We know that but the point remains. Top-breaks have never been huge sellers. If they offered some huge advantage over even Colt-style single actions, they would be more popular. Is a "modern" design really going to offer anything not served by existing DA's?...when I proposed a top-break I was NOT referring to a Schofield replica or similar.
CraigC said:You guys talk about "modern machining" as if it results in guns better fitted than 100yrs ago. The best guns in the world are still hand made and hand-fitted, not machined and slapped together.
Ruger made one on the Service-Six platform. Medusa makes one (still, I think).9mm J-frame, which I don't need moonclips for...
Since I carry a 9mm on duty, it would be nice to have a revolver I could just toss in ammo from a spare magazine.
For me it would be a decent .357 Mountain gun.
Lightweight, strouded ejector rather than underlugged barrel in a K frame size
They did do a 686 Mountain Gun but not a convertible. Although a convertible is really unnecessary with a double action, all you need is to cut it for moon clips.For me it would be a decent .357 Mountain gun.
I wish a company would offer a made to order revolver. You pick the frame size, material, caliber, features, finish, etc. Everything is a la carte.
I wish a company would offer a made to order revolver. You pick the frame size, material, caliber, features, finish, etc. Everything is a la carte.
ex.: J frame, steel, blued, 6 shot, 327 fed mag, 3" bbl, notch rear, gold bead front, full underlug, wood boot grip, etc.
J frame, steel, blued, 6 shot,
Crazy, but interesting idea:
A sealed barrel to cylinder gap mechanism to allow for the attachment of sound suppressors. The down side to this idea would be the complexity of the mechanism.
Imagine a suppressed .44 Magnum
Here ya go mountainsco:
Rossi .44 Magnum Ciucuit Judge...
http://www.rossiusa.com/product-deta...adcrumbseries=
It exists -- the Nagant revolver. There are no real advantages to the design, which is why you don't see new ones coming out today.A sleeve operated by the trigger/hammer to close the cylinder gap