https://www.texasguntalk.com/threads/charter-arms-pit-bull-380-revolver-nrh-tx.102455/ A guy at Texas Guns forum is selling a Charter Arms Pitbull in .380. That model is not at Charter's website, but apparently it exists. And it's a 6-rounder, too!
@gat Why though?
@gat Why a .380 revolver?
@valleyforge Ammunition commonality and because it's cool. BTW, I have a Taurus M380 UL.
@gat Can you fire .380 in a 9mm revolver with moon clips? They're the same bullet diameter but very different cases
@valleyforge As far as I know, you can fire .380 in a 9mm revolver. The case will bulge a little bit.
@gat will 9mm moon clips hold onto 380 cases?
@valleyforge Not well at all, but enough to shoot and even extract. Well, it depends on the clip, too. BTW, Charter Arms Pitbull revolvers are clipless. I make no promises that 9mm Pitbull can hold .380 rounds.
@valleyforge Pitbull reolvers have little spring-loaded nubs on the extractor star that go into the grooves on the shells. When one loads, he must overcome the spring. Other clipless revolvers typically have some kind of a positive mechanism: either a cam that rotates the extractor star into grooves, or a collet-like expanding petals. Rogers Medusa is the latter and the petals are also spring-loaded like on Pitbulls.
@gat @valleyforge Auto cartridges don’t have a roll-crimp around the case mouth like traditional revolver cartridges; just a light taper. Because of the this, the bullet can creep out of the case under heavy recoil and potentially bind-up the cylinder. This is unlikely to happen if you’re only shooting something like .45 acp out of a heavy steel-frame revolver, but shooting 40 s&w or 9mm + p out of a scandium ultralight could definitely be a risk.
@ThreeOneThreeChris @valleyforge The workaround is to look at ammunition listed as compatible with Boberg (Bond Bullpup). It puts a greater strain on a crimp than any revolver, so the ammunition good for Boberg is good for any scandium ultralight.
