Trigger Mike Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Did Ruger ever make the 30 carbine pistol with a shorter barrel than 7.5 inches?
Reuben McCoy Rankin # 34239 Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Don't know the answer to your question, but, a long time ago when I was young and dumb, I had one. Paid to have a 18 inch barrel installed. then the dumb part. I thought I needed money so I sold it.
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 TM, to my knowledge...NO. I once owned one, along with a shooting pard, and all we ever found were the 7.5". ..........Widder
Noz Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 They also should have come with stock certificates in a hearing aid factory. The loudest pistol I have ever been around.
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 They also should have come with stock certificates in a hearing aid factory. The loudest pistol I have ever been around. Have you ever been around a S & W .500 with the muzzle break? It's somunthin to hear!!!
Cypress Sun Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 No, none shorter or longer than 7.5. Great shooting pistol......so long as you're behind it.
Trigger Mike Posted March 15, 2015 Author Posted March 15, 2015 sadly I owned one once and stupidly sold it as I too thought I needed the money. Now I miss it and it is expensive now and thought it would be a good pistol to hand down to my son who I will already hand down a 30 carbine from ww2 that he hunts with.
Chantry Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 I have one, it sure gets everyone's attention at the indoor plate matches on Single Action revolver night. Knocks the plates down pretty good too. Sadly they won't let me shoot cap & ball at the indoor matches or else I'd shoot the Walker
guitar_slinger Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 i have one in the safe (not for sale). nice revolver. i have seen them with shorter barrels but all were cut off and recrowned. Mine is a good shooter. Loud but a good shooter. Good companion to the Carbine. Jeff
Aunt Jen Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 I have a 556, so I watched this http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mRurt_elAeA The 30 seems to blow the jug a lot better. But the AR is fun.
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 They also should have come with stock certificates in a hearing aid factory. The loudest pistol I have ever been around. Knew a GySgt at the Marine Barracks at Seal Beach who had one cut back to 5.5" and ported. I though the original 7" was loud but his was intolerable.
Tom Bullweed Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 I had one back in the mid 1980s. Loud was not the word. Also, most mil surplus loass were very flashy at the muzzle. I bought a gun that was actually louder: a Colt New Service .4 lined to .30 Carbine. It was modified by a sea fisherman that shot sharks in the head once got on the boat. He said that the .45 ammo was too expensive. It made me wonder how many sharks one would have to shoot to justify the modification. I sold both when I decided that the carridge/gun combo had little field application.
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 I have one, a 3 screw unconverted with the original box and grips and a set of sambar stag grips. It is a lot of fun, but it is still just a gun. (meaning it is always for sale at the right price.)
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 I had one back in the mid 1980s. Loud was not the word. Also, most mil surplus loass were very flashy at the muzzle. I bought a gun that was actually louder: a Colt New Service .4 lined to .30 Carbine. It was modified by a sea fisherman that shot sharks in the head once got on the boat. He said that the .45 ammo was too expensive. It made me wonder how many sharks one would have to shoot to justify the modification. I sold both when I decided that the carridge/gun combo had little field application. I hope he carried a big box of corks..... LL
Lost Trail Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 I have a Ruger BH .30 Carbine with 7" barrel. I have seen several others but all had 7" barrel. This was dad's and it is LOUD.
Cypress Sun Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 A good companion gun to the Ruger .30 carbine blackhawk is the AMT Automag III. Semi auto, holds 8 + 1 and shoots real well. Somewhat of a rare gun now a days. Not too much recoil, damn accurate, not too bad stand behind and shoot........standing off to the side is another story.
Alpo Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 A good companion gun to the Ruger .30 carbine blackhawk is the AMT Automag III. Semi auto, holds 8 + 1 and shoots real well. Somewhat of a rare gun now a days. Not too much recoil, damn accurate, not too bad stand behind and shoot........standing off to the side is another story. Maybe that's it. I keep hearing about how LOUD one is. Mine is louder than a 22, but nowhere near as load as my 2 1/2" 19 with full-house 357s in it. Maybe because it's at the end of my arm, instead of off to the side. Either that or the plugs/muff combo works great. Or I'm deafer than I thought I was.
Cypress Sun Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Maybe that's it. I keep hearing about how LOUD one is. Mine is louder than a 22, but nowhere near as load as my 2 1/2" 19 with full-house 357s in it. Maybe because it's at the end of my arm, instead of off to the side. Either that or the plugs/muff combo works great. Or I'm deafer than I thought I was. Let a friend shoot it and stand on one side or the other........30 carbine or .357.. don't matter much. The .30 will have a longer flame and greater concussion (IMO) than the .357 but not by much. FWITW, my .30 has chased away more "side" standers than the .357 by probably 4 to 1. Curiously, I don't like the .44 mag or the like because of recoil......don't see any of that out of the .30. Then again.....it ain't a .357 or a .44.
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