The Revolver of the Future

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40 S&W rimmed?

A striker fired revolver with less overall length than a centennial with the same barrel length?

Extremely small barrel cylinder gaps from new designs and more precise manufacturing?

6 shot burst with an electric motor turning the cylinder :D
 
The barrel to cylinder gaps can already be made as tight as anyone wants them. There is however a point where they become too small and they effect the reliability of the firearm. When the metal get's hot it expands so if the gap is too tight there is no room for expansion and the gun binds up and cannot be used until it cools down. The other problem with too small a gap is it will bind up the the gun with just a little bit of residue on the face of the cylinder.

The J-frame S&W already approaches the smallest possible size for a revolver. The trigger guard needs to be large enough for a finger to be inserted. The cylinder has to start after the end of the trigger guard or you'll burn the shooter's finger with hot gasses from the barrel - cylinder gap. That's why they don't shorten the cylinder on 9mm and 45 acp revolvers.

For those wanting a .40 caliber or 9mm Charter Arms has just announced both with 45 acp coming. Their new revolver uses a special extractor so you can soot the rimless pistol rounds without moonclips.

I'd like to see a rework of the Nagant style revolver. Sealing the gap this way would eliminate the barrel gap. This would lead to the ability to reduce overall length since the cylinder could be shorter, as well as the ability to use a silencer. I'd also like to see a new indexing system for the cylinder that would allow drop in fit of a new cylinder. This on a break top would make for some quick reloads.

Some updated version of the MP-412 Rex crossed with a Nagant.

MP-412 Rex
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Nagant
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My revolvers of the future....

Will all be revolvers of the past. S&W's from the 70's -90's will be on the hunting list from now, until they get inherited.
 
i would like to see a revolver that is tailor made for fast reloading.

something that is just made for speed loaders, or moon clips. Maybe even a cylinder release so that you could just pop in another preloaded cylinder, like magazines for semi autos. It would have to be a low pressure round for that though, or the extra bulk/weight simply would not be worth it.
 
I'd like to see a shrouded hammer 3" K frame .38 or SP frame (for a rough size) that harnesses gas blow-back from the barrel and channels it to re-cocking the revolver.

The Mateba is too big for the concept to catch on properly. I want to see someone miniaturize the idea and design the gas system around a light defensive cartridge rather than the magnums for which the Mateba is known.
 
Norrick said:
i would like to see a revolver that is tailor made for fast reloading.

something that is just made for speed loaders, or moon clips. Maybe even a cylinder release so that you could just pop in another preloaded cylinder, like magazines for semi autos. It would have to be a low pressure round for that though, or the extra bulk/weight simply would not be worth it.
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All of the S&W models chambered in .45 ACP are setup to take moon clips.
 
How about some sort of recoil reduction technology for the hard kicking calibers? Perhaps adapt something along the lines of the Knoxx shotgun pistol grip stocks.
 
Reworking the Nagant design is not enough. It needs the special ammo with the bullet seated down past the mouth to allow for sealing of the gap. The Nagant ammo is rather weak in my opinion. Now if someone were to come up with 357, 41 or 44 mag cartridges with the properly seated bullets and crimped brass, that would be nice. Powder capacity would be greatly reduced, but it would still be a big improvement on the 31 caliber Nagant.

Making them with a properly threaded muzzle might put the anti's up in arms, but the hell with them hahahahaha.

Ranb

Edited to add; I just realized that making the brass long enough to seal the gap would result in retaining the same powder capacity. Silly me. :)
 
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I see a place in the market for both "normal" and space aged revolvers. The problem I see is that when the manufacturers change over everything to the "improved" versions they make it bleed into the standard offerings. Perfect case in point is the "Classic" line from S&W, they are offering some great looking revolvers from the past but putting that horrible lock on them which totally ruins them for me. Feels like a slap in the face.
 
Zombie thread. Probably should be moved to the wheelgun page.

I see the revolver of the future as a 9 round, .327 magnum, polymer, revolver with the chiappa rhino design. Anyone else like this abomination besides me?
 
Who knows what's going to happen with revolvers. I think they'll be around, but become an increasingly smaller part of the market - more specialized. Like black powder is now. The one thing I think is going to stay fairly current for the near future at least is the compact five shot revolver. Lots of folks still like to carry those, but I am willing to bet that the newer models incorporating polymer parts are going to become the norm.

Like I posted here over three years ago if you like the older all steel models you better start buying them. Since I first visited this thread I have added seven more revolvers to my collection.
 
A revolver that is smaller than a J frame but bigger than one of those little 22's would be nice as long as they could keep the ballistics at a reasonable level.

Other than that I'll go for the old stuff ie Single Actions or older Smith and Wessons.
 
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