7.62x25 K Frame

[OLDSTER]

Now THAT would be an interesting cartridge for a revolver. My Tokarev is one of my favorite range pistols; a "BLAST" to shoot.

 

[WR Moore]

I have to wonder why S&W was seemingly unaware of the problems associated with a revolver chambered in .22 Jet before it went on the market. Didn't they prototype the idea first?

Prototype testing and real world use are two entirely different things. It's one of the reasons the military does troop trials with various widgets to iron out all/most of the bugs and discover possible new ones. Many of the manufacturers also swear some outside folks to secrecy and have them shoot prototypes or limited production examples. My employer got early examples of the M&P40 for T&E and the full production guns had minor changes from our early examples.

Back when the Jet was developed, sporting concepts probably got much less real world testing than stuff does now. Hondo44's post pretty much captured the probable reality.

I'm not sure the Boeing situation is anywhere near close to a comparison. You're looking a numerous interactive electronic gizmos, the associated software/hardware plus the human interface and the level of training of said human. In addition, there's a former maintenance person from the Ethiopian airline suggesting-with some proof-that a lot of maintenance issues were buried by the airline. [what's the computer equivalent of "pencil whipped"?]

 

[BigBill]

Reason? If you have a stash of surplus 7.62x25 tok ammo tucked away.

I hate moon clips,

A super sized cz83 in 7.62 x25?

 

[M E Morrison]

Reason? If you have a stash of surplus 7.62x25 tok ammo tucked away.

I hate moon clips,

A super sized cz83 in 7.62 x25?

why not just get a CZ-52?

 

[keithhagan]

I absolutely love projects and I've always been/always will be in favor of folks doing anything they wish to do with their own guns regardless of what other folks think when it comes to *GASP* "altering something original."

With that said:

This is going to be a losing proposition/money pit if the plan includes taking a 547 and altering it, simply because of the (ridiculous) market for the 547.

Sure, if you found a blown or otherwise wrecked/modified 547, but altering a fully functional one would be akin to taking a classic original muscle car in high condition and making a dune buggy out of it. You could do it, but it would be like igniting stacks of currency.

Could you take a random K-38 and attempt to replicate the frame feature of the 547 securing pin?

I agree with you that that solution would be an expensive one, hence the parenthetical. However, the list would be lacking without its inclusion. Regarding currency, this entire forum is one big bonfire.

Using the new style, firing-pin-on-frame K frames, it might be possible to replicate the securing pin of the 547. I wonder which part of the 547 technology was more important--the the securing pin on the frame or the retention springs in each of the chambers. The former could be possible, the latter, even more impractical money-wise.

 

[chuck17]

Cool idea. I had a CZ-52 that was smoking hot and threw the brass 35 feet.

 

[BigBill]

why not just get a CZ-52?

I have a cz52 it’s ugly. I wish it was more like the cz50 & cz70 looks. I have the torkevs

 

[bk42261]

"Securing Pin"?

Please reduce my ignorance- I'm not familiar with this term , and am wondering it's function?