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Taurus Raging Bull in 223

cmorris48
Has anyone seen a Raging Bull in 223 ? I think I remember seeing it offered in the New Products for 2008. I have not seen one offered for sale yet.
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  • fordsix
    a revolver chambered in a hi pressure bottle neck round is going to have problems..IMO[?]
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  • Don McManus
    quote:Originally posted by fordsix
    a revolver chambered in a hi pressure bottle neck round is going to have problems..IMO[?]
    I understand the point, but do not see why the cylinder could not be machined appropriately. The cylinder contains the chambers, just machine it like a .223 chamber?
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  • Emmett Dunham
    This pistol was chambered for .22 hornet! How about the legal aspects of chambering in .223.


    Emmett
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  • Sig220_Ruger77
    It was talked about, but I am not sure that they ever made it. They must have figured the extra's involved in making it function 100% properly wasn't worth it.

    quote: This pistol was chambered for .22 hornet! How about the legal aspects of chambering in .223.


    Emmett

    What do you mean by that?

    Jon
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  • ruger41
    quote:Originally posted by Emmett Dunham
    This pistol was chambered for .22 hornet! How about the legal aspects of chambering in .223.


    Emmett


    as long as the revolver was manufactured as a revolver to begin with and not a rifle cut down to handgun size after the fact there should be no issue whatsoever. The caliber has nothing to do with it being a handgun or rifle--there are tons of revolvers that interchange calibers with carbines--and there is the T/C that is chambered in all kinds of rifle calibers.
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  • Mobuck
    The bottleneck high pressure revolver cartridge has not been successful in it's past attempts. Considering the 223 cartridge's dimensions, I doubt it would function except as a single shot and even then the fired cartridge case might wedge so tightly against the recoil shield as to prevent opening the cylinder as a single shot.
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  • Don McManus
    quote:Originally posted by Mobuck
    The bottleneck high pressure revolver cartridge has not been successful in it's past attempts. Considering the 223 cartridge's dimensions, I doubt it would function except as a single shot and even then the fired cartridge case might wedge so tightly against the recoil shield as to prevent opening the cylinder as a single shot.
    Makes sense. Is the problem cause perhaps more by the taper in the case than by the bottle nose?
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  • tsr1965
    quote:Originally posted by Don McManus
    quote:Originally posted by fordsix
    a revolver chambered in a hi pressure bottle neck round is going to have problems..IMO[?]
    I understand the point, but do not see why the cylinder could not be machined appropriately. The cylinder contains the chambers, just machine it like a .223 chamber?


    It is an age old problem with bottle necked rounds in a revolver...I should qualify that by saying a severe bottle neck..like the 22 Jet, 218 Bee, and a couple others. If there is any oil on the cartridges or in the chambersd, the casing experiences severe set back during firing. It fireforms a new shoulder when doing so, and binds the cylinder from turning...rendering the revolver into a single shot. Part of the reason Ruger made the Hawkeye pistol for the 256 Winchester Magnum. No amount of engineering/machining will be able to correct this problem IMHO.

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