No Current Production of Long Barrel Revolvers?

[bluetopper]

I got to thinking and realized Smith & Wesson no longer produces 8 3/8" barreled revolvers in K, L, and N frames anymore. That is a shame in my opinion. I don't know about the other manufacturors.

 

[Gordon]

just like those itty bitty reading glasses they push, no big lens reading glasses. Sell less for more $ seems to be IT

 

[Hanzo581]

Ruger looks like an option still.

 

[captain awesome]

I have always preferred longer barrels. Something about them just has that "make my day" look to em. Plus they are easier to shoot tighter groups with the long sight radius.

It is a shame there aren't more being produced. But what ever sells is what they will make.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Smith makes a 7" 686

 

[DPris]

The demand doesn't justify production.
Denis

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Are you asking about DA revolvers only? Magnum Research has SA revolvers with 7.5" and 10" barrels.

 

[DWFan]

Taurus still makes an 8" .44 Mag and .454 Casull in their Raging Bull series. The 8" .357 Mag M608 was discontinued a couple of years ago.

 

[bearman49709]

Just checked their web site, they show one 629 with a 8 3/8" barrel.

 

[Tallball]

Single-action revolvers with 7.5" barrels still seem pretty common.

 

[Mn Fats]

Or are you specifically talking S&W. And even more so 8 3/8"? Plenty current production long barreled revolvers out there. Depending on your definition

 

[farm23]

Freedom Arms makes a 10" revolver. They are expensive but IMO they are the finest revolver made.

 

[kscharlie]

S&W may not be making very many new revolvers with 8 3/8" barrels, but there are lots of the older ones (better, IMO) changing hands on the marketplace every day. Ruger continues to make 7 1/2" and longer revolvers, both SA and DA.

 

[natman]

The 8 3/8" length was chosen because that resulted in the maximum sight radius allowed by revolver bullseye rules. Now that revolver bullseye is no longer such a big deal, the market has faded away.

I still love my Model 14:

 

[Panzerschwein]

I still like the 8 3/8" barrel Model 29 used in Taxi Driver with Robert De Niro. Very much a hand cannon. Most people don't realize that Dirty Harry used "only" a 6 1/2" barrel Model 29 in his famous movie, many wrongly think he used the 8 3/8" one but that was only on a poster for the movie.

 

[Twiki357]

If you move up to an “X” frame, I think they make barrels out to about 10+ inches.