Nightcrawler
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I've been thinking. You know what I think would be a very cool, if not entirely practical, revolver to own?
Take the gas-seal system of the Model 1895 Nagant revolver, and modernize it. It has proven itself tough enough for field use, but some work would be required to give it a halfway decent trigger pull. Put this system into a roughly L-frame sized gun, chambered in .357 Magnum, with a 7-shot, swing-out cylinder. Make the frame in the fashion of the Rugers, lacking sideplates and easily disassembled.
Give it a 4" barrel, and adjustable sights. The barrel should be threaded at the end to accept suppressors; the gas-sealing cylinder would make effective suppression possible.
Finally, for suppressed use, develop a special subsonic .357 Magnum cartridge. 200 grain bullet at about 1050 feet per second.
As I said, impractical, but I'd buy one!
Take the gas-seal system of the Model 1895 Nagant revolver, and modernize it. It has proven itself tough enough for field use, but some work would be required to give it a halfway decent trigger pull. Put this system into a roughly L-frame sized gun, chambered in .357 Magnum, with a 7-shot, swing-out cylinder. Make the frame in the fashion of the Rugers, lacking sideplates and easily disassembled.
Give it a 4" barrel, and adjustable sights. The barrel should be threaded at the end to accept suppressors; the gas-sealing cylinder would make effective suppression possible.
Finally, for suppressed use, develop a special subsonic .357 Magnum cartridge. 200 grain bullet at about 1050 feet per second.
As I said, impractical, but I'd buy one!