What Is Your Fantasy Wheelgun Remake ?

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I want Ruger to make a .50 Ruger (with .500" bullets) somewhere between .50 Special and .500JRH/.500 Linebaugh (kind of what the .480 is to the .475L), and I want them to make 5-shot Bisleys in it. Any maybe a SRH also, but with the barrel and frame lug contoured to look more like a GP100.
 
Monac said:
I'd like an H&R 999 with a better trigger and sights, the Hopkins & Allen style top latch, and added models in 32 Long and 38 Special Wadcutter as well as 22 LR. Never gonna happen; top breaks are apparently economically unfeasible to make any more, and why would anybody want a centerfire revolver in anything less than 357 Magnum? :)
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Ya beat me to it.
 
460Shooter said:
L frame 41 magnum with a 2.5 to 3" barrel for the carry market. They made S&W 69, so it wouldn't take much design change to make it happen.
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Would an L-frame stand up to a steady diet of .41 Magnum loads? I tend to think of the Model 69 much as I do the Model 19 - a Special gun that's OK for limited Magnum use - and I suspect a .41 L-frame would fall into the same category.
 
I would love to see a SRH with the frame barrel shroud extended to about four inches with an unfluted cylinder in 480. Kinda like a big sp101 with the scope grooves removed and the standard adjustable sights. Then finish it with s&w deep blue. That would be cool. And a modern lemat in 44/20ga.

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Gun Master said:
If you were able to take an established revolver design, and make some modern update changes, what are some of your choices ?
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Good question. I'd incorporate the best features from a number of established designs. I largely pasted my wish list from an earlier post below...

From S&W, I'd take...
- The forged frame
- The mainspring design and the basic lockwork.
- The cylinder release latch
- The K-/L-frame grip frame
- I would not incorporate the single yoke screw design that holds the entire cylinder assembly to the gun.
- I would not use an ejector rod that turns with the cylinder and/or locks up at the front of the rod.

From the Ruger GP100, I'd take...
- an ejector rod that doesn't turn or lockup at the front
- front frame lockup/cylinder release
- interchangeable front sight
- cylinder retention system (i.e., no yoke screw)

From the DW, I'd take...
- 2-piece barrel design that allows the shooter to easily switch barrels.
- I would not incorporate the forward cylinder release of the DW (or Colt's pull-to-release latch) - much slower than the S&W or Ruger design.

From Freedom Arms, I'd...
- install a barrel blank, line bore the cylinder to create the chambers, then mill the cylinder stop slots while the cylinder's in perfect alignment.


In addition to the above, I'd...
- engineer a cylinder gap/endshake adjuster.
- engineer a lower-inertia spurred hammer.
 
Colt Shooting Master -- which is based on the New Service, with target sights.

I have a New Service that I trimmed back the barrel from 7 1/2" to 5 1/2", added adjustable sights and Herrett grips -- most people who shoot it try to buy it from me.
 
A 3 inch Stainless Ruger Speed Six in .357 mag with a variety of front sight options and a lighter trigger. I'd also like to see Altamont make a line of grips for the Ruger sixes.
 
Sergei Mosin said:
Would an L-frame stand up to a steady diet of .41 Magnum loads? I tend to think of the Model 69 much as I do the Model 19 - a Special gun that's OK for limited Magnum use - and I suspect a .41 L-frame would fall into the same category.
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That's a fair question and I don't know the answer. However, if I bought a model 69, and found out it really wasn't meant for a steady diet of magnums, and that was not made painfully and explicitly obvious to me, it would be the last time I bought a S&W.

If they chamber a gun for a cartridge, it should be able to stand up to the battery for a good long time.

I think the bigger question is would the forcing cone on an L frame hold up in the one piece barrel design, or would a two piece be required?
 
Already done that:

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Ruger Blackhawk, .45 Colt, steel grip frame, steel cam cut ejector rod housing, crescent ejector rod head, stag grips.

Or this:

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Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum, standard Blackhawk hammer, cam cut steel ejector rod housing, crescent ejector rod head, case hardened frame.



And, yeah, both are New Models.

Bob Wright
 
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A carefully thought out and tested S&W in 327 federal, without a lock, without a magnaport, or any port for that matter. As long as I'm in fantasy land, air weight, with a combat grip.
 
A 5" S&W .44 Special built like a pre-war Registered Magnum (i.e. long action, checkered top strap, old style patridge sight, etc).
 
I am thinking some kind of 7-8 shot 357 or 9mm with a shotgun barrel like a Le Mat.

I figure you could use a design like on the AG36 grenade launcher where the barrel kinda kicks out to the side for loading, push it back inline for firing. 20 or 12 gauge would tickle my fancy.

I suppose a top break design would work too.

That would make for a massive revolver though.
 
an airweight shrouded hammer smith and wesson bodyguard in .327 magnum and 9 mm

a 32 acp north american arms breaktop
 
This:
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A ZKR 551 in .38 Spl. Wonderful revolver - I DO miss them!

Or a Colt Bankers Special. In 9mm Federal... Or just a simple revolver without MIM castings, without 10 piece barrel, scandium wonder-frame, picatinny rails, plastic grips, plastic finish... You know, just a simple all steel, pre-WWII era aesthetics, hand-fitted revolver. I know I could not afford it, but I would just like to admire it. Oh, and no .357 Ultra Maximus, .600 TacOps and .490 I-Have-a-Small-Pecker cartridges please! :neener:
 
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