Wondering why?????
I have been a gun nutt my whole life just like everyone else on this forum and this is the first time I have asked myself why hasnt someone built this yet?
We all have owned or known someone that has owned a 44 mag ruger carbine rifle? Well I was wondering when do you all think that someone or some company will build something on a simular chassie but in 460s&w or 500s&w? Now that would be one hell of a brush rifle or bear stopper right there.I think that there would be enough of a market out there for a rifle like this.5 of those rounds in a semi auto clip feed rifle would be a kick but little rifle.So what do you guys think? Who would a person have to get after to get something like that built. Think that it would be 1 hot selling rifle thats for sure.
We all have owned or known someone that has owned a 44 mag ruger carbine rifle? Well I was wondering when do you all think that someone or some company will build something on a simular chassie but in 460s&w or 500s&w? Now that would be one hell of a brush rifle or bear stopper right there.I think that there would be enough of a market out there for a rifle like this.5 of those rounds in a semi auto clip feed rifle would be a kick but little rifle.So what do you guys think? Who would a person have to get after to get something like that built. Think that it would be 1 hot selling rifle thats for sure.
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Probably, Ruger.
I've shot the .44 Mag rifle and it was okay. My preference leans towards faster, flatter shooting cartridges though, as I grew up out West.
Marlin makes big bore lever actions too. They are now owned either by Remington or the company that owns Remington, Cerberus Financial.0 -
Mudd... there IS someone making a 500 Smith and Wesson lever gun carbine; Big Horn Armory. When last I checked they were marketing their model 89 ( a combination of 1886 and 1892 Winchester designs...thus the number in the middle) as a great woods Elk and Bear gun, which it certainly appears to be! Handles nicely; didn't get to shoot one though. They were working on a 460 at that time but it will be a serious chore because of the higher operating pressures.
If you like that sort of thing, then check out Wild West Guns in Anchorage too. They make the 457 Alaskan. As a 458 Lott will take a 458 Win mag, the 457 will also accept hotted up 45-70 as well and the performance is staggering!
www.wildwestguns.com
www.bighornarmory.com
EDIT#1: Yikes...that was sloppy of me. Sorry for the confusion there. It's not a 500 Smith but you could get an upper in 50 Beowolf that would be a real brush buster!0 -
He said semi-auto. 0 -
Mr. Bogger,
The rifles of the type you speak have been tried before & semi auto's for hunting have never been a run-away success.
I will note Winchester M1907 & M1910 rifles nearly fill your order except they are almost 100 years old. Compared to the car market, semi auto sporting guns generally tend to be Edsil's rather than Mustang's.
"Wondering why?" you ask. A company has to invest BIG BUCKS in tooling, inventory & advertising to put out any new model. The break even point between profit & loss may be somewhere around 10,000 units. The investors need good odds that the model will sell.
Jim0
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