Hi Zsnark,
You'd asked -
My original idea was in wishing to have a Revolver which could have been made, and, in my opinion, should have been made, as soon as the Moon CXlip was shown to be practical for rimless or Semi-rimmed Cartridges in a Revolver.
Thus, by say 1919 or so, where, Colr ot S & W or both, ought to have offered mid frame Revolvers chambering what at the time, were the World Famous and very well thought of .38 ACP Cartridge, and, certainyl, the 9mm P-'o8 Cartridge as well.
Being a homne grown American Boy, my own sense of the Romance with all this is for the .38 ACP Cartridge, in a Revolver as close in time to when it would have been done, if it had been done, at the time.
The discussion has wandered around that idea - ie: converting ( initially, a Colt 'Army Special', then, electing instead, to consider ) a late 1930s or very early 1940s Colt 'Official Police' Revolver to accept .38 ACP with full Moon Clips.
That is the topic.
You'd asked -
Some years back, USAF did some experimentation using 9mm in their existing stack of S&W M&P 10s. I forget how they managed the ejection but believe they'd worked up a successful solution. Reason for this effort, I believe, was the stocks of .38s while they were converting to M9s. The review I read of this conversion produced groups of 10 inches as opposed to 3 inches with regular .38spl. Correct me if my fading memory is inaccurate. Bore size of the M&P is .357 or maybe .358. 9mm and all it's auto cousins is .354.
While, I believe this is an interesting technical discussion. Why is this conversion to 9mm, .38ACP, .38Super, 9mmX21, or 9mmX23, or whatever a desirable conversion. Puzzled Al.
Happy Holidays to all.
AAW
My original idea was in wishing to have a Revolver which could have been made, and, in my opinion, should have been made, as soon as the Moon CXlip was shown to be practical for rimless or Semi-rimmed Cartridges in a Revolver.
Thus, by say 1919 or so, where, Colr ot S & W or both, ought to have offered mid frame Revolvers chambering what at the time, were the World Famous and very well thought of .38 ACP Cartridge, and, certainyl, the 9mm P-'o8 Cartridge as well.
Being a homne grown American Boy, my own sense of the Romance with all this is for the .38 ACP Cartridge, in a Revolver as close in time to when it would have been done, if it had been done, at the time.
The discussion has wandered around that idea - ie: converting ( initially, a Colt 'Army Special', then, electing instead, to consider ) a late 1930s or very early 1940s Colt 'Official Police' Revolver to accept .38 ACP with full Moon Clips.
That is the topic.