What is your dream revolver?

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I'm with the top break guys. A strong, modern take on the .45 ACP Webley. I've always thought the swing out cylinder, hand ejector was a step backward from the auto eject top break, especially when combined with moon clips.

In a "they actually made it, I just don't have one," vein, I've got a couple.

I've got a hanker for an early 20th century big bore double action. Colt New Service, S&W Triple Lock, Hand Ejector, or 1950 Target. Preferably in either .44 Special or .44-40. Not a Magnum, just a big bore the way they used to build them, without all the under lugs, bull barrels, and sundry modern ballast.

The other is a Model 10 or 13, 3" round butt. I've been carrying a 4" square butt Model 10 lately, and it's pretty nice, but a friend loaned me his 13, in the above setup once, quite a few years ago, and I've always remembered what an easy carry it was.
 
I still have the 4" stainless Python that I bought new in 1992, but my dream revolver is the Ruger Super Redhawk "Alaskan" .454 Casull that I sent to Bowen a couple of years ago. It's everything I could want in a revolver for the back country. I have a lot of money into this revolver but I didn't have Bowen work his magic to increase the value. I had him make what I wanted and it was worth every penny.

This is what it used to look like.

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This is how it looks now.

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Here's the SRH shown with my Redhawk in .45 Colt. I'd like to have Bowen work some magic on the RH too.

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Back in 2015 I purchased a .22LR Smith and Wesson model 18-7 Combat Masterpiece revolver from their classics line. This handgun has been an absolute DREAM - and as close to a perfect specimen of firearm as I have ever owned; The crew on shift when this revolver was built was on their A-game that day - fit is perfect. The mirror polished bluing is flawless, the smoothest trigger I've shot on a .22 revolver and incredible accuracy - I am a good shot to begin with and this fine piece has elevated my revolver skills even higher and shooting this gun has improved my performance with my other revolvers. Add to this it is a .22 and therefore dirt cheap to shoot is the icing on this masterpiece of a cake and I will NEVER part with it. BTW, I was so impressed with this revolver that in 2018 I purchased a Model 27-9 .357 magnum, again from their classics line and as fine a revolver as it is - it has a very slightly canted barrel (so slight I didn't notice it on inspecting it when I bought it) and a tiny blemish in the bluing under the crane. It is a beautiful revolver as well but just shy of being a dream gun.
 
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Mmm. Second entry. A 3" barreled 5 shot .45 Colt, similar in size to a Charter Bulldog Classic. Actually, a Charter Bulldog Classic in .45 Colt, with a shrouded ejector rod, shroud extending half way down the barrel length; with S&W style round butt grips, with a square butt conversion grip available. DA/SA.
 
Mr. Mosin said:
A 3" barreled 5 shot .45 Colt, similar in size to a Charter Bulldog Classic.
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Taurus made a K frame sized 5 shot in 45 Colt, their model 450, was a 4" barrel with porting. Could have been cut down to 3" and made a sweet carry gun. One problem was it only had their ribber rubber grips. This was before they started the abomination shotgun Revo.
 
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That *is* an abomination of a gun. Though I wouldn't mind if Ruger made a version, that was steel through and through.
 
Not sure (I admire the cobra classic 38 spl) but I am on the hunt for a J frame size, with hammer.
 
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I've always wanted a Smith & Wesson Performance Center Model 327 TRR8. The mix of retro and tacticool, the sleek appearance, the story behind its request -- all of it is very neat to me.

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Honorable mentions to the Chiappa Rhino, Manurhin MR73, Colt Python, and the humble S&W Model 64.

And yet I don't own a single revolver of any make and have an embarrassingly small amount of trigger time on them, too :oops: The closest I've come is my father's frankly craptastic Burgo 106S snubnose that's older than either of us.
 
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Triggernosis said:
What's the story behind its request?
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To the best of my understanding, it was commissioned by the SWAT teams of one or more police departments in the U.S. Specifically, they wanted a sidearm that could be used by their point man carrying a ballistic shield/body bunker, who is often limited to firing a pistol around the side of the shield by sighting through the view port. Semiautomatics of any make had a nasty habit of their slide catching on the rim of the shield while cycling, thus causing the wielder to get only one shot off -- and it's hard to clear a malfunction with only one hand under pressure.

The TRR8 was a revolver that could handle .357 loads, held eight rounds instead of the traditional six, and has provisions for a rail underneath the muzzle for mounting lights/lasers as well as up top for mounting a reflex sight if one is so inclined.

EDIT: Mosin beat me to it.
 
Safton said:
I've always wanted a Smith & Wesson TRR8. The mix of retro and tacticool, the sleek appearance, the story behind its request -- all of it is very neat to me.

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Honorable mention to the Chiappa Rhino, Colt Python, and the humble S&W Model 64.
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Holy cow - you got ME hooked now.

8 rounds, moon-clip but NOT mandatory, scandium N frame, optional rails..... What's NOT to love? Well, other than the hideous barrel profile necessitated by the rail-mounting surfaces. Se la vie!

I just spent a half-hour watching one of Hickok45's better videos on the beast.



Todd.
 
ApacheCoTodd said:
Holy cow - you got ME hooked now.

8 rounds, moon-clip but NOT mandatory, scandium N frame, optional rails..... What's NOT to love? Well, other than the hideous barrel profile necessitated by the rail-mounting surfaces. Se la vie!

I just spent a half-hour watching one of Hickok45's better videos on the beast.



Todd.
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Ha! Another convert! Enjoy pining after it like me:evil:
 
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A couple years back my wife tracked down and procured one of my Grail Revolvers- A Webley Royal Irish Constabulary. Terrific gun and great fun to shoot.
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Current Grail revolvers include an I-Frame Terrier in .38 S&W-
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The other is an Astra Jovino Terminator .44 magnum. I stumbled into owning one in the late '80s, and it was awesome. Beautifully finished, awesome DA trigger, accurate and with mild loads a joy to shoot. I parted with it when my first wife and I moved to NYC, and have regretted it ever since.
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I'll start, mines a bit odd but was pondering it on the way home from work the other day.

Id like to mainly see a new caliber designed around L-frame/gp100 sized guns
-10mm/40 caliber bullet
-OAL same as .357/41 mag
-Rimmed case,with a roll crimp
-Standard load being 220gr @ 1200 fps (6" barrel), with bullets from 180gr-240gr being availible

Yes it's just about the same as top end 10mm and low end 41 mag. But the whole idea behind my thinking is it will be able to fit into an L-frame/gp100 safely with 6 rounds. Which is something 41 mag can't do. It would have lower pressure than 10mm because it's roughly 1/3" longer case, plus a roll crimp to allow warmer loads in bigger platforms such a SRH, Blackhawks, or an nframe if one wanted to. To add to it the potential to have convertible 40 SW cylinders on single actions for cheap plinking, and possibly cut for moon clips on the double actions to also shoot 40SW/10mm , but not sure how that would work out especially with 40 needing to make a long jump to the forcing cone.

As for platform to complete my dream revolver. I would like a 6" gp100 chambered in this new rimmed 10mm. Full action job, half lug, stainless, custom grips, Bowen sights, and the barrel cut with Ruger scope mounts so I could toss a scope on it with QD rings. Would make a handy hunting gun for North East white tail with the scope, with the ability to easily remove the scope of I just want to bum around in the woods.

Ain't going to happen, but I can sure dream!
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I like where this is going and would definitely buy!!
Might even make for an interesting cartridge in a carbine of some sort but that's for another section of the forum.
 
I've bought several "dream revolvers". Once I shot them I found out they weren't quite there. I'm still looking, but the S&W 657 I've got may be as close as I get. Stay tuned.
 
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