Interesting…

by Slow Hand , Indiana, Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 04:17 (541 days ago) @ A K Church

I had heard of this revolver before but I had no idea about the extra pin above the firing pin. I guess I also thought it used moon clips. I had heard the French story as far as why it came to be, but who knows if that was true or not.

I remembered another ‘multi caliber’ revolver and had to look it up, it was the Medusa, and apparently it used a similar extractor setup with spring loaded bars. One has to wonder how durable that kind of setup would be over the long term and also how reliable it would be when it started to get dirty. I’d think it would take some soaking and compressed air or better yet, an ultrasonic bath to clear all the gunk from the springs and sliding mechanism. Seems a bad idea for police or military issue!

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