![]() ![]() (I didn't own any 9mm pistols back then, being young and of the philosophy that only. The 9mm cylinder got put away with the thought that I'd never bother with it. I was a young and avid handloader at the time. My first Ruger Blackhawk (old model) was a. ![]() Yeah, I'd have to agree that a lack of potential market interest is probably what limits manufacturers when it comes to offering many 9mm revolvers. So, you would sell a few 9mm SA's as curios, but once that market is saturated, then what? Some guns seem to shoot acceptably well, others don't. And, accuracy with 9mms in the slightly oversize bore is spotty. 357s that you can also shoot 9mm in, for plinking. 357 with a 9mm cylinder enjoys a farily steady popularity, but that is because most are not bought as 9mm single actions that you can shoot. If you are going to shoot a 9mm, why limit yourself to a revolver's 6 rounds? Even DA 9mm revolvers don't stay in production very long, again because of buyer preference. Single action revolvers are at the bottom of today's popularity for defensive handguns, so no market there. So, buyers would be getting a much bigger gun than needed, to shoot 9mm. And, its frame window is still longer than the 9mm needs. There is no 9mm size single action on the market, currently, and I don't know if the Ruger. Single action revolver buyers are looking primarily for either nostalgia, or power. The main reason nobody is making a single action revolver in 9mm Luger is that they won't sell many.Īnd the reason has to do with the buying public, and the 9mm round itself. 357-.359" diameter bullets and most 9mm cartridges including. 360-.361" diameter bullet depending on whether lead or jacketed bullets are used.38 Special and. Most sources list both cartridges as being loaded with a. 38/200 are dimensionally identical and can be used interchangeably in the same revolver although the point of impact will likely be different due to the differing bullet weights. 38 S&W ammo is almost always loaded with a 145-146grn LRN bullet, but. Later, when the original loading was found to be in conflict with the Hauge convention it was changed to a 178grn FMJ. 38 S&W cartridge in that it was loaded with a 200grn JSP or LRN bullet depending on which source you look at. 38/200 cartridge and was substitute standard for the British military during WWII, the official sidearm was the Enfield No. IV (not to be confused with the earlier Webley Mk. ![]()
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