stupid revolver question

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Here's a dumb question I thought of during my long commute from work:

I know that Ruger makes a convertible .357/.38/9mm SA revolver with interchangeable cylinders. What about DA revolvers? Is it possible to shoot
9mm in a DA .357 revolver using moon clips (if they even exist)?
 
Not that I am aware of in a production gun, however I have seen some custom guns written up in some of the gun magazines many years ago. You may be able to do a search and come up with the old articles. They were very expensive and probably not very practical.
Smith and wesson has made a few batches of 9mm revolvers in the past. I believe they were based on the K frame mod 10 m&p. It may be possible to fit a 38/357 cylender to one of the 9MM guns.

Here I found this one. There may be others. If the link doesn't come up do a search under multi caliber revolvers or Medusa revolver

http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/airborne_combat_engineer/2007/05/medusa_revolver.html
 
joe-bob said:
You can use .38 in a .357 with no mods.
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This I know. What I am wondering about using 9mm with moon clips in a .38 or .357 - like if I got a GP100, SP101 or something, could I use 9mm in it without mods (other than the moon clips)?

I googled "9mm moonclips", and saw something for a Taurus 5-shot; some sort of J-frame clone?
 
Foilist I have two Ruger speed six's one in 9mm with moon clips the other is 357mag. the 9mm cartridge case is
slightly tapered from top to bottom.the base of the 9mm in front of the extractor groove is wider than the 357 the 9mm wont fit 357 cylinder
 
The FN Barracuda was the only DA revolver made with interchangeable 9mm/.357 cylinders that I am aware of. Getting a second cylinder made and fitted to your gun would be expensive. The Barracuda also had a quick change latch that allowed you to remove the entire crane assembly easily. These guns are collector items now. Mac
 
The real question is.......WHY?

If you're going to limit yourself to 6 shots, then why not get greater power out of it?

Also, the bore would likely be cut for the .357/.358 sized bullets, not the .355 size, so accuracy would suffer when using 9mm ammo.

In addition, as has been pointed out, the extra cylinder for a DA revolver would cost as much or more than a Glock or similar.

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I was thinking that more ammo versatility would be a good thing, but it seems impractical with a DA. I guess if I decide that more ammo options is really important, I should go with a convertible Black Hawk. I think that DA and a swing-out cylinder is probably a more important feature than ammo convertibility (althoough I do like SA revolvers).
 
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