X Frame Carbine

[Smith357]

I wonder if there is a market for such a gun. I would buy one, it seems like it could be a dandy brush gun or guide gun.

 

[mod34]

I love the idea!!

 

[Scrapper]

I would like one of those too.

 

[DCWilson]

The design looks cool, but what happens to the part of your forearm that is below the barrel/cylinder gap when you light one off? Steel sleeves may be advisable given the pressures at which these guns operate. Or maybe you shoot these things with a bipod or a sling loop around a tree. (But watch for flying bark!)

I have always been leery of revolving rifles or long-barrel revolvers with detachable stocks. The consequences of chain fire in percussion revolvers pretty much doomed the design. While I don't expect chain fire in cartridge revolvers, you can't ignore the high-pressure gases in the X-frame models.

 

[A10]

To me, it makes more sense as a rifle than a handgun! I have seen many seldom-shot 460's and 500's in the gun stores in the past six months.

 

[cjw3]

DCW is right about that design; I would not be too keen on picking powder particles, etc. out of my forearm.

The idea is old and has never been popular.