Just for fun. 1 gun. 3 cylinders.
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I can't tell from the photo - maybe .38 Special, .357 Magnum, .38 Short Colt, .38 Long Colt, 9mm Parabellum, 9mm Federal, .38 ACP, .38 Super, .38 S&W, and maybe .380 ACP, if you put a rubber O-ring in the extractor groove to act as a temporary rim (which I've read can also work with shortened .223 cases, and maybe some of the rarely seen European 9mm cartridges, like 9mm Bayard, 9mm Glisenti and 9mm Steyr ;>). Plus maybe 9mm Browning Long, and possibly others like 9mm Makarov and .380 Revolver, if you reload your own cartridges with bullets of smaller diameter. And I'm probably missing a few - it might depend on your personal tolerance for bulged or split cases, etc...
Never2many
Bearcat
I can't tell from the photo - maybe .38 Special, .357 Magnum, .38 Short Colt, .38 Long Colt, 9mm Parabellum, 9mm Federal, .38 ACP, .38 Super, .38 S&W, and maybe .380 ACP, if you put a rubber O-ring in the extractor groove to act as a temporary rim (which I've read can also work with shortened .223 cases, and maybe some of the rarely seen European 9mm cartridges, like 9mm Bayard, 9mm Glisenti and 9mm Steyr ;>). Plus maybe 9mm Browning Long, and possibly others like 9mm Makarov and .380 Revolver, if you reload your own cartridges with bullets of smaller diameter. And I'm probably missing a few - it might depend on your personal tolerance for bulged or split cases, etc...
Never2many
Bearcat
Maybe I should have asked "safely shoot".
I don't believe Ruger ever offered any factory convertibles on the .357 frame with three cylinders - someone will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong. Assuming two of the cylinders are factory (.38 Special/.357 Magnum for one, and 9mm Parabellum for the other), the number of different cartridges you could safely shoot would depend on how the third cylinder is chambered. One guess (assuming it's not a duplucate 9mm or .38/.357 cylinder) might be .38 ACP/.38 Super, but if it's not marked, you might want to visit a gunsmith for a definitive opinion.
I wonder if one of them is the 357/44 Bain and Davis. I have a 357 Redhawk that's chambered in that.
Yea Just how long do we have to wait for the answer to this magnificent mystery???? I have not been able to sleep since this was posted.
I just hope I can last until the mystery is solved.
maybe it doesn't have an end to the story?
