oldfool
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unrequited love...
always had a yen for a pump action carbine ("modern" styling but not "tacticool" styling) in 357 mag caliber
There was the Colt Lightning. There are some very pricey replicas targeting the nostalgia and/or CAS/SASS folks, like the Beretta Gold Rush. There was the short lived IMI Timberwolf (still can be had on auction sites, if bold enough to pay the price and worry about reliabilty and parts availability after). The was the pert-near-non-event Taurus Thunderbolt (especially non-event in 357 carbine length). Some folks do own and love any of the above, but the apparent majority consensus is that none of the above are/were remarkably reliable. Other than the niche replica market, seems like none of the manufacturers can make a modern day version that can hold it's own in the marketplace.
Some say the above mentioned models not built stout enough, actions being too "delicate" or "complex" ,,... which makes no sense to me... might be true of above examples, but would seem like not all that hard to to do new and improved, highly reliable
Remington makes an entire line of fairly popular "7600" pumpers, and they make 'em in carbine lengths, calibers in 30-06 and 308 (hardly what anyone could call wussie calibers), some made in pretty conventional style models, mag loading, but stocked like a sporter, tactical not required
shucks, I could even live with black, if need be
so... why no love for us pistol carbine guys who would love a pumper to go along with our 357 lever actions ?
if they can do a "police" carbine in 308, why won't they do a 357 for me ?
always had a yen for a pump action carbine ("modern" styling but not "tacticool" styling) in 357 mag caliber
There was the Colt Lightning. There are some very pricey replicas targeting the nostalgia and/or CAS/SASS folks, like the Beretta Gold Rush. There was the short lived IMI Timberwolf (still can be had on auction sites, if bold enough to pay the price and worry about reliabilty and parts availability after). The was the pert-near-non-event Taurus Thunderbolt (especially non-event in 357 carbine length). Some folks do own and love any of the above, but the apparent majority consensus is that none of the above are/were remarkably reliable. Other than the niche replica market, seems like none of the manufacturers can make a modern day version that can hold it's own in the marketplace.
Some say the above mentioned models not built stout enough, actions being too "delicate" or "complex" ,,... which makes no sense to me... might be true of above examples, but would seem like not all that hard to to do new and improved, highly reliable
Remington makes an entire line of fairly popular "7600" pumpers, and they make 'em in carbine lengths, calibers in 30-06 and 308 (hardly what anyone could call wussie calibers), some made in pretty conventional style models, mag loading, but stocked like a sporter, tactical not required
shucks, I could even live with black, if need be
so... why no love for us pistol carbine guys who would love a pumper to go along with our 357 lever actions ?
if they can do a "police" carbine in 308, why won't they do a 357 for me ?