S333 Volleyfire revolver

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New Volleyfire 22 mag revolver.
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2019/1/10/new-for-2019-standard-mfg-s333-volleyfire/

Innovative or gimmick?

 

[adamsredlines]

So what does firing 2 little rounds gain you over a single round with a bit more power like a 9mm or whatever.
I dont get it....especially with the general unreliability of rimfire.
I say gimmick.

 

[jmike314]

Answer to a question nobody asked.


“Crying is for babies, little girls, and men who just had their ears ripped off.”
- Oobedoob Benubi

 

[mightymouse]

Pretty doggone cool!

 

[SoonerP226]

Answer to a question nobody asked.

Kind of like .40S&W...

 

[MacFromOK]

"it features two barrels that both fire simultaneously with a single pull of the trigger."

Can't wait for the ATF to weigh in on this...

[EDIT] Ah, never mind. I didn't read far enough.

"However, the ATF does make an exception for "volley guns" and allows the manufacture and sale of firearms that fire more than one round with each pull of the trigger, provided that those rounds are fired from separate barrels."

 

[bigred1]

It'll put both your eyes out.

 

[Gunbuffer]

I read A paragraph of that article and I still think we should string up all gun rag writers from telephone poles with their shoelaces

 

[dennishoddy]

So what does firing 2 little rounds gain you over a single round with a bit more power like a 9mm or whatever.
I don't get it....especially with the general unreliability of rimfire.
I say gimmick.

I agree. The .22 mag seems to be more reliable than .22LR, but nevertheless with that barrel length you get a huge fireball and about 900fps of velocity or less. I tested a Davis Derringer in .22 mag in my chronograph with a 2 1/2" barrel, gettin 910 fps. This pistol looks to have about a 1" barrel.
Speer makes some .22 WMR ammo with gold dot bullets designed to expand more readily at lower velocities in short barreled pistols, but they do not increase the muzzle velocity.

 

[MacFromOK]

I agree. The .22 mag seems to be more reliable than .22LR, but nevertheless with that barrel length you get a huge fireball and about 900fps of velocity or less. I tested a Davis Derringer in .22 mag in my chronograph with a 2 1/2" barrel, gettin 910 fps. This pistol looks to have about a 1" barrel.
Speer makes some .22 WMR ammo with gold dot bullets designed to expand more readily at lower velocities in short barreled pistols, but they do not increase the muzzle velocity.

We've had this conversation before...

"In the last couple of years Hornady, Speer and Winchester have introduced .22 WMR ammunition with new bullets that reliably expand when fired in handguns with very short barrels. A great example is Hornady’s 45-grain Critical Defense load, which has an FTX bullet. It leaves a 1.12-inch barrel at about 1,000 fps and produces approximately 100 foot-pounds of energy (fpe)."
http://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2015/07/mini-manstoppers-using-a-22-wmr-load-for-self-defense/