Admittedly, I know very little about revolver cartridges. Reading around, the break top design limited designers of the time to how powerful a cartridge they could make for the guns for a number of reasons.
If I recall correctly, problems with being able to safely lock up the cylinder as well as the limitations of case length as well as other things contributed to the decline of this style of revolver, especially when the swing out cylinder design came to be. (If I'm wrong, someone please correct me)
That being said, I always found these types of revolvers fascinating, and I am curious as to what is the most powerful in terms of cartridge variant of this design and if there is a company such as Taylor or Uberti that makes reproductions of them.
I believe the Russians had a prototype break top revolver they were developing for export in .357 magnum, but I believe it never was put into full scale production. Though, of course, I may (likely am?) be wrong.
If I recall correctly, problems with being able to safely lock up the cylinder as well as the limitations of case length as well as other things contributed to the decline of this style of revolver, especially when the swing out cylinder design came to be. (If I'm wrong, someone please correct me)
That being said, I always found these types of revolvers fascinating, and I am curious as to what is the most powerful in terms of cartridge variant of this design and if there is a company such as Taylor or Uberti that makes reproductions of them.
I believe the Russians had a prototype break top revolver they were developing for export in .357 magnum, but I believe it never was put into full scale production. Though, of course, I may (likely am?) be wrong.