Automatic revolver

An automatic revolver (more correctly, a semi-automatic revolver) is a revolver that uses the energy of firing for cocking the hammer and revolving the cylinder, rather than using manual operations to perform these actions. Examples of genuine semi-automatic revolvers are rare, and the term is more often applied to break-open revolvers with automatic systems for ejecting spent casings on opening.

Description

A standard revolver is a manually operated weapon, using the action of cocking the hammer to advance the cylinder in a single-action, or the action of pulling the trigger to advance the cylinder and cock the hammer in a double-action. The idea behind an automatic revolver is to automate both actions, removing the need to manually cock the hammer between shots while retaining the lighter trigger pull of the single-action.

This is accomplished by use of a reciprocating slide on the upper part of the frame, the motion of which is used to rotate the cylinder and cock the hammer in much the same way as is used in the majority of semi-automatic pistol designs.

Examples

The Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver.

See also

References

  1. Hogg, Ian V.; Walter, John (2004). Pistols of the World. David & Charles. pp. 197–198. ISBN 0-87349-460-1.
  2. Kinard, Jeff (2004). Pistols: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-85109-470-7.
  3. Ian V. Hogg; John Walter (2004). Pistols of the World. Krause Publications. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-87349-460-1.
  4. (Firm), Outdoor Life Books (1985). Guns and shooting yearbook, 1985. Outdoor Life Books. pp. 58–60. ISBN 978-0-943822-45-7.
  5. Shideler, Dan (2011). Gun Digest 2012. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. p. 416. ISBN 1-4402-2891-4.

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