9mm Bolt Action?

[Scooter22]

I'll have to dig my Destroyer out. I have a couple hundred rounds loaded for it. Definitely a fun. useful and unique rifle. I didn't see it mentioned but don't use standard 9x19 para in them. It works but you have a good chance of breaking the extractor as it's the only thing holding the cartridge in place from the firing pin strike.

 

[TruthTellers]

Would I like to see a company offer a bolt action in pistol calibers? Sure, but I wouldn't personally buy it. I could see there being a market for them in countries where semi automatics rifles are illegal to own and shooters there want a nice soft shooting plinker with ammo brass they can reload.

Presently, I live in a free country and am not restricted to choosing such a gun. The pistol carbine market is already fairly small with Kel Tec, Hi Point, Beretta, Just Right, and MechTech Glock uppers dominating the market and they are all semi autos.

 

[Monac]

The pistol caliber I would be most interested in seeing in a bolt-action rifle would be 327 Federal Magnum. It might work well in a tubular magazine, so perhaps a lever or pump action would make more sense, though. It probably wouldn't be terribly useful, though. Ballistics might be less than 30 Carbine, and that began to fade away once cheap milsurp ammo ran out, as I understand it.

If it could also use 32 S&W Long, it would make a nice cheap plinker for handloaders.

 

[Apple a Day]

I'd love one. Or two. I've written Ruger and tried to convince them to make a Ruger American chambered for .357 magnum. A 9mm bolt gun would be great for the kids.

 

[eastbank]

savage made a smaller rifle in the model 23 series in 25-20 and 32-20 and winchester did the same in the model 43 chambered in the 25-20 and 32-20. my own walking rifle is a marlin in lever 32-20, true not a bolt. but it is smaller than the larger 336 and the 32-20 can be loaded up to 30 carbine speed or down to 32 acp, with reloading supplies available. i also carry a little sharps in 44-40, talk about light and with enough power for close range deer. it can be loaded from 800fps to 1700 fps with 200gr bullets. i have a SS ruger 44/77 that i realy like too, a larger magizine would be nice,but i have never needed more than five shots at any one target. eastbank.

 

[ROAshooter]

"Would I like to see a company offer a bolt action in pistol calibers?


nevermind

 

[CoalTrain49]

I'd love one. Or two. I've written Ruger and tried to convince them to make a Ruger American chambered for .357 magnum. A 9mm bolt gun would be great for the kids.

I agree.

I have a 77/357 but those are a little pricey for a PCC. Ruger can do better. A bolt action carbine offered in 30 carbine, 357, 9 mm, and 10 mm in under $500 would be a hot seller. That would cover the spectrum from 800 fps right on up to 2000 fps all with a straight wall cartridge. I've shot some light 357 loads in my rifle and the recoil is next to nothing. 9 mm would be even less. The 30 carbine is actually a pistol cartridge just waiting to be rediscovered for use in a bolt gun. The ease of reloading straight wall and ammo costs is very attractive.

The thing is they need to get a bolt gun on the market in around $400- $500 soon. If they wait too much longer someone is going to beat them to it.

 

[Swampman]

I almost bought a Destroyer back when they were dirt cheap, but decided against it, mostly because I'd read that the extractors were fragile and replacements very difficult to find.

Another negative for me was the chambering. Boxer primed 9mm Largo cases have never been one of those things that you find laying on the ground at your average public range.

Before the shortage of .22 ammo hit, I would've never given a thought to paying "new gun" prices for a bolt action 9mm rifle, but the idea has become more appealing in the last few years.

I enjoy casting and a few years back a friend gave me more Red Dot than I'll probably ever use, so I could reload subsonic 9mm for nothing more than the cost of the primers.

A short, light, reasonably accurate 9mm bolt gun makes a lot of sense, particularly for use with a suppressor. It would probably be more accurate than the majority of 9mm semi autos and the lack of action noise would make it quieter as well. You could also tailor your loads specifically for accuracy and quietness without worrying about having enough power to cycle a semi auto.

 

[GarrettJ]

Go to American Manufacturing's silencer page and scroll down a bit. I believe that is based on the .22 TCM rifle.

Before that was available, I had Mike T Amer-Mfg rebarrel my Destroyer to 9x19. It is a load of fun, and makes for a great suppressor host. I cut a catch in the back of a few 1911 9mm mags, and they work well. I need to monkey with them though. They sometimes pop loose when I fire the first round or two in a mag. Either that or I may try to install a spacer in the factory mags and modify the follower to work.


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