Pump .357; wish list item

[Gordon]

I too have a glorious , tang sighted Model 25 Remington in 25-20 . Yes mine is a good 2" at 50 yard gun rested and 4" at 100 yards where it about maxxes out . I cant' think of a better up to small deer gun around a ranch rifle, which was it's purpose. I would rather it be a 32-20 , yes, because I shoot 32-20 in a couple pistols and reload and cast bullets for it. I just bought a 86 grain .25 mold to cast flat nosed bullets .
I had many years a .44-40 Remington 14 1/2 Pump and even longer a 141 & a 14 Remington pump in .35 Remington. I sold them off as I literally had folks shoving money in my face for them as they were pristine . The 14 1/2 sold for almost $2000 10 years ago and the other great .35 pumps, which I adored for hunting went for almost a $1000 since 2018 . They had receiver sights and were great deer and hog slayers to 150 yards.
I too wanted a Timber wolf but missed the boat. When they first came out I was worried they looked junky, but time I found they actually worked well the price had sky rocketed , I settled for my Marlin Carbines in .357 and .44 .

 

[easy]

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I have two of these.

 

[halfmoonclip]

Local shop had a Colt replica in .357/.38; don't recall the maker, used, and the thing was dead flat gorgeous.
Let is sit on the shelf, hoping for the price to drop a little (had heard that they could be cranky). Somebody else solved the problem by buying it; still wonder how well it worked.
Moon

 

[someguy2800]

I too wanted a Timber wolf but missed the boat. When they first came out I was worried they looked junky

Not going to lie, aesthetically they look like a chinese BB gun.

 

[halfmoonclip]

No small part of the appeal of pistol caliber carbines is the old time look and feel; the Colt repos meet that standard, the Timberwolf, not so much.
In that case, it has to stand on its own merits, rather than nostalgia. Concur with Someguy2800; pretty they aren't.
Moon

 

[wesmonster]

Uberti, Beretta & Taurus all made copies of the Colt Lightning.
Almost bought a Beretta .45lc pump used at a pawn shop. But priced at close to a grand, and that was a long time ago, when a grand got you more.
Why aren't there more pumps? You can buy a pump action AR yet no reasonably priced pump action tube fed 'sporting' rifles. I've got a few lever actions I use regularly but have always preferred pumps.
There's like a half dozen good options for CHEAP 12 ga. pumps. Let's see a Mossberg Maverick in .357 or .44 for under $500. If you can build an action to pump cycle a 12 ga shell, is a large pistol cartridge any harder?

 

[film495]

Uberti, Beretta & Taurus all made copies of the Colt Lightning.
Almost bought a Beretta .45lc pump used at a pawn shop. But priced at close to a grand, and that was a long time ago, when a grand got you more.
Why aren't there more pumps? You can buy a pump action AR yet no reasonably priced pump action tube fed 'sporting' rifles. I've got a few lever actions I use regularly but have always preferred pumps.
There's like a half dozen good options for CHEAP 12 ga. pumps. Let's see a Mossberg Maverick in .357 or .44 for under $500. If you can build an action to pump cycle a 12 ga shell, is a large pistol cartridge any harder?

probably not, my guess is without John Browning to design it, nobody else can make one that works reliably

 

[JCooperfan1911]

Uberti, Beretta & Taurus all made copies of the Colt Lightning.
Almost bought a Beretta .45lc pump used at a pawn shop. But priced at close to a grand, and that was a long time ago, when a grand got you more.
Why aren't there more pumps? You can buy a pump action AR yet no reasonably priced pump action tube fed 'sporting' rifles. I've got a few lever actions I use regularly but have always preferred pumps.
There's like a half dozen good options for CHEAP 12 ga. pumps. Let's see a Mossberg Maverick in .357 or .44 for under $500. If you can build an action to pump cycle a 12 ga shell, is a large pistol cartridge any harder?

It won’t sell.

Buyers want ARs and MSRs. Not pump rifles.

 

[d2wing]

Sure not selling my 14 pump in 35 Remington.