I sure wish they'd make a [Fill in the Blank]

[DeanMk]

Dixie Gunworks makes an adaptor, so you can fire 22 rounds in some 32 rf applications

.32 Rimfire: Getting a Long Obsolete Round Back into Action

Someday some ammunition maker will realize that there are scores of these old guns in .32 Rimfire out there, without ammunition to shoot out of them.

www.ammoland.com

...alas, no love for the .25 RF ...

...however, here's an interesting video on how to reload .32 rimfire....yes, reload.....

 

[billdeserthills]

After seeing the Dixie adaptor for the 32 rimfire, it looked pretty easy to make one for a 25...

 

[DeanMk]

True.

 

[CountryGent]

Ruger Vaquero in .50Æ. They make in .44 Magnum, so why not? Sounds like hilarious good fun. (I'm presently bidding on a BFR .50Æ, so wish me luck, but it is not as svelte as the aforementioned Ruger offering.)

Looks like Bowen has made something in this vein before.

 

[AK0perator47]

As a young man. I wrote Colt to try and get them to make a double action, Hi-cap 1911 .45, They had no interest at the time.

Here is the letter they sent as a response.

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They even had spell and grammar check in the 90's. With that said I agree that nobody would want plants in firearm designs from Colt!

 

[billdeserthills]

They even had spell and grammar check in the 90's. With that said I agree that nobody would want plants in firearm designs from Colt!

plants

 

[Coachbell]

Twin 50 cal MG w heads up display integrated into a Ford F150 front bumper/windshield...Don't want to kill anyone, just want to be able to take their wheels out from under them....Just kidding...Or maybe, just a roof mounted minigun...Again, just kidding.

 

[AK0perator47]

plants

yep go to @Medic! post on page one and read the letter that Colt sent him!

 

[revjen45]

A small Sportpistole resembling the Baby Nambu in .32ACP, .380, 9.2 Mak, and .25 & .32NAA with modular caliber conversions.
Imagine this beauty with a 6" bbl in .32NAA.

 

[CountryGent]

A small Sportpistole resembling the Baby Nambu in .32ACP, .380, 9.2 Mak, and .25 & .32NAA with modular caliber conversions.
Imagine this beauty with a 6" bbl in .32NAA.
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I can so dig it. Particularly in .32 NAA.

 

[DeanMk]

A small Sportpistole resembling the Baby Nambu in .32ACP, .380, 9.2 Mak, and .25 & .32NAA with modular caliber conversions.
Imagine this beauty with a 6" bbl in .32NAA.

I wonder if you could get Ruger to build it...the frame is reminiscent of the Mk.1, so the basic tooling may already exist.

 

[revjen45]

There may be a Ruger prototype like that, given that he considered the Type B as a basis for his design.
Since we know a lot more about how autoloaders work than Kijiro Nambu did...
The Neue Nambu would be straight blowback.
The removable trigger group could have different modes of operation.

A Type 14 trigger guard would leave room for a long enough trigger stroke for partial compression of the mainspring like a Bubits (Glock, Steyr, Caracal) design, so It could have a modern "safe trigger" type pull in addition to conventional SA in different pull weights. And be usable with gloves.
It would be designed from the ground up for CNC manufacture.
Maybe a new caliber or 2 based on the Makarov case, or a shortened and necked down 9mmP.

The original Type B was meant more as a badge of authority than a serious fighting pistol.
Our Neue Nambu is meant to be a serious trail and sport pistol with punch => .380.
How about a 7mm based on a necked down Mak or 9mmP case? With a 6" bbl it could probably be up there with .22 WMR performance.

 

[DeanMk]

First I've heard of Ruger considering the Nambu as something to base his Mk.1 off of.
I've always heard the gun was based on the Luger, due to its reputation as a natural pointer.

Dean

 

[monkeybutler]

I'd like some better magazine options for Howa mini actions.

 

[CountryGent]

A weird one that has bounced around the old noggin for years is a modern Le Mat:

• Big revolver.
• In something like, say, .41 Magnum or 10㎜.
• Nine shots like the 19th century wheelgun.
• An under slung shotgun barrel in ... hmmm ... 12-gauge Águila mini-shell, or 20-gauge (which the original was in ... ish), or worst-case .410.

Too odd and NFA-regulated, so will never happen. But a man can dream, no?

 

[Flymph]

How about an all steel CZ 75 compact with a decocker... seems you can buy a model d, but it has an alloy frame. Go figure the cuts are different enough you can't simply swap parts.

 

[BigGame]

I want the Barrett Fieldcraft bolt action rifle back. How could something so good and so celebrated simply go away? Crazy.

 

[STONER_63]

I wish they made an M1 Carbine chambered in .357 Mag, because that is all I'd want for Christmas. OK, and maybe a compass mounted in the stock.

 

[STONER_63]

I want the Barrett Fieldcraft bolt action rifle back. How could something so good and so celebrated simply go away? Crazy.

I heard great things about that rifle. Apparently, Barrett production capability was saturated with government contract work. Can't help but wondering if there isn't more to the story.

 

[DeanMk]

I wish they made an M1 Carbine chambered in .357 Mag, because that is all I'd want for Christmas. OK, and maybe a compass mounted in the stock.

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...better yet, .351 Self-Loader.
The Carbine's cartridge was based on the older .35 Self-Loader, so this would just be a "+P / Magnum" - ish version.