One more general comment:
We are in the last stages of an economic cycle where almost every industry is "getting in the other guy's sandbox" to try to gen up slowing sales. The arms makers are not exempt. Stoeger making a nice 9mm comes to mind, and they actually did it really right for small $. Rifle guys making shotguns. Shotgun guys making rifles and pistols. Reinventing the revolver, that mostly needs to stay that fun thing we shoot at the range, because it is a K38, Model 19, 29, 442, 642, 66 and was exquisitely made. Henry making levers and now revolvers. The list is nearly endless.
I am not knocking any of them, have bought many of the above, still have ?????? of them.
For me either inventing a new cartridge or "bringing back" an old one are just stabs at more revenue on a platform that most often is less attractive than ones that exist. There is initial cost of development that needs paying for, tooling of cartridge manufacture almost universally = (Duhhhhh) Higher Price, higher marging, the objective of the manufacturer.
I had a 32 HR magnum Taurus revolver and could not find any ammo. If you read them, the ballistics were dismal. And, ask what Massad Ayoub thinks of small fast bullets vs big round ones in stopping anyone. 32 HR Mag was created because not much needed to change on a revolver to make it.
I had to give away a $400 purchase for $170 locally.
YMMV!
Best regards,
shovel99
I agree completely, YH. I only buy to shoot and to shoot I need ammo, and I am not going to pay $1.25 per round for the new invention to justify the new gun. That limits my interest to what is available on the shelves.
We are in the last stages of an economic cycle where almost every industry is "getting in the other guy's sandbox" to try to gen up slowing sales. The arms makers are not exempt. Stoeger making a nice 9mm comes to mind, and they actually did it really right for small $. Rifle guys making shotguns. Shotgun guys making rifles and pistols. Reinventing the revolver, that mostly needs to stay that fun thing we shoot at the range, because it is a K38, Model 19, 29, 442, 642, 66 and was exquisitely made. Henry making levers and now revolvers. The list is nearly endless.
I am not knocking any of them, have bought many of the above, still have ?????? of them.
For me either inventing a new cartridge or "bringing back" an old one are just stabs at more revenue on a platform that most often is less attractive than ones that exist. There is initial cost of development that needs paying for, tooling of cartridge manufacture almost universally = (Duhhhhh) Higher Price, higher marging, the objective of the manufacturer.
I had a 32 HR magnum Taurus revolver and could not find any ammo. If you read them, the ballistics were dismal. And, ask what Massad Ayoub thinks of small fast bullets vs big round ones in stopping anyone. 32 HR Mag was created because not much needed to change on a revolver to make it.
I had to give away a $400 purchase for $170 locally.
YMMV!
Best regards,
shovel99
