Am I imagining this? 1980s single-action .410/.45 Colt revolver

[Baldanders]

I can't find anything on this on the net, and I am wondering if I am making it up it my head.

I remember there being a single-action revolver available in the 80s with .45 Colt/ .410 bore chambering, that never made much in the way of sales. It wasn't made by a big manufacturer, and I recall that it had an odd appearance with a straight, flat trigger.

Did this really exist, or did my brain create it out of the description of the gun the hero carries in the middle section of "The Forever War," combined with seeing a Thunder 5 in the 90s?

[Baldanders]

It wasn’t the 80s, but maybe the DMAX Sidewinder in the early 90s?

I guess it's possible but I'm remembering a gun that was far more fuggly/unconventional-- lots of straight lines, flat trigger, not a blued or stainless finsh.

[SiriusBlunder]

MIL Thunder 5?

[Baldanders]

MIL Thunder 5?

Nah, earlier and single action.

Now that I think about it, it's possible it had no trigger guard or a really oversized one. I think it was marketed as a "survival" gun.

[Crazy Dane]

I know Magnum Research chambers the BFR in that combo. I don't recall when it came out but I think it was at the same time as the .45-70. Early to mid 90s?

[ACP230]

At the 1988 NRA Convention in Orlando a .45-70 revolver was offered.
Bigger across the cylinder than the later BFR and had a brass trigger guard with
a straight back piece on it. It may have also been in .45 Colt and .410 but I
only recall looking at the .45-70.

Can't recall the name but it was written up in some gun mags and, I think,
Gun Digest as well.

[Rock185]

You're not imagining things. You may be describing the Century Arms revolver. I believe production numbers were very small. Elmer Keith wrote of it, and one was presented to him by the manufacturer. A bit odd looking because the grip frame appeared small in proportion to the very large cylinder and long barrel. Keith cut the barrel on his back to a length he preferred.

ETA, I don't know if the Century arms revolver was offered in .45/.410, so perhaps it was another, later, gun. I do recall a crude appearing revolver that predated the Taurus Judge.

The Thunder 5 .45/.410 revolver may be it. Seems to me it was developed in that 1980s time period.

[SiriusBlunder]

I guess it's possible but I'm remembering a gun that was far more fuggly/unconventional-- lots of straight lines, flat trigger, not a blued or stainless finsh.

Is this it?

Cobray Leinad MR-5

[Dave T]

Is this it?

Cobray Leinad MR-5

That's not a revolver, that's a Pepperbox. They go back to the black powder percussion era. What a hoot!

Dave

[okie john]

Maybe this?

https://pistol-forum.com/showthread....34-USFA-45-410


Okie John