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9mm Revolvers - American Handgunner

As I was packing up three 9mm revolvers to head down to my shooting range, a visiting friend asked, “Why would anyone want a revolver in 9mm?” I replied, “Well, because ...” And then I stopped because I couldn’t think of a reason why anyone would want a 9mm revolver either.
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Might be fun to have one of these it would be nice match up for my 9mm autos no caliber change
 
Never could understand the attraction of semi-auto cartridges in a revolver. You gotta use moon clips and most small semi-autos hold more rounds. it just seems to be more trouble than its worth. :rolleyes:

The only exception is the S&W 25-2 revolver in .45acp. However, these were made to be target guns using target ammo. The big S&W absolutely excels in this roll. ;)
 
I am thinking that a 9mm pistol has found a permanent place in my arsenal. Weather or not it is the P365xl might still be debatable, there will be at least one however. A companion revolver will not be far behind.
 
Mr.W. said:
I wouldn't attempt that, even on a triple dog dare.
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It was a not unknown mod before 9mm revolvers became a bit more common to take a .38 and mill the cylinder for moon clips, and DIY a 9mm revolver.

The only problem is you can get a ring of crud in the cylinder that will prevent loading of longer cartridges (.38, .357) without thorough cleaning…but this can also happen when you run .38’s in a .357.

I’ve done it twice with a buddy’s 627; he showed me the trick.
 
HansGruber said:
It was a not unknown mod before 9mm revolvers became a bit more common to take a .38 and mill the cylinder for moon clips, and DIY a 9mm revolver.

The only problem is you can get a ring of crud in the cylinder that will prevent loading of longer cartridges (.38, .357) without thorough cleaning…but this can also happen when you run .38’s in a .357.

I’ve done it twice with a buddy’s 627; he showed me the trick.
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Thanks for that info I didn’t know that
 
Hi,

9mm revolvers are just fun, not really practical. A friend has a couple and he was kind enough to let me shoot them with his special target loads. You should see him perform a reload with moon clips. He was really fast. Watch Lee reload on this first drill. Pay no attention to the old noob running around missing targets. ;)



Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
Way back in the 80's, the days of a lot of silhouette competitions for me, a few of us were forever trying new things for more accuracy. One of the things some of us tried was lightweight 9mm projectiles loaded into 38spl and even .357mag cases with lots of powder, case fillers, etc. Most of us at the time were shooting Thompson Center Contenders at the time so we usually had a reasonably tight chamber and bore. There was a little success but not enough improvement to make it all worth while. If I remember correctly, the smaller dia bullet (.355-6) in the larger dia barrels seemed to be the blame for no more improvement than we typically saw. My personal belief based on my experimenting was that even with the much increased velocities, the smaller projectile and higher than normal velocities led to bulled stripping. I remember we always had a lot of fouling after a match.

We were all trying to find that magic bullet, but really never did. In the final analysis, the smaller dia, lighter bullet even with the 'sometimes' much higher velocity just didn't produce the results we were looking for. We often got hits, but not with enough mass to topple the steel silhouette. The downfall of the lighter bullet was the loss of momentum hitting those steel silhouettes. Just not enough mass in those little lightweight bullets.
 
Re .9mm/.38/.357, Ive been using the same (brass) brushes for cleaning for 9mm and .38/.357 for decades. That implies a certain similarity in caliber...Never shot 9 in a .38/.357...don't plan to do so, but you get my drift. Hell, maybe brushes for 9mm are labeled for all 3 "calibers"....maybe even more for all I pay attention....
 
Jfal said:
Re .9mm/.38/.357, Ive been using the same (brass) brushes for cleaning for 9mm and .38/.357 for decades. That implies a certain similarity in caliber...Never shot 9 in a .38/.357...don't plan to do so, but you get my drift. Hell, maybe brushes for 9mm are labeled for all 3 "calibers"....maybe even more for all I pay attention....
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Well, consider the bullet dia of the 9mm is typically .355" and the .357mag is typically ... well .357". So generally we're speaking of only a 2-3 thousandths of an inch difference. Now there might be a slight difference in some of them depending upon the bullet manufacturer, but that's generally what we're dealing with.
 
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