What's the next cartridge to be resurrected?

[spencer60]

This crossed my mind last night when I saw Ruger was following Smith's lead and chambering their LCR snubbie in 32 H&R Magnum.

Over the last few years we've seen 10mm come back from the dead, followed by 5.7, and now some of the older 32 rounds like the H&R Magnum (although that's still a journey in progress).

The all-star here has to be 380, an almost extinct cartridge until the Ruger LCP single-handedly made it popular again back in 2008.

Any thoughts on what the next old round to see a revival will be, or is that well run dry?

 

[ExplicitBoricua]

Would .40 S&W fall into that? I know it gets hate from a lot of folks, and others have no issue with it like me. Crazy thing is I also picked up a 10mm on Friday. 🤷🏽‍♂️

 

[wolfmanrogers]

30-40 Krag
.224 BOZ

 

[Fatal_Bert]

6.8Vess

 

[Bypass]

 

[rbstern]

This crossed my mind last night when I saw Ruger was following Smith's lead and chambering their LCR snubbie in 32 H&R Magnum.

Over the last few years we've seen 10mm come back from the dead, followed by 5.7, and now some of the older 32 rounds like the H&R Magnum (although that's still a journey in progress).

The all-star here has to be 380, an almost extinct cartridge until the Ruger LCP single-handedly made it popular again back in 2008.

Any thoughts on what the next old round to see a revival will be, or is that well run dry?

Regarding the 380 revival: S&W Bodyguard 2.0 is going to build on the 380 momentum and make it very popular. There will be a variety of follow on guns from other makers trying to claim some of the magic.

P.S. Credit for the revitalization should go to Kel Tec P3AT. Ruger LCP was a copy of that gun.

 

[atscott]

It won't happen but I'd love to see .257 Roberts make a comeback. Fantastic cartridge

 

[Horsehat]

.35 Remington is one I thought should not be on the brink of extinction.

 

[spencer60]

Regarding the 380 revival: S&W Bodyguard 2.0 is going to build on the 380 momentum and make it very popular. There will be a variety of follow on guns from other makers trying to claim some of the magic.

P.S. Credit for the revitalization should go to Kel Tec P3AT. Ruger LCP was a copy of that gun.

Technically, yes. The Kel Tec was the OG of that style gun. But it had been around for 5 years before the LCP without driving 380 sales. People probably bought less 380 for those than for PPKs.

When Ruger came out with the LCP you suddenly couldn't find 380 on the shelves. Manufacturers sat up and took notice and started coning out with really good SD loads in it, along with the traditional FMJ that was pretty much all you could find before that.

And with all that new SD ammo came a slew or gun writers saying that 380 was now 'acceptable' for self defense, which drove more gun sales in that caliber, sold more ammo, etc. etc. etc.

 

[yellowhammer]

Comebacks ain`t going to make it as long as they are more expensive or hard to find. I no longer have any interest in buying firearms that use expensive or hard- to- find ammo. I only buy firearms that I plan to shoot. Just me. I LIKE some of the new stuff, but I won`t buy it.