Rifle caliber revolver?

[KracknCorn]

Since there's the taurus judge that shoots .410 shotgun shells. I got to thinking, why aren't there any rifle caliber revolvers. They have the S&W 500 that shoots a powerful round, so I don't think a 5.56 would be that much worse. I just think it would be neat to shoot 5.56 out of a revolver.

[JeffM]

Taurus had a Raging Bull revolver in .223

Freedom Arms (now Magnum Research?) had/has their BFR single action revolvers in 45/70 and IIRC .444 Marlin.

[FullMetalJacket]

Supposedly, the S&W X-Frame is capable of handling .223 Remington.

I would be very excited if that came down the pike...

[ojisan]

In general, bottle neck shaped rifle style cartridges, when fired in a revolver, push back hard against the breech face first and then expand. If the empty case does not contract enough after firing, the case head gets wedged solid against the breech face. The cylinder won't turn, the trigger can't be pulled again.
Both auto pistols and revolvers generally have straight sided cases, when these expand, they grip the cylinder / chamber walls and help keep everything inside, then they uniformly contract for easy ejection.
This is also why steel cased ammo may not function right in some guns as the rate of the steel vs brass expansion and contraction is different.
Most rifle cartridge handguns, except for single shots, do not seem to work well.
That's why you see them generally in .22 or .223 family calibers so that the case set-back on firing is not so severe when pushing the light weight bullets.
YMMV.

[dfletcher]

Pretty sure the BFR can be had in 22 Hornet and 30.30 WCF, in addition to the usual 45/70 and 450 Marlin.

You can also get the out of production Smith 53 in CA, shoots the 22 Jet and it's a C & R, exempt from the CA roster restrictions.

But bottlenecks do have a bad rep in handguns. Everything has to be squeeky clean.

[CapnHawk]

I have a Ruger Blackhawk in .30 Carbine.

[DedEye]

Wasn't there a revolver like that in Beverly Hills Cop 2?

[jumbopanda]

Since there's the taurus judge that shoots .410 shotgun shells. I got to thinking, why aren't there any rifle caliber revolvers. They have the S&W 500 that shoots a powerful round, so I don't think a 5.56 would be that much worse. I just think it would be neat to shoot 5.56 out of a revolver.

.500SW is MUCH more powerful than .223.

Look into Magnum Research's BFRs, they are available in many calibers.

[draconianruler]

Yup, my dad has the BFR in 45-70 and loves it. Gets alot of attention at the range

[buffybuster]

I have a Ruger Blackhawk in .30 Carbine.

Those things are LOUD.

Regarding .223Rem in a revolver or something like that, my opinion is that you lose so much velocity from a vented revolver barrel that it takes most of the utility out of it and there usually is considerable muzzleflash and it's very loud to boot.

[rayra]

There's plenty of rifle caliber handguns.

.44
.45 Colt
.357
.32-20

[TheBundo]

And plenty of handgun caliber riflies

[Bill Walton]

Since there's the taurus judge that shoots .410 shotgun shells. I got to thinking, why aren't there any rifle caliber revolvers. They have the S&W 500 that shoots a powerful round, so I don't think a 5.56 would be that much worse. I just think it would be neat to shoot 5.56 out of a revolver.

I have never seen a revolver that shoots rifle calibers, but I've seen pistols that are single-shot and you break the barrel open to load them.

[tombinghamthegreat]

Did you ever consider the AR/AK style pistol builds?

edit i realize they are not revolvers....

[KracknCorn]

Did you ever consider the AR/AK style pistol builds?

edit i realize they are not revolvers....

hehhe yah, I already have a ak-pistol. It's super fun to shoot. The revolver would be more novel than anything.