Handguns they should make, but don't

[subsonic]

We already have the thread for stuff they should still make. This one is for stuff they've never made but should make.

BFRs with 5.5" barrels with a banded steel front sight to support the ejector rod housing
BFRs with Bisley grip frames
BFRs with the new JT frames in 5 shot .45 colt.

5 shot Ruger Bisleys in .480
5 shot Ruger Bisleys in .45 colt

J- frames with 1 7/8" barrels with drift adjustable front tritium sights and the back of the frame shaped to form a decent rear sight.

A 6 shot scandium k-frame in .357 with a titanium cylinder, round butt j- frame grip profile, and sights as above - with no stupid lock.

A 5 shooter 10mm snubbie on a k- frame.

[subsonic]

A 5 shot .327 federal somewhere between a naa mini and a j- frame.

[MT Gianni]

7 shot K frame for 327 federal with 6" bbls

[ReloaderFred]

The Springfield XD in 10mm........

The Springfield XD in 9x23 Winchester......

Fred

[Guesser]

Ruger GP100 in 5 shot variations chambered for 41 Magnum and 44 Special.

[Heavy lead]

The SuperRedhawk stretch frame .357 Maximum.

[williamwaco]

J- frames with 1 7/8" barrels with drift adjustable front tritium sights and the back of the frame shaped to form a decent rear sight.

Check this out:

I don't know the model number but they used to make this model with completely adjustable sights. Exactly like the sights on the M-19.

I have owned three of these over the years. They are very nice.

Two of them were factory and one had been modified by adding the J frame adjustable rear sight. This one was a three inch bull barrel and was really nice. The extra barrel reduced the perceived recoil about 50%.

The j frame rear sight can be seen on the S&W web site by searching for .22 Kit Gun.

[doghawg]

We already have the thread for stuff they should still make. This one is for stuff they've never made but should make.

BFRs with 5.5" barrels with a banded steel front sight to support the ejector rod housing
BFRs with Bisley grip frames
BFRs with the new JT frames in 5 shot .45 colt.

5 shot Ruger Bisleys in .480
5 shot Ruger Bisleys in .45 colt

I agree!

[subsonic]

I have seen those. Adj sight j-frames.

They also make the 642 powerport with a drift front sight and slightly longer (2 1/8?) Barrel.

Neither fills my niche. Needs to be short enough to not show in a pocket like a 1 7/8" and be light like an airweight or airlite so it doesnt give me urban pants syndrome.

[GabbyM]

I’ll generalize and vote for some nice sporting 32 caliber revolvers.
A pocket full of 88 grain 32’s has more rounds in it than a pocket full of 38’s.
Here in Illinois all we need is enough gun to kill a wild dog or coyote. Been dreaming about a K-38 for a couple years but would rather have one in 32 S&W Long. I realize that won’t happen.

[Oyeboten]

By the late 1920s, COLT and S & W should have offered their mid frame Revolvers chambering .38 Super using full Moon Clips.

Around that time also, if not earlier, Colt shold have made a 3/4 or 4/5ths size Model O chambering the 9 mm P-'08 Cartridge ( which they almost did, but, for whatever reason, did not...)

Colt should have also made a variaiton of the Model O which was like the '03 Hammerless .32, but of course, larger, for the .45 ACP Cartridge...and, for the .38 Super Cartridge.


Those are a few which come to my mind, anyway, and, they all ought to have been offered long long ago...

[Nueces]

I like the 32s, too. Let's have a remake of the Smith M-53 (22 Magnum), but in 327. Tapered magnum barrel, rebounding firing pin, twist fast enough for 140s.

And a Colt Diamondback in 32 H&R (I'm workin' on this one).

Dayum!

Mark

[NoZombies]

I'd like to see the K-32 in Stainless steel.

[GabbyM]

By the late 1920s, COLT and S & W should have offered their mid frame Revolvers chambering .38 Super using full Moon Clips.

Around that time also, if not earlier, Colt shold have made a 3/4 or 4/5ths size Model O chambering the 9 mm P-'08 Cartridge ( which they almost did, but, for whatever reason, did not...)

Colt should have also made a variaiton of the Model O which was like the '03 Hammerless .32, but of course, larger, for the .45 ACP Cartridge...and, for the .38 Super Cartridge.


Those are a few which come to my mind, anyway, and, they all ought to have been offered long long ago...

You have a point there.
I've about five thousand 9mm loaded rounds here. A revolver with a chamber that would actually shoot 9mm would be nice. Convertibles don't work.

[GabbyM]

I'd like to see the K-32 in Stainless steel.

This is where I feel sympathy for the manufactures.
I’ve a couple of stainless steel guns. That’s all I want. Give me blue.
So what’s a manufacturer to do? Can’t make us both happy.

[NoZombies]

Yup, I understand. I like blued guns a lot, but for a gun that I envision taking to the field with regularly, I like the idea of SS for it's ease of care and maintenance.

[bowfishn]

A 44 mag Ruger Super Redhawk made out of the same alloy stainless they make the 454 SRH out of. Both have the same retail price, why not the same alloy?

[polara426sh]

I'd like to see the GP-100 and SP-101 chambered for 41 Special. A Bisley in 480 would be nice also.

[lbaize3]

How about an S&W X-frame with an 8 inch barrel and a 357 Maximum necked down to a 25 caliber?

[kbstenberg]

I would be the first in line to order a 5 shot Ruger 44spcl GP