N frame .22...

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Ok, if you can fit 10 rounds of .22 in a K frame, how many do you think we could stuff in an N frame? I think that would be something that I would buy if they came out with it....
 
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I would like to see a 4 inch and 5 inch fixed sight k frame as well. A 5 1/2 inch K frame model 1917 with 10 -12 rounds would be pretty slick as well.
 
.22 mag. their are never enough .22 mags. best varmint caliber ever.
 
.22 Long Rifle on the X-frame ... lol!
Let's see ... open a box of .22s ... load the entire box in the 50-round cylinder ... lol

Actually, the above would be a good, fun project for a master gunsmith. Line the barrel of a .500 S&W to .22. Make a new cylinder. Rework the innards.
It would be a labor of love, but can you imagine the faces at the gun club if you showed up with that?
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They could even bore the barrels with two over-under tubes, and have the chambers in concentric rings, for more firepower!

(Yes, there are already Belgian guns like this.)
 
Originally posted by 76406:
They could even bore the barrels with two over-under tubes, and have the chambers in concentric rings, for more firepower!

(Yes, there are already Belgian guns like this.)

If it fired two rounds with every trigger pull, would it not be a machine gun, legally speaking? Otherwise it could have a firing pin that moved up and down like an O/U shotgun.
 
I second the .22mag option.
Bring them back,
Conversions as well .22mag to .22lr options.
Maybe we could use a bit faster powder loaded into those .22mag rounds as well, possibly reduce the muzzle velocity loss from a shorter barrel as opposed to the rifle standard?
 
I'm thinking an N-frame .22 LR , with that long cylinder , would have too much 'cylinder jump' or freebore. Too much bullet travel from the time the bullet leaves the case till it engages the rifling will degrade accuracy.

It's always been a controversial topic when firing .38 Specials in .357 mag cylinders and that's only 1/10th of an inch diff. A .22 LR in an N-frame cylinder would have what , 3/4in of jump?
 
1917 .22

Funny--I was just thinking about an N-frame .22. I'd buy one.

I have a S&W 1917 that was sleeved and converted to .22lr, that I picked up at a gun show. Doesn't shoot worth a flip, but it sure is heavy! The guy also had a Colt 1917 done the same way - I probably should've bought it too, just to keep them together.
 
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