Raging Thirty

[L-Roy]

Has anyone seen or fired the Taurus Raging Thirty.  It is eight shot in .30Carbine.  Could be great if included in a size for concealement.

Stellar clips should be better than speed  loaders.

[Zachary]

Never even heard of it.  I own three Raging Bulls - is this an RB in .30 caliber?  If yes, then what would be its intended purpose? :?  Granted, you say it's an 8 shot, but what would you use it for?  Certainly not hogs or deer?  Right?

Zachary

[L-Roy]

Zac,
Yes, it is an RB, .30cal.  Use it for whatever you wish.  The power level would be something about a .357 level, but with bullets of a better BC.

It is a higher than revolver pressure cartridge, which will make the porting more effective.

Another good reason is just because!  Because what?  I like different revolvers!

[JohnK]

I would expect there to be virtually no recoil in a Raging Bull in 30 Carbine and the high pressure should help the ports to reduce what little muzzle flip it would otherwise have. Could be a terrific varmint gun if it's accurate enough.

[retiree]

I would expect there to be virtually no recoil in a Raging Bull in 30 Carbine and the high pressure should help the ports to reduce what little muzzle flip it would otherwise have. Could be a terrific varmint gun if it's accurate enough.

I have a Ruger blackhawk in .30 Carbine.  I like it very much, but it is the LOUDEST pistol that I have ever heard apart from a friend's 50 AE.

[Flash]

Dito!! This is why I load my Blackhawk with cast  bullets. The noise is tremendous with reasonably fast, jacketed loads but a 900 fps cast load makes it a dream to shoot and it's very accurate too.

[retiree]

Dito!! This is why I load my Blackhawk with cast  bullets. The noise is tremendous with reasonably fast, jacketed loads but a 900 fps cast load makes it a dream to shoot and it's very accurate too.

Thanks; for some reason I hadn't thought of that.  I wouldn't get rid of that gun because it does quite well on varmints at a reasonable distance.  Before I put a 2X scope on it, I mada an iron-sighted one shot 90 kill on a groundhog, followed up by a 45 yard one.  These were using 100gr. Speer half-jackets and a hot load of HS6.  After the second withnessed shot, my hunting partner commented:  "You're Wyatt Earp".  THAT is why I like it so much.

[PawDaddy]

It would make a nice turkey gun if you are into that sort of thing!

[Bill T]

I also have a Ruger Blackhawk in .30 Carbine and like it a lot. It is very loud when shot with high pressure jacketed ammo. It's got very light recoil, and is very accurate.  Bill T.