Ruger LCR 9 mm

[Cheapshooter]

Why are you comparing a revolver to a semi-auto. Ballistics by the inch tested both in a fixed barrel of the same length.

Because, ballistics by the inch doesn't do calibrated gel/denim tests to compare.
I hope some day there will be some of those excellent YouTube videos of 9MM revolver gel tests.

Maybe I ought to by a chrono and test my three inch .38 against my three inch 9mm. Donations to buy a chrono for testing purposes welcome.

I have the chrony maybe you can donate toward a 9MM LCR for me to test. Didn't say I wouldn't buy one if it were cheap enough.

 

[Cosmodragoon]

Cheapshooter wrote:

What would shake my cage would be a bit larger LCR in 44 Spcl., or one with a little more cylinder thickness to take the pressure of 327 Federal. The 44 has a slim chance, the 327 has about the same chance as Obama becoming the President.....of the NRA.

Carefully examining the frame, I think a 44 would be much less likely. They'd have to change the whole gun. A .327 should be fine on the .357 frame, perhaps with an unfluted cylinder. However, I wonder about unnecessary fireworks*. I already think .357 is a bit much (at least more than I'd want) in the LCR. I'd actually love a 6-shot LCR in .32 H&R Magnum. That would be right on the money!

* I know there are other discussions about this on the forum but I felt that .327 was out of place from the beginning. It is a truly amazing round but seemed narrowly marketed for tiny guns with questionable results. This stalled the momentum and it never found the home it deserved. It would have been right at home in a 4" SP101 or 6" GP100.

 

[Cheapshooter]

Carefully examining the frame, I think a 44 would be much less likely.

Well, I did say a bit larger. Maybe I should have left the bit off.

What would shake my cage would be a bit larger LCR in 44 Spcl

But I guess if they came out with a larger frame to accommodate 44 Spcl. They could make a cylinder stout enough for the 327. Just not holding my breath for either. It seems the pendulum is swing to "smaller is better" in the revolver world as well as in auto loaders.

 

[Cosmodragoon]

I guess if they came out with a larger frame to accommodate 44 Spcl. They could make a cylinder stout enough for the 327.

Would they need to change the frame at all for that? Like I say, an unfluted cylinder should be plenty for a six-shooter in .327. I don't know if any area in the .357 frame, barrel, forcing cone, etc... would need anything extra but that's because I don't know the engineering tolerances of the LCR. I know that a SP101 can be converted from .32 H&R Magnum to .327 with a simple reaming.

My point was that a big-bore LCR does necessitate a larger frame. It would be a bigger gun, though that larger frame could also open up the door for .45 Colt, 6-shooters in .38/.357, etc... The question here is whether this novel technology of polymer revolvers is going to grow beyond pocket guns. We've already seen the LCR sprout a hammer, which took more work than it might sound.

 

[Cheapshooter]

The question here is whether this novel technology of polymer revolvers is going to grow beyond pocket guns.

Well, unless you have Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Baily clown sized pockets, my Taurus Public Defender Poly has grown beyond a pocket gun.

Not sure the existing 357 Magnum cylinder would be stout enough for the additional 10,000 PSI of the Federal round over the 35,000 of the 357. That's what I've been told anyway. But cylinder strength isn't the reason they won't be coming out with a 327 Federal LCR. The vast lack of popularity is the reason. But that's a whole different discussion that has been covered many times over.