saw a ".30 carbine" cal. pistol today

[mole]

It was an auto pistol chambered for the .30 carbine round. Man was it big. I don't remember the make or model, but it looked like a blown up version of the Smith and Wesson .22lr pistol that some people use in competition (model 41).

I was in the kitchen when they decided to go out into the woods and test it.

They said the weight of the gun soaked up the recoil so it wasn't so bad. They did complain about the noise though. I bet it would have quite a fireball at night.


Edited: Changed "Winchester" to "Smith and Wesson" and included model number.

 

[model 649]

Maybe an Automag 3? Must've had a pretty good crack when it went off, like a hot-rodded .38 super.
Josh

 

[PO2Hammer]

Yup. must have been Automag.
They had some innovative designs including a .22wmr autoloader (Automag II?).
I believe the were based on stretched 1911 frames, link and all.

 

[EddieCoyle]

They did complain about the noise though. I bet it would have quite a fireball at night.

I have a Blackhawk in .30 Carbine. My son calls it "The Flamethrower". And yes, it is freakin' LOUD!!!

I'd love to get one of the Automags.

 

[Jim Watson]

Winchester pistol?

 

[1911Tuner]

.30 Carbine Pistol

A little off-topic, but not too far.

I saw a neat conversion several years ago, done by an old Navy armorer
with time on his hands and a yen to create. He cobbled it up in the belly of a destroyer while on peacetime maneuvers after the Korean War, and managed to get it home without becoming the recipient of an Article 15.

He took a 1917 Smith & Wesson military revolver...one that fired .45 ACP with half-moon clips...and 8 inches of a 1903 Springfield barrel...made a cylinder that would accept the little "Thutty Carbine" round...threaded the barrel...and slapped it all together to make for one of the gawd-AWFUL loudest things since the 106 Recoilless. You needed plugs and muffs...and jackin' your mouth wide open wouldn't be a bad idea either. He could shoot that thing 6 times and the hens would stop layin' for a week...and the deer herd within a two-mile radius disappeared until spring. He said that 6 rounds a day was about all he could take because it gave him a headache. It gave me one that lasted half the day. I was completely in awe.

 

[Brian D.]

Wasn't there also a .30 carbine autoloader called Kimball, made back in the 1950s or 60s? Those looked like a slightly overgrown Colt Woodsman didn't they?

Edit: Maybe the Kimball looked more like a scaled up High Standard .22?

 

[Zonamo]

Did it look anything like this?

 

[1 old 0311]

Wasn't that called "The Enforcer?"

Kevin

 

[Jim Watson]

Tuner: S&W made up some (one?) factory prototypes of 1917 type revolver in .30 carbine with clips. The notion was that a paratrooper would have M1A1 carbine and pistol with common ammo. Muzzle blast quashed the idea then, too.

Brian: Kimball .30 carbine auto was of (slightly) delayed blowback action and was noted for breaking up in short order. Should one turn up, let a collector have it, it will not stand shooting.

 

[mole]

Oops, my bad. Thanks for pointing that out Mr. Jim Watson. The pistol it looks like is a Smith and Wesson model 41.

It looked nothing like the picture posted.

 

[model 649]

More like this?

 

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

Yep, that's a picture of an Enforcer, if it's the one Universal made. When I was a kid, the lady constable where I grew up, in the oil patch, carried one in a big tote bag as her 'official' sidearm.

AMT made a .30 carbine semi in the 80's for awhile, maybe into the '90s. I've seen a couple, but never seen one fired or knew anyone who bought one. The Kimball was a fairly low production model from the '50's or '60's. Reliability was a factor, as they had some metallurgical idiosyncracies and tended to break. Needless to say, it's not a shooter if you luck onto one.

I have a Blackhawk in .30 Carbine. I absolutely love the thing. Hard-cast 110 grain SWC's over a healthy dose of H110 or 4227 does wonders on coyotes or piggies....or cinderblocks at 200 yards. The H110 load does a number on mosquitoes and gets lots of attention on hot, humid days with the flash. Recoil is a pussycat. The noise, on the other hand, makes you appreciate top quality earmuffs.

It's one deal I'm glad I lucked onto. I wasn't looking for it when I found it, and I had to be 'convinced' to buy it, but I've never regretted it. It's just too much fun to not own one!

Regards,
Rabbit.

 

[mole]

That last one looks like it, but it had a longer barrel and the frame was larger and longer under the barrel. Maybe a custom job?.?. The guy will be back in about 2 weeks so maybe I'll get to try it out.