maxxhavoc
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The Taurus 905 or 9mm SP101 are both good choices. I own both and enjoy shooting them more than most traditional revolver cartridges.
A cheaper to shoot snub for fun at the range (not for carry)
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Jim Watson
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You could have your favorite .38 converted to 9mm.
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A .22 Magnum will have little recoil but enough blast and flash to feel manly.
I recommend the Ruger LCRx.
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A .22 Magnum will have little recoil but enough blast and flash to feel manly.
I recommend the Ruger LCRx.
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I love .22 WMR in revolvers. However, I've only fired them in Single Sixes (4.6" and 9.5" barrels) and NAA mini revolvers with sub 2" barrels.
What I don't like about the short barrels in .22 mag is the entire fireball is right at the gun. Sure, I can appreciate the beautiful cylinder gap blast of a .22 mag, but I'd like more of the muzzle blast being used in the barrel. Even if it's just a little bit more.
My thoughts about small frame DA revolvers in a rimfire cartridge is the heavier trigger pull due to the gun being sprung for rimfire ammo. Due to that, I'd want a range revolver with DA/SA thumb cocking capability to use when wanted.
Personally, if I were in the market for a "snub nose" .22 mag for range use, I'd stretch that out and get a 3" barreled Ruger LCRx. It's barely larger than a true snubby and has adjustable sights. If one wanted to replicate a small snubby sized grip, the factory grip could be replaced.
I have a 3" barreled .22 LR small frame revolver with adjustable sights and it might as well be a 2 incher due to how small it feels and aims in the hand.
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They are a ton of fun. On occasion I would carry my Keltec PMR as my EDC when I would go to the beach. Lightweight at 19 oz. fully loaded. Thirty rounds of 40gr 22 magnum is nothing to sneeze at. They are lasers and poa at 100yds. I just recently bought another 22 magnum the S&W 22 WRM. And I'm waiting to buy the Walther WMR in 22 magnum also. I would also carry as a bug the NAA 22mag in holster grips. Great little pistols. I own 3 of them.
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i have similarly wrestled with this quest as does chaim. it certainly aint easy and i truly conclude that i will never find the one true holy grail. i gave up on snubbies in both 9mm (charter arms, p.o.c.) and 22wmr (ruger lcr, way too much useless & distracting flashbang out of short barrel). i just suck it up and buy 38sp ammo when i see it at a decent price. i cannot reload in my own situation.
as armored farmer suggested, a ruger single six or super wrangler in 22wmr/lr is a must-have in any handgun collection. rimfire handguns are best served as a single-action revolver or semiauto pistol, and the 5.5” barrel is the sweet spot for a handy 22wmr handgun, i.m.e. i find that shooting my r.s.s. is relaxing, kinda like sipping a smooth single malt, as opposed to blasting away with 9mm jack and coke. and if one is into plinking, outdoorsing, prepping or teaching, a 22wmr/lr single-action revolver covers the bases. my r.s.s., with 100 rounds of each 22wmr/lr, is a decidedly untactical but reasurringly reliable, portable and unassuming tool to bring along in a car trunk or get-home bag.
while getting a 22wmr/lr single-action revolver may not have been chaim’s originally intended answer, sometimes a slight detour yields valuable rewards too.
as armored farmer suggested, a ruger single six or super wrangler in 22wmr/lr is a must-have in any handgun collection. rimfire handguns are best served as a single-action revolver or semiauto pistol, and the 5.5” barrel is the sweet spot for a handy 22wmr handgun, i.m.e. i find that shooting my r.s.s. is relaxing, kinda like sipping a smooth single malt, as opposed to blasting away with 9mm jack and coke. and if one is into plinking, outdoorsing, prepping or teaching, a 22wmr/lr single-action revolver covers the bases. my r.s.s., with 100 rounds of each 22wmr/lr, is a decidedly untactical but reasurringly reliable, portable and unassuming tool to bring along in a car trunk or get-home bag.
while getting a 22wmr/lr single-action revolver may not have been chaim’s originally intended answer, sometimes a slight detour yields valuable rewards too.
For me a .22 Magnum revolver is the way to go in the OP case. A S&W 351PD or the Centennial version (I can't remember the model name) or the Ruger LCR-X or LCR, or, why not, a Charter Arms.
If you want something really different, Taurus makes a nice little DAO .380 revolver with a spurless hammer.
If you want something really different, Taurus makes a nice little DAO .380 revolver with a spurless hammer.
And then there is this 9mm Ruger:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1030181269
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https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1030181269
Sorry if mentioned before...
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i have been intrigued with these taurus 380acp snubbie revolvers because i like 380acp and taurus revolvers. a charter arms 9mm revolver was too much recoil in a poorly made piece. please tell us more about your taurus 380acp revolver hands-on experience. thanks.
Unfortunately I don't have a Taurus 380 and it is currently not imported into my country (Italy).
Over the years I have owned three snub nose revolvers: a Ruger SP101 DAO, S&W 649-1 Bodyguard and a S&W 36-2. I had the opportunity to shoot some lightweight snubs: Colt Cobra, S&W 342, S&W 637, Ruger LCR. Now, considering my experience and especially that experienced by my hand during sessions in which I shot 100 rounds of .357Mag or 100 rounds of .38Spl with one of my revolvers, I can say that I am no longer willing to do so. I love these little revolvers but if I were to buy another one in the future it will be in a caliber that develops less recoil energy, like the .22 Mag, the .32H&R Mag or, indeed, the .380ACP.
P.S.: I also had a 2.5'' S&W 686-6 Plus and shooting 100 rounds of factory .357 Mag in the same session, my hand remained sore for the next two days as well.
Thanks but, only interested in opinions of the Charters.
Corpral_Agarn
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I went with the 905. Here is a comparison with my G26. The 905 has too much recoil to be fun for me. I agree with the Armored Farmer that a Blackhawk convertible would be fun. I got the 905 to shoot 9mm that I reloaded to weak to cycle my Autos.
I am thinking about cutting the hammer spur off to carry in my pocket. The finishing on it seems a little rough but functional. 200 rounds through it so far. The target was shot a little faster than once a second.
Armybrat
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These are kinda fun….
