What is your dream revolver?
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Pond James Pond
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Just thought of another I'd like.
In the "Off-beat" revolver thread, there were a couple of Mateba Unicas, but I won't list those in keeping with my achievable dream notion in my earlier post, but there was also a chrome or nickel plated Astra .44Mag that looked fantastic.
I am inexplicably drawn to that marque. Don't know why.
I add that to my wish list.
In the "Off-beat" revolver thread, there were a couple of Mateba Unicas, but I won't list those in keeping with my achievable dream notion in my earlier post, but there was also a chrome or nickel plated Astra .44Mag that looked fantastic.
I am inexplicably drawn to that marque. Don't know why.
I add that to my wish list.
I already have a coupla dream revolvers - my Colt New Service Target in .45 Colt (1920), a Webley Mk. VI. (1926) for when the Zombies, Huns or Zulus come pouring over the sandbags, and some other great but not so dreamy ones. Yeah, I love revolvers. And automatics. And cars and girls and....
What I'd like to see made today is a Ruger version of a Taurus-S&W686+ hybrid - a GP100 with a 7 chambered cylinder, 2 1/2" factory ported barrel, and fully adjustable sights. I'd also like to see a Super Redhawk Alaskan in .357 Magnum with an 8 chambered cylinder and 2 1/2" factory ported barrel, and fully adjustable sights. I'd like to see Colt making Pythons again.
What I'd like to see made today is a Ruger version of a Taurus-S&W686+ hybrid - a GP100 with a 7 chambered cylinder, 2 1/2" factory ported barrel, and fully adjustable sights. I'd also like to see a Super Redhawk Alaskan in .357 Magnum with an 8 chambered cylinder and 2 1/2" factory ported barrel, and fully adjustable sights. I'd like to see Colt making Pythons again.
Lost Sheep
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Ruger Super Redhawk (without the extra metal up front) fitted with a set of Dan Wesson Barrels, 4", 6" 8" and maybe 10" with lightweight shrouds for the longer lengths.
44 Magnum, 45 Colt, 45 ACP, 454 Casull and .357 Magnum.
If I am limited to only one gun, I would have 5 cylinders in the above calibers, cylinders and barrels to match, which can be interchanged all on the same frame.
The 45 ACP cylinder would be a true 45 ACP, not just a 45 Colt cut for moon clips, but shortened (and the barrel would, of course, extend into the frame opening) to the freebore "jump" to the forcing cone and rifling would be minimized.
I would have thrown a 480 Ruger into the mix, too, but I wold rather have that chambering in a 5-shot. Of course, none of these are really combat revolvers, so having all in 5-shots would not be that big a drawback for me. (And, since the .357 Mag Redhawk is reputed to be the strongest .357 revolver ever made, a SRH 5-shot .357 would be far ans away a head-turner, especially if it took .357 Maximum. My juices are cooking NOW!)
Extra shrouds with picatinny rails on those long enough to allow clearing the ejector rod.
One would have to be extra-careful to ensure the barrel calibers match the cylinder chamberings.
Price tag for all the above? In my DREAMS! (Which is, after all, the point of this thread, right?)
Lost Sheep
44 Magnum, 45 Colt, 45 ACP, 454 Casull and .357 Magnum.
If I am limited to only one gun, I would have 5 cylinders in the above calibers, cylinders and barrels to match, which can be interchanged all on the same frame.
The 45 ACP cylinder would be a true 45 ACP, not just a 45 Colt cut for moon clips, but shortened (and the barrel would, of course, extend into the frame opening) to the freebore "jump" to the forcing cone and rifling would be minimized.
I would have thrown a 480 Ruger into the mix, too, but I wold rather have that chambering in a 5-shot. Of course, none of these are really combat revolvers, so having all in 5-shots would not be that big a drawback for me. (And, since the .357 Mag Redhawk is reputed to be the strongest .357 revolver ever made, a SRH 5-shot .357 would be far ans away a head-turner, especially if it took .357 Maximum. My juices are cooking NOW!)
Extra shrouds with picatinny rails on those long enough to allow clearing the ejector rod.
One would have to be extra-careful to ensure the barrel calibers match the cylinder chamberings.
Price tag for all the above? In my DREAMS! (Which is, after all, the point of this thread, right?)
Lost Sheep
Lost Sheep
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One-up on the 500 S&W
An extended frame Super Redhawk to take a cartridge just a hair longer than the Smith & Wesson 500 Magnum. Call the chambering the "500 Bill".
As in my earlier post, it would have interchangeable barrels of the Dan Wesson design.
Lost Sheep
An extended frame Super Redhawk to take a cartridge just a hair longer than the Smith & Wesson 500 Magnum. Call the chambering the "500 Bill".
As in my earlier post, it would have interchangeable barrels of the Dan Wesson design.
Lost Sheep
Lost Sheep
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Security Six in 22 Rimfire to match my Security Six in .357 Magnum
GP100 in 22 rimfire to match my G100 in .357 Magnum.
Bonus dream: Matching serial numbers in presentation cases (but not so fancy as to discourage taking it to the range and shooting the guns).
Lost Sheep
GP100 in 22 rimfire to match my G100 in .357 Magnum.
Bonus dream: Matching serial numbers in presentation cases (but not so fancy as to discourage taking it to the range and shooting the guns).
Lost Sheep
I suppose I've bought and sold just about every "dream revolver" I've ever wanted. I can't think of one left.
I'd say it would be a plain old Smith & Wesson Model 10/M&P, and I've got one with a 6" barrel on layaway now.
The more I own, the simpler I like them.
Now that I think about it. A Colt SAA in 45. I've never owned one of them. I've owned Colt single action 22's, but never a centerfire.
I'd say it would be a plain old Smith & Wesson Model 10/M&P, and I've got one with a 6" barrel on layaway now.
The more I own, the simpler I like them.
Now that I think about it. A Colt SAA in 45. I've never owned one of them. I've owned Colt single action 22's, but never a centerfire.
FloridaGuy
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(you did say dream revolver) 
I hesitate to post this, because it just quite simply is not my dream revolver, however, it almost fits the thread.
It's an interesting revolver, there have never been any before or since just like it, it's a neat idea, it does actually exist (I think?!) and the fun factor is very high. Problem is, they are absolutely, ridiculously scarce. I have never seen one in the flesh and it's very rare that someone even mentions them, and the folks who know nothing of them simply write 'em off as "silly, junk or pointless..."
It's the Taurus Raging Thirty, the only double-action .30 Carbine chambered revolver ever commercially offered. (NOTE: the SCSW mentions some extremely rare prototype Smith & Wesson chambered in .30 Carb that was never actually offered and may no longer physically exist...)
Have you ever heard of the Taurus Raging Thirty?
Have you ever seen one?!
I'd buy one if I saw it and I could deal with the price tag.
It's an interesting revolver, there have never been any before or since just like it, it's a neat idea, it does actually exist (I think?!) and the fun factor is very high. Problem is, they are absolutely, ridiculously scarce. I have never seen one in the flesh and it's very rare that someone even mentions them, and the folks who know nothing of them simply write 'em off as "silly, junk or pointless..."
It's the Taurus Raging Thirty, the only double-action .30 Carbine chambered revolver ever commercially offered. (NOTE: the SCSW mentions some extremely rare prototype Smith & Wesson chambered in .30 Carb that was never actually offered and may no longer physically exist...)
Have you ever heard of the Taurus Raging Thirty?
Have you ever seen one?!
I'd buy one if I saw it and I could deal with the price tag.
Unlicensed Dremel
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Well excluding a Jans, I wouldn't mind if Ruger would take the Super Redhawk Alaskan in .454 casull, and extend the barrel to 4.5" or 5.0", but with a full underlug the entire length - no standard goofy-looking SRH reduction in barrel size. I would even take 4.0".
That ain't a half bad l'il plan, either, Wyosmith.
That ain't a half bad l'il plan, either, Wyosmith.
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