BHP and 1911A1.

The only thing about a plastic revolver I would worry about would be the recoil. I own and shoot a ti version of S&W J-frame, Chief's Special, which have had the hammer cut off. It's probably one of the lightest J-frame out there.

After 50-100 rounds, I can start feeling the sting in my hands.

Happy shooting! Don't shop thinking outside the box.

--John
 
"I wonder how many plastic guns will be around 100 years from now and will be safe to shoot like my old S&W Hand Ejector?"

None. Nobody makes guns out of plastic.
 
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