9 mm revolver?

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Who makes a revolver in 9mm? Only one that I found was a Ruger Convertable single action. Looking for something for target shooting mainly, would like to keep the cost below $700 Canadian .
I found many revolvers, all available in .22 rim, 38's, 45,44 mag, 50 etc, but can't seem to find much in the way of the 9mm.
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Revolvers in rimless cartridges are not especially common, save possibly for those in .45 ACP. The Smith & Wesson 547 immediately comes to mind as a 9mm revolver and I believe Ruger had one too, though sadly the Smith was only ever available as a 3" or 4". I know one CGNer here is hoarding several of them and I am quite envious.

Keep looking, they're out there.
 
I think S&W continues to make their .40/10mm revolver as well.

I think Ruger at one point sold .357 Blackhawks that could be converted to 9mm with a cylinder change
 
S&W made a 9mm revolver some years ago. A model 547 It didn't even require the use of moon clips because it used little spring fingers to push the casings out.

Taurus makes a couple of current ones but they are prohib barrel lengths so you won't be seeing them in Canada.

Other than the single action convertable there just isn't any you can get up here new. If there was I'd be all over it. And those S&W 547's show up rarely. In fact I only saw one show up on the EE in my three years of shooting. And it was gone almost immediately.

So if you want a wheel gun just jump on the .38Spl/.357Mag bandwagon.
 
Curious as to why you would want a 9mm revolver. I could see if you did not want to reload for another caliber but a 9mm revolver will be hard to come by. If it is just for target shooting then maybe a 38/357 would be an alternative. Similar performance between 38 spec and 9mm but granted would not be "cool" like a 9mm revolver.
 
My 547 is a "rescue" pistol from the estate of a deceased target shooter who decided to have the cylinder reamed out to 9x23 and instead ended up being a 9x21.
In doing so all collector value disappeared but the revolver is one of my most accurate and best shooting handguns...
 
sureshot66 said:
Curious as to why you would want a 9mm revolver. I could see if you did not want to reload for another caliber but a 9mm revolver will be hard to come by. If it is just for target shooting then maybe a 38/357 would be an alternative. Similar performance between 38 spec and 9mm but granted would not be "cool" like a 9mm revolver.
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One reason that I can see, is that you're not chasing brass.
 
"dan belisle" gave you the rundown on the makers. Unfortunately, as he also wrote, those 9mm revolvers are all pretty much in "prohibited" status. I found a S&W 547 here a couple of years ago and paid to have a "restricted" barrel mounted. My collecting interest is in handgun design, and I like this gun a lot. As a combat arm I doubt it's any better than a .38 Spl. revolver.
 
sureshot66 said:
Curious as to why you would want a 9mm revolver. I could see if you did not want to reload for another caliber but a 9mm revolver will be hard to come by. If it is just for target shooting then maybe a 38/357 would be an alternative. Similar performance between 38 spec and 9mm but granted would not be "cool" like a 9mm revolver.
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As to why I am looking for a 9 mm revolver? Cost of 9 mm amo primarily, as I also have a Ruger SR9 in 9 mm and buy amo in bulk, so to me it made more sense to stick to that caliber. I'm a newbie when it comes to hand guns, and really wanted to know what was available! Not knowing that 9 mm revolvers are that rare. Interesting that there is so many choices in auto fire pistols. :confused:

In light of this, I may consider a 38 or 357 , other than cost differences between the two calibers, which one would be better and why? I realize that I'm likely opening up a can of worms here lol, as opinions can be pretty personal. But hey, Im curious and would like your guys ,and gals, opinions as to why you prefer one over the other, or are they essentially the same?
 
I guess the only option in a 9 mm is the Ruger Blackhawk Converible, comes with two cylinders, one for 9 mm and one for 38 sp and 357. Has anyone had any experience with one of these guns? Price range is around $7-800 I believe. May be an option?
 
ezglider said:
I guess the only option in a 9 mm is the Ruger Blackhawk Converible, comes with two cylinders, one for 9 mm and one for 38 sp and 357. Has anyone had any experience with one of these guns? Price range is around $7-800 I believe. May be an option?
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Accuracy in 9mm would be pretty bad.
9mm is 0.355" while 357 is well, 0.357"

The difference seems small yet when I loaded 9mm bullets in 357 brass groups went from 2" to 10" at 15m.

But if you load .358" cast bullets in 9mm brass, things might work out just fine.
 
I have a Convertable on order from Ruger. Has been on order for over 2 months now. Could be a while hard to say. I have read all sorts of stories about 9mm being poor accuracy mostly from people that do not own the hand gun. As far as I can tell the Ruger Convertable is about the best option to be able to shoot .38/.357 and 9MM out there. The single action makes sense as the 9mm is rimless and wouldn't eject out of the DA revolver the normal way. If I ever get it I'll try to do a reasonable range report. I am a terrible shot though! I like revolvers, they are accurate for me, I can't shoot an s-auto worth a hill of beans!

JimmieA.
 
The french company Manurhin makes a 9mm revolver. The French anti-terrorist unit GIGN used them for a while. I have seen a target model of this revolver for sale at a gun show many years ago, so there are some out there.
 
legi0n said:
Accuracy in 9mm would be pretty bad.
9mm is 0.355" while 357 is well, 0.357"

The difference seems small yet when I loaded 9mm bullets in 357 brass groups went from 2" to 10" at 15m.

But if you load .358" cast bullets in 9mm brass, things might work out just fine.
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There is actually 2 cylinders included, one for 9 mm only and the other for 38/357, but the barrel would be the same for all three rounds. I did read some reviews on the interweb, many people liked the gun and found little issues putting 9 mm through the barrel. These seem to be older reviews, don't know if Ruger has made any changes on these guns since..
 
JimmieA. said:
I have a Convertable on order from Ruger. Has been on order for over 2 months now. Could be a while hard to say. I have read all sorts of stories about 9mm being poor accuracy mostly from people that do not own the hand gun. As far as I can tell the Ruger Convertable is about the best option to be able to shoot .38/.357 and 9MM out there. The single action makes sense as the 9mm is rimless and wouldn't eject out of the DA revolver the normal way. If I ever get it I'll try to do a reasonable range report. I am a terrible shot though! I like revolvers, they are accurate for me, I can't shoot an s-auto worth a hill of beans!

JimmieA.
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Hey Jimmie, when are u expecting delivery? I would be very interested in your review / opinion of the convertible.. Keep us all posted on this if you can, it would be very much appreciated.
 
I tried the ruger convertible at the range once. It seemed accurate enough at 25 yards. I am however not a fan of single action revolvers, I find the grips are really awkward for me to hold
 
ezglider said:
Hey Jimmie, when are u expecting delivery? I would be very interested in your review / opinion of the convertible.. Keep us all posted on this if you can, it would be very much appreciated.
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I guess it gets here when it gets here. Ruger is knd of like that a bit I guess. The dealer I'm using for this deal is a S/A revolver specialist called Doc. Roland Guns of the Old West. I'm guessing he a bit on the older side of life, seems to get a little confused about e-mail and customers sometimes. I am in no rush for the gun but perfer to shoot revolvers in the snow to save loosing brass! I took out my 9mm BHP and my GP100 couple days ago. I have shot over 500 rounds through the Browning and maybe 4/8 hit the target at about 13 yards. I took out the .38/.357 that I have shot less than 3 boxes of rounds through and I was beating the centre of the target out and it was raining pretty hard at that point. I can't seem to shoot the D/A revolver in D/A but it is great in S/A. I love my 1911 in .45 but I am not too impressed with the BHP. The BHP is a little lighter and the 9MM must be a little hotter than the .45. I can't wait to try the revolver in 9MM to see if I can shoot the .38 as well as I can shoot the 9MM. I lived in McMurray for about 12 years, worked at Suncor untill "see you at the gate in 08".

JimmieA.
 
Get a 357 revolver and that way you can shoot the shorter 38's out of it and still have the option of shooting full house 357(lots of fun). Save the 9mm stuff for the auto's-nice to have something different in the safe sometimes.
 
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