Rossi/Taurus Carbine in 28 ga

[phatman]

Hi Guys,
I didn't know were to put this so I put it here.

The Rossi/Taurus revolver carbine has caught my imagination.

If you replace the barrel with a rifled 55 cal barrel it looks like you might have the start of something.
RMC makes solid brass 23/4 inch cases for 28 gauge and mountain molds can do a bullet mold.
I dont know if the cylinder would need mods or not but that should be easy for a gunsmith.

I'm just guessing here but I think 600 grain bullets at 1500fps is possibe.
It would make one hell of a trail gun in bear country.
5 rounds as fast as you can pull the trigger in a small carbine. Not bad.

Cheers, John

[Ben]

Have you seen the stock design on these guns ?

I can't imagine a 600 gr. bullet at 1,500 fps. You might be better off with the bear....................

[NoZombies]

might also run into DD/class 3 issues

[Mk42gunner]

I think I would try a .530 - .535" Round ball in a shotcup with the smoothbore first. It would be more in line with a 28 ga load than anything that weighed 600 grains.

Plus it would keep things legal.

Robert

[only1asterisk]

With Brenneke slugs being available now, I think this is covered.
http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/product_info.php/pName/5rds-28-gauge-brenneke-2-34-58oz-slug-ammo/cName/28-gauge-slug?osCsid=16eh0p7e736t77hstm6d7r5a66

[KCSO]

Shotshells go 12,000 PSI or so and you are looking at pushing to 40,000????

[Ben]

600 grain bullets at 1500fps


Ummm ? ? I wonder what the pressure would be on that ?

[phatman]

Hello All,
It seems its not that hard to replace the barrel with a rifled .585 barrel and modify the cylinder for 577 2 3/4 inch Light Nitro.
That cartridge is very mellow, only about 20K pressure. Might have to shorten the cases a bit but I'm not sure yet.

It would be a ton of fun at the range.;-)

Cheers, John