Revolvers, especially in. 22LR and 38 Special / 357 Magnum, are also common concealed weapons in jurisdictions allowing this practice because their simple mechanics make them smaller than many autoloaders while remaining reliable.

" Revolvers and auto-loading pistols are produced in a wide variety of sizes, with autoloaders generally categorized as one of four sizes: full-size, compact, sub-compact and ultra-compact.

Revolvers are most often handguns, but other weapons may also have a revolving chamber.

Revolvers have remained popular to the present day in many areas, although in the military and law enforcement they have largely been supplanted by magazine-fed semi-automatic pistols such as the Colt M1911, especially in circumstances where reload time and higher cartridge capacity are deemed important.

Revolvers are most often handguns, however examples of rifles and shotguns have been made.

Revolvers ( Finnish: Revolveri ) are firearms with a total length of less than 840 mm and a barrel length of less than 400 mm, that use centerfire cartridges loaded in a spinning cylinder.

Revolvers are also in this category.

Revolvers chambered in. 410 shotgun are usually chambered for the. 45 Colt such as the Taurus Judge and the Smith & Wesson Governor.

Revolvers chambered in. 460 S & W Magnum can usually accept. 454 Casull and. 45 Colt rounds as well ( in the same way that a. 475 Linebaugh revolver can take. 480 Ruger ), a useful cost-saving feature that can increase the appeal of the. 460 over the. 480 for some shooters, especially for practice sessions where full-power rounds are not necessary.

This same serial numbering convention used on the Kerr was used on the Adams Revolver ( made by the London Armoury Company, among others ), and also is seen on Samuel Colt's percussion revolvers of all models, where the serial number of each revolver ( stamped on various places on the Colt revolver ) was stamped on the cylinder following the words " COLTS PATENT No. " On the Kerr Revolvers, as with the Adams and Colts, these numbers are sequential and are serial numbers and not the patent number.

Revolvers still remain popular in the role of back-up and off-duty guns among American law enforcement officers and security guards.

Although often attributed to Webley, Webley only produced some of the revolvers now commonly referred to as Webley. 577 Boxer Revolvers, which used the most powerful handgun cartridge of the day, the. 577 Boxer.

Most Bisley Standard Model Revolvers which were shipped to a United States address were not used for target shooting but for self-defense because the grip and hammer were ideal for fast shooting.

Revolvers have been made to work with cartridges that were designed for use in semi-automatic pistols.

Beginning in 1848, more contracts followed for what is today known as the Colt Dragoon Revolvers.

* Revolvers of. 38 caliber or larger

Revolvers in. 357 Magnum caliber have the significant advantage of also being able to fire. 38 Special ammunition, with its lower cost, recoil, noise, and muzzle flash.

Examples of such mouseguns include the Seecamp, the North American Arms Guardian and Mini Revolvers ( such as the Black Widow ), the Kel-Tec P32 (. 32 caliber ) and P3-AT (. 380 caliber ), the Ruger LCP (. 380 caliber ), the Beretta Bobcat (. 22 or. 25 caliber ), Jetfire (. 25 caliber ), and Tomcat (. 32 caliber ).

Revolvers have been largely replaced by semi-automatic pistols in military and law enforcement applications.

Once Duane had finished contractual obligations for the Bombs with Hellcat he went right back to the studio with the Hunns and put out a split album with The Revolvers and a third full length " Wayward Bantums " in 2002.

Revolvers have a number of firing chambers or " charge holes " in a revolving cylinder ; each chamber in the cylinder is loaded with a single cartridge.

Revolvers store spent casings in the chamber, but may emit a stream of hot gasses and possible fine particulate debris laterally from the interface between the revolving chamber and the gun barrel.

Revolvers further reduced this to only needing a pre-prepared magazine using the same barrel and ignitions.

Revolvers, both rifles and pistols, tend to spray fragments of metal from the front of the cylinder.

Revolvers do not suffer from this disadvantage.

Revolvers proliferated largely due to Colt's ability as a salesman.

For that reason, the. 45 Artillery SAA Revolvers were used successfully by front troops in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War.

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