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Raging thirty

muwapemuwape Member Posts: 45 ✭✭
edited July 2002 in Ask the Experts
I see where Taurus is offering a Raging Bull in .30 carbine.
Anyone have any experience with this?
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  • ATFATF Member Posts: 11,683 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No experience with it ,but it's not much of a rifle cartridge.Don't think much of it in a handgun.

    ATF
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Personally I think its a great cartridge. Perfect for its original intended use. And/or for deer hunting, and a good urban rifle. I think that the Raging Thirty matched up with a custom M1 Carbine, would make a great combination.

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

    The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !
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  • Matt45Matt45 Member Posts: 3,185
    edited November -1
    My Uncle and I have used a Mil-Surp M-1 .30 Cal. Carbine for years on his farm, 100's of coyotes and pesky critters can't be wrong!

    Reserving my Right to Arm Bears!!!!
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,887 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had a Ruger Blackhawk in .30 carbine; these were made for many years, but not many were sold. And, resale value was always lower for this cartridge than any other.

    Ballistics are not much different than the .357 magnum, but it is not nearly as versatile. Many states prohibit using it for deer, and wisely so.

    It's an idea that has come and gone; there's no good reason to bring it back again.

    Neal
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  • lrarmsxlrarmsx Member Posts: 791 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I talked to the Taurus rep last week when he stopped by. He indicated that the Raging Thirty will be out later this year. As of yet there have not been any released. If you like loud handguns, you'll like this one.
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not chambered for the .30 carbine,but the Rageing Bull is a very strong gun and should handle the cartridge well.


    Good Luck!!

    Rugster
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nmeyers- would you say that the Ruger Blackhawk in a 30 carbine was about the loudest hangun ever made?

    I remember shooting one. Every body on the range stoped to see what it was.

    pop, pop, pop, pip, pop, pip, pop, BAM!!!, long silence, pip, pop, pip.....

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

    The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,088 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No major experience with the ruger .30 carbine but I agree that the muzzle blast and I mean blast is painful. Don't know how you could stand it without plugs and muffs.

    Mobuck
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