Suppose you could design a handgun cartridge . . .

Let's say a handgun manufacturer like Freedom Arms, Ruger, Smith and Wesson, or Magnum Research approached you and asked for your input on a new cartridge for a new hunting revolver or semi-auto. You look at the selection of cartridges already available, such as the 357, 10mm, 41, 44, 454, 480, 475, 460, and the 50's. What would you tell them? Would you ask them to design a relatively small bore, high velocity cartridge? Or perhaps a big 50 caliber that runs at moderate pressure? Maybe you'd want a compact cartridge for a more compact gun. Heck, you might even create a bottleneck cartridge like the 357-44 B&D. Keep in mind it would be purely a hunting handgun, not something you would want for self-defense.

What kind of cartridge would you like to see come to fruition?

how about a .40 caliber max. say .400 rimmed straight wall case, holds 40 grains or so of powder. velocity around 2400fps. you could use it in a t/c or levergun. just a though..

Hard to come up with much that hasn't been thought of already, lots of good hunting cartridges in use out there. There's already a "custom gun builder" necking cartridges down to the next caliber size down, .454 to .44, etc.

I'd take the 460 S&W case, neck it down to 375, maybe smaller. I'd then have special bullets made that have higher BC than normal pistol bullets. More streamlined bullets at higher than normal revolver ballistics.

Then have a gun like the S&W X frame built to accomodate said round.

Ill just love if the 357 maximum became popular again

I'd like to see the 360DW legitimized and chambered in a Ruger single action.