Big Boy Revolver

[Angel Eyes]

Never say never.  A number of obsolete cartridges were resurrected by the cowboy action shooters.

[K Frame]

"Just saying the round still has utility,"

Yeah, you're not agreeing with me, then.

"The same thing happened to a rimmed 9mm cartridge; I think made by Federal."

The 9mm Federal cartridge. The true reason it failed, though, is that the gun company that partnered with Federal for the cartridge -- Charter Arms -- face planted in a very neat financial implosion about 30 seconds either before, or after, the 9mm Pit Bull revolver was announced.

Interesting thing about the 9mm Pit Bull... the 9mm Federal cartridge would have allowed the manufacturer to significantly shorten the cylinder, and thus the frame, of the revolver, making it a lot handier.

Only, they didn't do that.

They simply rechambered one of their .38 revolvers.

[K Frame]

Never say never.  A number of obsolete cartridges were resurrected by the cowboy action shooters.

In this case, I am going to say never.... because the .38/44 isn't a cartridge, it's a variant loading of an existing cartridge, one that has been passed by both by updates to revolver technology AND by additional variant loadings of the exact same base cartridge.

The Cowboy action people? They brought back actual cartridges that had been falling into (or were already long since) obsolescence.

[JTHunter]

Maybe "Big Boy" was a pet name for some cowboy movie star's gun or something.  When I was a kid, I named my BB gun...  wait for it...."Betsy."

Terry, 230RN

Could be.  There was a character actor by the name of Guinn "Big Boy" Williams.
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