Category talk:Revolver

About revolvers and ammunition types ....

Could someone explain why blackpowder revolvers can't fire smokeless ammunition? Yes, i know they are too weak to handle modern ammunition, but why are they too weak? Why can a modern Colt SAA reproduction fire smokeless ammo when an original vintage one cannot, aren't they basically the same gun? What part of the gun is changed to make it able to fire smokeless? Z008MJ (talk) 18:31, 14 November 2013 (EST)

You kind of answered your own question, the old firearms aren't considered to be strong enough to handle the added stress and force that smokeless cartridges make when discharged, certainly at least not in hard and/or long-term use. The reproductions made these days, while aesthetically similar to the classics, are made like modern guns, with modern materials and to stronger tolerances than the older stuff. Keep in mind the metalworking and manufacturing of firearms wasn't as good 100-150 years ago and therefore the guns just weren't as strong and durable as they are today. It should be noted that smokeless rounds are a great deal more powerful than blackpowder rounds. When smokeless powder came out, many gunmakers had to re-manufacture their weapons much stronger in order to handle it (Some might have been strong enough to handle it as is, but many makers wisely chose not to count on that). Jacketed bullets even came about because smokeless powder gave such a higher velocity and force that plain lead bullets would potentially disintegrate when fired. In the case of revolvers, generally if you discount modern steel/alloys and metalworking, the frame and cylinder would be thicker/heavier, as would the trigger, hammer and other internal parts.

Technically an old gun CAN fire modern smokeless rounds if the chambering is correct, but I wouldn't say it's a wise idea to try it, especially not with any serious shooting. StanTheMan (talk) 22:14, 14 November 2013 (EST)

Thanks a lot for the good answer. Z008MJ (talk) 07:38, 15 November 2013 (EST)

What is this firearm mechanism called?

Yes, it's me again, but i have been unable to find any other weapon using this mechanism, and i have searched using every term i can think of to describe it. Can someone tell me if this exists, and if it does, what weapon uses it, and what the action is called?

Basically, it would be a rifle/shotgun with a single barrel and a tube magazine beneath the barrel. Instead of a typical lever/pump/bolt-action it would have two revolving chambers, one aligned to the barrel and one to the magazine, and like on a DA revolver, pulling the trigger would have the hamner cooked, the chambers switch place, and the top chamber fired. At the same time the spring in the magazine would push a cartride into the lower chamber, and the process could be repeated. I know this design probably would be inferior in durability and reliability to anything made from the beginning of the 20th century and onwards, if it even works, but i would still like to know if this kind of weapon exists and what the action is called then? Z008MJ (talk) 10:43, 16 December 2013 (EST)

Surprisingly, i found it by accident. Although this one uses a box magazine, the general idea is the same. It's called the Landstad 1900 Automatic Revolver. Although it does not give a specific name for the action in question. Z008MJ (talk) 16:13, 20 December 2013 (EST)

Just putting this here while I work on it.

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Below is a gallery of the revolvers. It contains the BASIC models of each gun. In other words, there is an image of the H&R Model 929, but not one of the Model 732, Model 733, Model 999, etc. The goal is to help identify guns. An image of the H&R Model 929 will direct you to the Harrington & Richardson Revolvers page where you can figure out if the gun you are looking at is an Model 732, Model 733, Model 999, etc. etc.

Revolvers

Revolvers

(Avatar) - "WASP Gun" - Custom Break-open Revolver (Blade Runner) - LAPD 2019 Blaster (Desperado) - Codpiece Revolver (Hellboy I & II) - Samaritan (Serenity) - Mateba (dressed up Mateba Model 6 Unica) (Stargate: Atlantis) - Particle Magnum (Stargate: Atlantis) - Ronon's Pistol (Van Helsing) - Custom Revolvers Adams Revolver Alfa 2330 Alfa 820 Alfa 840 Alfa Flobert Revolver Allen & Thurber Pepperbox Arminius HW Revolver Series Astra 357 Astra 680 Astra 960 Astra 960 Astra Terminator Bodeo M1889 Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 Charter Arms Bulldog Charter Arms Off Duty Charter Arms Undercover Chiappa Rhino Colt 1849 Pocket Colt 1851 Navy Colt 1860 Army Colt 1862 Navy Colt 1871-72 Open Top Colt 1878 Double Action Colt Anaconda Colt Cobra Colt Detective Special Colt Diamondback Colt Dragoon Colt King Cobra Colt Lightning Colt Model 1855 Colt New Army & Navy Colt New Frontier Colt New Line Colt New Service Colt Official Police Colt Open-Top Colt Paterson 1836 Colt Pocket Positive Colt Police Positive Colt Python Colt SF-VI/DS-II Colt Trooper Colt Walker Dan Wesson Danish M1880/85 Army Revolver Enfield Mk II Enfield No. 2 FIE Titan Tiger Freedom Arms Model 83/97 Revolver Galand Revolver Gasser Revolvers Glisenti M1874 Griswold & Gunnison Revolver Harrington & Richardson Revolvers Herters SA22 Hi-Standard Sentinel Revolver Iver Johnson Model 55 CZ Sa. 24 submachine gun.JPG Iver Johnson Revolver Knuckle Duster Lefaucheux Revolver LeMat Revolver Llama Comanche Llama Martial Llama Scorpio M1917 Revolver Magnum Research BFR Manurhin F1 Manurhin MR-73 Manurhin MR-88 Manurhin MR-93 Manurhin MR-96 Mateba Autorevolver Merwin Hulbert Model Revolver Miroku Liberty Chief Mle 1892 Revolver MP-412 REX NAA Mini Revolver Nagant Revolver Nambu Model 60 Norinco NP-216 OTs-20 Gnom Protector Palm Pistol R-92 Reichsrevolver M1879 1287829141.jpg Remington 1858 New Army Remington 1875 Remington New Line No.1 Riva Esterina Black Widow Riva Esterina Dobermann Roger & Spencer Rossi Circuit Judge Rossi Model 51 Rossi Model 68 78132610.x5R82Yxu.jpg Rossi Model 851 Rossi Model 971 Ruger Blackhawk Ruger GP100 Ruger LCR Ruger Old Army Ruger Redhawk / Super Redhawk Ruger Security Six Ruger Single Six / Ruger Vaquero Ruger SP101 Röhm Revolvers Single Action Army Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector Third Model Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action Smith & Wesson 44 Hand Ejector Series Smith & Wesson 4th Model Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 38 Smith & Wesson Model 1 Smith & Wesson Model 1 1/2 Smith & Wesson Model 2 Smith & Wesson Model 2 Double Action Smith & Wesson Model 10 Smith & Wesson Model 12 Smith & Wesson Model 13 Smith & Wesson Model 14 Smith & Wesson Model 15 Smith & Wesson Model 17 Smith & Wesson Model 19 Smith & Wesson Model 20 Smith & Wesson Model 22 Smith & Wesson Model 24 Smith & Wesson Model 25 Smith & Wesson Model 27 / 28 Smith & Wesson Model 29 Smith & Wesson Model 296 AirLite TI Smith & Wesson Model 30 Smith & Wesson Model 317 Smith & Wesson Model 32 Smith & Wesson Model 327 Smith & Wesson Model 34 Smith & Wesson Model 340PD Smith & Wesson Model 36 / 38 Smith & Wesson Model 360 Smith & Wesson Model 37 Airweight Smith & Wesson Model 386 Smith & Wesson Model 40 Smith & Wesson Model 442 Smith & Wesson Model 460 Smith & Wesson Model 500 Smith & Wesson Model 57 Smith & Wesson Model 58 Smith & Wesson Model 581 Smith & Wesson Model 586 Smith & Wesson Model 60 Smith & Wesson Model 610 Smith & Wesson Model 617 Smith & Wesson Model 620 Smith & Wesson Model 625 Smith & Wesson Model 627 Smith & Wesson Model 629 Smith & Wesson Model 637 Airweight Smith & Wesson Model 638 Airweight Smith & Wesson Model 64 Smith & Wesson Model 640 Smith & Wesson Model 642 Smith & Wesson Model 649 Smith & Wesson Model 65 Smith & Wesson Model 66 CZ Sa. 24 submachine gun.JPG Smith & Wesson Model 67 Smith & Wesson Model 681 Smith & Wesson Model 686 Smith & Wesson Model 986 Smith & Wesson Model M&P 360 Smith & Wesson New Model No.3 Smith & Wesson 76 Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless Smith & Wesson Schofield Smith & Wesson Victory Model Taurus Judge Taurus Model 431 Taurus Model 44 Taurus Model 605 Taurus Model 608 Taurus Model 617 Taurus Model 65 Taurus Model 66 Taurus Model 689 Taurus Model 80 Taurus Model 817 ULC Taurus Model 85 Taurus Raging Bull Taurus Tracker Thunder 5 Tranter Revolver Type 26 Revolver Velo-Dog Revolver 1287829141.jpg Victor Collete Pepperbox Webley "WG" Army Model Webley Bulldog Webley No.5 Webley Revolvers Webley RIC Webley-Bentley Percussion Revolver Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver Webley-Pryse Revolver Zastava M83 ZKR 551

Revolving Rifles/Carbines/Shotguns

Revolving Rifles/Carbines/Shotguns
Artemus Wheeler Carbine ENARM Pentagun Knight's Armament Revolver Rifle MTs255