Cal44
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A Blackhawk in 10mm (with an extra 40 s&w cylinder) is now listed on the Lipsey's Web site.
Not on the Ruger site yet.
I want one.
Not on the Ruger site yet.
I want one.
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10mm Ruger Blackhawk
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Lonegle57
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Local store has a couple of Ruger's Redhawk in 10mm.
Buckeye Sports/Ohio used to sell several short run Ruger caliber combinations like that in the 90's. I think they had a 38-40/10mm Blackhawk.
Marketing pie charts must say the 10mm/40cal is the now combination.
Maybe the strength of the GP100 cylinder when bored to 10mm won't meet what Ruger wants for strength.
10mm is way above 44sp in the pressure dept., the 357 chambering is more in line with it (35K+psi) but in 357 the cylinder retains more meat /strength.
..and perhaps again it's nothing more than marketing and profit. The numbers dept tells them they can't make a profit tooling up and selling 10mm versions,,so they don't.
I guess this is why many custom guns are born.
Marketing pie charts must say the 10mm/40cal is the now combination.
Maybe the strength of the GP100 cylinder when bored to 10mm won't meet what Ruger wants for strength.
10mm is way above 44sp in the pressure dept., the 357 chambering is more in line with it (35K+psi) but in 357 the cylinder retains more meat /strength.
..and perhaps again it's nothing more than marketing and profit. The numbers dept tells them they can't make a profit tooling up and selling 10mm versions,,so they don't.
I guess this is why many custom guns are born.
Ruger seems to try new calibers fairly often -- and then if it sells, add more models. If it bombs, cancel it.
They tried 327 Federal when the cartridge first was introduced, but lack of ammo make adoption slow, and the 327 Ruger's were discontinued.
But then Ruger tried again and introduced the single 7 version of the 327 Federal -- and it was successful.
So they added the LCR and the SP-101 version.
Now they are trying the 10mm/40S&W in Redhawks and Blackhawks. If those sell well, then perhaps a GP-100 five shot will be coming at some point.
They tried 327 Federal when the cartridge first was introduced, but lack of ammo make adoption slow, and the 327 Ruger's were discontinued.
But then Ruger tried again and introduced the single 7 version of the 327 Federal -- and it was successful.
So they added the LCR and the SP-101 version.
Now they are trying the 10mm/40S&W in Redhawks and Blackhawks. If those sell well, then perhaps a GP-100 five shot will be coming at some point.
