What is your dream revolver?

[Blkhrt13]

If I’m not

I'd never heard of this gun before. I found a video that tells about it:

Sounds like a cool concept that was a little less cool in reality. But I still like it!

mistaken the Pitbull revolvers by charters arms made for 9mm and 45acp are utilizing this exact same design.

 

[Olon]

This would be mine and I'm glad to have it. It's only after I got it that I realized it was my dream revolver

Nothin' fancy, but it checks all the boxes:
Accurate
Good looking
Nice feeling
Durable

It's the revolver I get the most pleasure out of shooting and trying to wear out. It's bone stock and will probably stay that way for awhile.

Maybe I'm too easy to please, or maybe I have kept my eyes downturned to avoid temptation of other revolvers but this one's mine and I couldn't be happier.

 

[Rexster]

I dream of Ruger resurrecting the Old Army. Now that I am retired, I wanted to scratch an old itch, for black powder shooting. I had bought one fixed-sight 7.5” Ruger Old Army, several years ago, and put it away, in the safe, planning to add at least one more, or perhaps a pair of the 5.5” version. Well, not only has Ruger ceased production, but pre-owned Old Armies seem to be rarely available. I checked the evil bay, for for spare cylinders, and found the asking prices for pre-owned spare cylinders are amazingly high.

I used to dream of custom big-bore sixguns, chambered for cartridges such as the Linebaughs, but age has caught up with me. I am now quite happy to confine my wishes to weapons that fire .45 Colt, and, if heavy enough, to tame the recoil, .357 Magnum.

A wet weather event ruined my only Colt SAA. I do plan to acquire another, or perhaps, a New Frontier, but I would not call that a “dream,” as it is simply a matter of prioritizing the money to acquire one. I could probably trade some of the compact auto-loading pistols, that now hurt my aging hands, with their snap and whip, to cover most of the cost.

I am interested in adding a Freedom Arms revolver, someday, but, again, that is achievable. I may not be able to afford both this, and the SAA, described above, but I can achieve one or the other, realistically. Not being a collector, but more of an accumulator, I am not obsessed with filling every “gap.”

The GP100 is, already, everything I seem to want in a modern DA revolver, and I have several of them.

 

[P5 Guy]

This is my dream revolver, S&W 681

 

[hemiram]

I don't know why I like them so much, but the unfluted revolvers in this thread just make me drool.

 

[DR505]

I don't know why I like them so much, but the unfluted revolvers in this thread just make me drool.

Here is another for you! A 657-2 Classic Hunter.

 

[walterelm]

Any colt walker reproduction with way larger grips ....

 

[shoebox1.1]

I don't know why I like them so much, but the unfluted revolvers in this thread just make me drool.

I love the way unfluted cyl’s look but I want them so I can index upon closure

 

[Tilos]

I love the way unfluted cyl’s look but I want them so I can index upon closure

OK, if you are talking about a visual que, I use the cocking notches for this when there's no flutes.
jmo

 

[CDMCKY]

I have my "dream revolver"; it's the Taurus Raging Bull (stainless) 6.5" .454 Casull.
I don't (ever) carry a revolver EXCEPT for "out in the woods" activity, and I like
the .454 for the full power and lesser power options it has.

It's not too big or heavy, and for "hunting" (if I wanted) and/or defense against
"maniac bears" and other wildlife (with bad attitudes), it hits the mark AND I
don't want to lug around a rifle.

 

[alfsauve]

I... but the unfluted revolvers in this thread just make me drool.

For your drooling pleasure.

 

[HiDive]

Smith 329 pd .44 mag is next on my list, might not shoot it much though.

I had one for a few years. It was a nice gun to carry on hikes and campouts. It came with two sets of grips; rubber Hogue monogrip and a smooth wood set. Shooting it with the wood grips was like catching a major league fastball without a baseball glove.

 

[HiDive]

Here's a couple more of my favorites; unfortunately I sold the .357.

 

[Insignificant bill]

Korth Mongoose

 

[Mr. Mosin]

Another dream gun addition to this list... a Ruger New Vaquero, 3" barrel, .357 Magnum, w/ a DA/SA function and an SP101 grip peg/angle. Fixed low profile tritium white dot sights.

 

[Jim Watson]

A gate loading double action? Shades of a Colt Lightning. Or a Webley Army Express.

 

[zdc1775]

I have posted this rambling idea here once before. Don't take it too serious...

How about this? I want a revolver that reloads fast, has enough power to hunt with but not so over-powered as to be abusive on my wrists or ears. It needs to throw fat heavy bullets. It has to work with or without moonclips. It’s got to be fun and easy.
This is not a concealed carry revolver. With a shorter barrel it might have served as a good service/duty revolver in a bygone and less civilized era but it would be for open carry in the woods, on the tractor, or punching big holes in cardboard and scaring all the old guys at an IDPA match. It needs to blend the features of Webley into the classic lines of a 6XX N-frame. It needs to be big but not wholly unwieldy.

So first we need a new cartridge. 12x24mm GRD (Grumpy Revolver Dude). 12x24mm GRD is short and fat for quick reliable loading and ejecting from a revolver. It launches big bore 12mm bullets (.475-inch diameter for you imperial bastards). Max pressure would be a moderate 24,000 psi with a goal of 600-800 ft-lbs of muzzle energy depending on bullet weight. The moderate pressure would keep it easy on your ears, especially when hunting with no ear-pro. Heavy bullets (~400gr) would be sub-sonic at 800-850 fps. Light bullets in the 275 gr range, would approach 1200fps. Case length would be 24mm and would be semi-rimless (yes I said semi-rimless, pay attention!). The case would use large pistol primers (Why not?). A large extractor groove to allow the use of very thick (.040-.050 inch thick) robust moonclips (MOONCLIPS RULE!!!) in the large extractor groove. Semi-rimless (<- see it was important ->) would also allow the cartridges to head space on the cartridge rim in the absence of moonclips. The Cylinder would be cut much as a cylinder for an rimmed cartridge is cut for moonclips

Now the Revolver: It would be a top break revolver with a locking mechanism similar to the old Webley Mark VI (why? because top break revolvers need to make a comeback). Don’t worry with the moderate pressure of 12x24mm GRD and modern metallurgy we can keep a top break revolver from doing a grenade impersonation. It would have a thumb lever to break down the revolver on both sides making it completely ambidextrous. Auto ejection on opening (Duh!). It would have a full under-lug barrel like a S&W N-frame (it looks good and sucks up the recoil). It would come in 3, 4, 5, and 6.5 inch barrels. Slip-in replaceable front sights like many of the new S&W revolvers (Not sure why this is not on more revolvers). The rear sight would be fixed (fixed sights are fixed and that is good), machined into the top break latch like a Webley. Though the frame would be drilled and tapped for a scope mount or adjustable rear sight. The adjustable rear sights would require a sight-less low-profile top break latch to be installed. The cylinder would be a 6-shot cylinder that would be slightly larger in diameter than an N-frame (1.56-inch) but not nearly as big as an X-frame (1.875-inch). Approximately 1.625-1.7 inch in diameter, just enough material to safely contain our moderately powerful 12x24mm GRD cartridge. The cylinder would be short, ~1.5 inch which is shorter than a K-frame. The fire control would be a traditional double/single action with a light-weight short-spur hammer to encourage double action shooting (double action is what real men use for all but super long range shots). The grip frame would be a round butt. The OEM grips would be round butt, rubber, without finger grooves. Square butt conversion grips would be available for you heathens. (Finger grooves would void the warranty.) The cylinder would be fluted, non-fluted cylinders would not be made or allowed (too damn ugly and no class). It would come in brushed or bead blasted stainless steel or for the Mall Ninjas a tough PVD flat-black finish would be available.(no damn shiny, chrome, or polished blued finish this ain’t no damn safe queen)

Now that would be a damn near perfect revolver!

I love the idea but since this is America lets either reduce diameter to 11.43 or increase it to 12.7 and lengthen the case to 25.4 and call it the .45x1" or .50x1"

In all seriousness though I think that would be just about my perfect revolver if it came in matte finished blued with smooth wood grips.

 

[zdc1775]

I don't know why but top breaks fascinate me.

A reliable 8 shot top break in 357 (hey, I can dream, can't I?)

I also think a 454 casull in a top break would be cool.

I recognize, if course, that none of these are plausible...

This comes close. http://andersonwheeler.co.uk/the-gun-room/revolver/

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

This comes close. http://andersonwheeler.co.uk/the-gun-room/revolver/

I've seen that before somewhere (might ahve been THR).

I think it's a winner.

Don't they retail for like $10k or something ridiculous?

 

[Olon]

I've seen that before somewhere (might ahve been THR).

I think it's a winner.

Don't they retail for like $10k or something ridiculous?

I've seen it too perusing old threads. Whoever posted it where I saw it said 10k

 

[zdc1775]

I've seen that before somewhere (might ahve been THR).

I think it's a winner.

Don't they retail for like $10k or something ridiculous?

Not sure that any were ever actually sold but I believe the MSRP was being quoted as 7,500 pounds before VAT.

 

[Mr. Mosin]

A gate loading double action? Shades of a Colt Lightning. Or a Webley Army Express.

Yup. Basically a modernized Ruger version of the 1858 Colt Lightning.

 

[Ranald]

Hmmm. my "dream gun" is always the one I don't have! OK I'd like but will never see much less own...
A stainless Colt Python in .41 mag with 5.5" barrel and ivory grips! Yeah that's it! Being stainless I could actually take it anywhere on a daily carry basis without fretting about sweat rust or every scratch or wear spot destroying the royal blue finish...

 

[hemiram]

Thanks for posting the unfluted pics...Now I have to resist blowing a wad of cash on the first one that comes along.

 

[Viper1357]

I posted earlier that a Mateba Model 6 in .454, or .44 mag was my dream revolver, which is still true, but I had two other "dream" favorites as a young lad growing up.
They were a 6" blued Colt Python, and a 6" or 8" Dan Wesson vent rib in .357 Mag. I had mostly given up on them due to availability, condition, cost, etc. Now of course there is the new 2020 Colt Python SS, and I just found out about the (CZ-USA) Dan Wesson 715. I understand the DW 715 has been available for several years and I just found out about them this last week. Well lucky for me I recently saw one at the lgs and couldn't resist. It may not be the dream DW revolver I wanted as a young lad, but it is close enough that I couldn't pass it up. So now at least I have one of my "runner up" (that I didn't know even existed) dream revolvers.