Talk:Ruger

I read The Dark Tower: Book III, and in it, a gun is described as a Ruger .44 automatic. Such a weapon is fictional to the best of my knowledge. But it got me wondering; what are some automatic handguns in .44 besides the Desert Eagle and AMC pistols? (Perhaps Ruger's page isn't the best place for this topic.)--H3nry8adger1982 (talk) 19:36, 21 December 2016

That would be a Ruger Deerfield Carbine, unless it was described as a pistol, which would be fictional. Black Irish Paddy (talk)

Indeed, Ruger made/makes a .44 Mag carbine, but not a semiauto pistol. As for your query, there were LAR Grizzlys in .44 Magnum as well. StanTheMan (talk) 01:42, 22 December 2016 (EST)

Yes, it was described as a pistol. I guess Stephen King pays for his writing prowess with limited firearms knowledge.--H3nry8adger1982 (talk) 08:10, 22 December 2016 (EST)H3nry8adger1982 As a follow up question, are there any automatics that chamber .44 special?--H3nry8adger1982 (talk) 11:08, 22 December 2016 (EST)H3nry8adger1982

You should try asking this kind of question in the forums next time. Anyway, Stephen King's home state of Maine is fairly permissive in its gun laws despite King himself being pro-gun-control in real life, so it's not like he couldn't shop around and learn firsthand right at home for the sake of realism in his books, or even pay to go to Las Vegas' famous firing ranges and get some hands-on experience with less-common firearms there. Still, it's clear from this that King isn't as knowledgeable an author about guns as the late Tom Clancy was (and Clancy was working on many of his early novels without the internet resources of the 21st century).

Also, .44 Special is a rimmed cartridge, which makes it primarily suitable for revolvers (most modern semiauto handgun magazines are double-stack and have problems with rimmed ammunition), and since the .44 Magnum cartridge became famous, interest in .44 Special has by and large declined, so it's unlikely a manufacturer will find enough consumer interest to justify making in a semiauto handgun in that caliber. --Mazryonh (talk) 11:40, 22 December 2016 (EST)

Okay, thanks for all the feedback. I'll find a more suitable place for discussion next time. As for the rimmed ammo, it seemed possible that an automatic could chamber it. I know Desert Eagles and Coonan pistols did, but the former isn't a great example of reliability from what I've heard.--H3nry8adger1982 (talk) 15:10, 22 December 2016 (EST)H3nry8adger1982

Semiauto pistols with single-stack magazines generally don't have the same problems as double-stack magazines do with rimmed ammunition, but still aren't as reliable most of the time as they would be rimless ammunition. In any case, you might want to delete this section and ask your question again in the "Just Guns" section of the imfdb forum. Talk pages are generally reserved for discussion about a specific piece of media or screenshots that were added to a wiki page but eventually deemed to be extraneous, or for additional variants of specific weapons. --Mazryonh (talk) 20:21, 24 December 2016 (EST)