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  2. Cylinder (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The Nagant M1895 revolver has a 7-shot cylinder, the Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver has an 8-shot cylinder in .38 ACP, the LeMat Revolver has a 9-shot cylinder, and the Smith & Wesson Model 617 has a 10-shot cylinder in .22 Long Rifle. As a rule, cylinders are not designed to be detached from the firearm (except for cleaning and maintenance).

  3. Revolver - Wikipedia

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    There is a modern revolver of Russian design, the OTs-38, [54] which uses ammunition that incorporates the silencing mechanism into the cartridge case, making the gap between cylinder and barrel irrelevant as far as the suppression issue is concerned. The OTs-38 does need an unusually close and precise fit between the cylinder and barrel due to ...

  4. Ballistics by the Inch - Wikipedia

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    The revolver is an older type, familiar to most as the movie-cowboy's "six-shooter." Because the cylinder of a revolver (where the cartridges are held) must rotate freely, there is a slight gap between the front of the cylinder and the barrel.

  5. Nagant M1895 - Wikipedia

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    The Nagant M1895 is a seven-shot, gas-seal revolver designed and produced by Belgian industrialist Léon Nagant for the Russian Empire.. The Nagant M1895 was chambered for a proprietary cartridge, 7.62×38mmR, and features a gas-seal system, in which the cylinder moves forward when the gun is cocked, to close the gap between the cylinder and the barrel, providing a boost to the muzzle velocity ...

  6. Smith & Wesson Model 29 - Wikipedia

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    The barrel-cylinder gap is 0.006 inches (0.15 mm), with a ball-detent lockup between the frame and cylinder crane that provides increased strength. The entire revolver is made of a stainless steel, with a glare-reducing matte black finish. It comes with slip-resistant synthetic grips. [14]

  7. Colt Python - Wikipedia

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    Colt revolver cylinders rotate clockwise compared to counter-clockwise of other revolvers (like Smith & Wesson or Ruger). When the revolver is at full cock, just as the trigger is pressed, the cylinder locks up for the duration of the hammer strike. As the trigger is pressed, the cylinder moves into lockup by the hand, and it is locked tightly.

  8. .460 S&W Magnum - Wikipedia

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    The .460 S&W Magnum round is a powerful revolver cartridge designed for long-range handgun hunting in the Smith & Wesson Model 460 revolver. [2] ... cylinder gap ...

  9. JTL-E .500 S&W Magnum 12-inch - Wikipedia

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    The revolver has a 12 in (300 mm) barrel with no muzzle brake or ports. It is able to fire even the heaviest .500 S&W Magnum bullets weighing 725 gr (47.0 g). It has a clockwise cylinder rotation with a tight barrel-cylinder gap of less than 0.10 mm (0.0039 in). The interior and exterior are made of a hardened stainless steel.