i feel dumb asking but what the hell this is why i joined the forum to ask questions even if they are dumb and get lots of different opinions and answers....so what is the longest a subnose revolver's barrel can be to still be concidered a subnose
I doubt a concrete answer exists to your question.
When I was young it was pretty much understood a two inch barrel was a "snubbie" although there were certain guns with even shorter barrels. If I recall correctly Smith and Wesson did at one time have something with an inch and three-quarters barrel.
Again, when I was younger revolver barrels generally came in two inch increments of length such as 2, 4, 6, and the occassional eight inch "hunting" barrel.
Depends on how it looks.Normal medium sized revolvers I would say are snubs at 3" or less,although there are some 4" .41 and .44 mag revolvers that the barrels look quite short compared the the overall large size of them,So I might consider those snubs,on the other hand,a small framed .22 revolver's barrel looks quite long at 4".
I say right around 2''. Smith and Wesson made a .357 wth a 2 1/2'' barrel and I would consider that a snubnose, I think it was a model 686 but I am not sure. I think for the most part most gun guys understand a snube nose to be a 2'' barrel or less.
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I always thought under 4" was a snubbie like my 3" 44 spec. and that's not a bad question. the only dumb questions are the ones you don't ask so you never learn. I ask questions all the time.
2" or less used to be the generally accepted version of "sub nose."
In this day of redefining every word in our language to make it mean something special for communist agendas, who knows what a "snub nose" is anymore?!?!
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