S.A. revolver

[marksman]

I may have an opportunity to lay my hands on a Ruger Single Action Revolver in cal. 30 Carbine. It sports a 7.5 " barrel with adjustable sights. The question being how practical would that be for me, ammo supply wise. Will I be able to buy fresh ammo for it? Would any dealer be willing to import the ammo. And most important, Firstly,is it a prohibited arm? I don't know anything about the performance of this particular caliber. The owner does not have more then 10 rounds to offer with the revolver.
Marksman

[cottage cheese]

I may have an opportunity to lay my hands on a Ruger Single Action Revolver in cal. 30 Carbine. It sports a 7.5 " barrel with adjustable sights. The question being how practical would that be for me, ammo supply wise. Will I be able to buy fresh ammo for it? Would any dealer be willing to import the ammo. And most important, Firstly,is it a prohibited arm? I don't know anything about the performance of this particular caliber. The owner does not have more then 10 rounds to offer with the revolver.
Marksman

Hi Marksman,

As it turns out, the .30 Carbine ammo is not prohibited- only the M1Carbine is PB because its Semi-auto....the dangers of flawed nomenclature....you know babus.

30carbine fodder is not impossible to get but not so commonly available in most places. Perhaps if you can use some defence contacts and pick up the stuff from the ordnance depots? Will probably be a non starter trying to locate fresh ammo.

As regards performance- the regular 30Carbine ammo(Which is most of what you will get in India) is a reasonable penetrator and a hopeless stopper. Even a carbine length barrel exacts mediocre performance. A 7.5" in addition to gas bleed from the cylinder-breech mating surface will probably dull the ballistics further. What you would have anyway would be fairly powerful round for a handgun, and something as I assume somewhat accurate- but no more.

Thats my take. I'm sore others can give a more qualified opinion.

regards,
cc

[Vikram]

Hi Marksman,

That most probably is a Ruger Blackhawk. Nice revolver.At 7,1/2" barrel length, concealed carry might be slightly difficult.

Re the round, check this link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.30_Carbine

At around 1500 FPS, the 110 gr bullet is obviously more powerful than the .22 or .32 that you can get easily in India. Just to nit pick, if the bullet is a full metal jacket, it's high sectional density would make it to over penetrate with lower tissue damage.Translation- less stopping ability.If you can get hold of Hollow-Point ammo, then that is a different game. All depends on what you want to do with this revolver. HTH.

Best-
Vikram

[sitar]

you can get a lot of ammo but i dought very much that they will be fresh and aromatic

[mundaire]

I may have an opportunity to lay my hands on a Ruger Single Action Revolver in cal. 30 Carbine. It sports a 7.5 " barrel with adjustable sights. The question being how practical would that be for me, ammo supply wise. Will I be able to buy fresh ammo for it? Would any dealer be willing to import the ammo. And most important, Firstly,is it a prohibited arm? I don't know anything about the performance of this particular caliber. The owner does not have more then 10 rounds to offer with the revolver.
Marksman

CC is correct, the .30 carbine cartridge is not on the PB list. The M1 .30 Carbine is though for the reasons mentioned by CC. So to answer your first question it is indeed a NPB firearm.

.30 Carbine ammo is available, though it seems to command a bit of a premium in the open market. But it should not be pricey for someone used to buying .45 ACP ammo...

The ordnance chaps still have tons of the stuff lying with them and it can be issued to any serving/ ex-serviceman who has a .30 carbine on his name. IIRC the issue price is a mere 4 bucks or so. This is WW II vintage ball ammo, headstamped WCC (Western Cartridge Co.) and I've shot several hundred of these without a single misfire/ hangfire or any kind of malfunction. So if you have a friend who's an ex-serviceman you're in luck

Cheers!
Abhijeet