.I don't think they are shipping thousands of these out or anything like that. It's not like three or four of these are going to show up tomorrow at every gun store in the country
they're really not going to sell many now.
does anyone suppose that if more development was put into rimless cartridge guns, that the market would more then offset any costs?
Then their prices will have leveled off and I won't have to dig as deep to buy one
But revolvers have some detractions compared to their semi-automatic cousins. One being size (automatics can be made slimmer) and that pesky cylinder gap, which causes some reduction in ballistics performance over semi-automatics of similar barrel lengths.
If I were going to use a 9mm revolver for CCW it wouldn't be the PITBULL, I'd probably get the Ruger LCR.
That's not CA's fault. They don't just ship them out. Blame your LGS management for not ordering them. My LGS has one in case, and when it sells gets another.BTW - I am still on a waiting list with two local gun shops for the PITBULL in 9mm.
I think it says something about the two companies that I was able to purchase a S&W 929 ten months after they announced it, and I'm still waiting after 2 years for a Charter Arms PITBULL in 9mm.
I've been on those waiting lists since July 2012:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=667702&highlight=Ecker
Wow - blast from the past:
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OMG was that an understatement! No Charter Arms 9mm PITBULLs ever showed up at my local gun stores EVER !
I agree with 460Kodiak. I always figured that the only reason for a 9MM at all was because you had 15+ rounds to spray around. Having six onna moon clip sounds dumb to me when you could have had a real revolver.In answer to the original post, no I don't think it would offset the cost.
I mean no offense to the folks who really like rimless auto cartridge revolvers, but I've never understood the point. Any performance of an auto cartridge in existence can be matched and surpassed with a good magnum revolver and traditional revolver cartridges.
I get that some money can be saved due to ammo cost of different cartridges. 45acp is way cheaper than 45 colt. I know availability is a factor too.
However, neither benefit in my mind is enough of a reason screw around with moon clips or to buy another gun. I'd sooner use the money to buy a 45 acp revolver and invest in a Dillon press and reloading components and start reloading the 1000 once fired 45 colt cases I have sitting around.
That's just me though. So enjoy
In answer to the original post, no I don't think it would offset the cost.
not even if you had no moon cips to bother about, had the extraction and ejection performance of a moon clipped break top revolver?
and used moonclips?