Chicago Palm Pistol - can it be converted....

ah... so the side cover comes off, & cartridges are fed through the gate in the center ( which I assume is the firing pin mechanism )

is the "cylinder" difficult to remove ??? it looks like a longer cartridge could be more easily fit into the cylinder, if it were removed from the gun ???
 
No, the side cover is turned to unlock and remove it. Once the cover is off, the gun is turned on the open side and the cylinder falls out; it has to be loaded out of the gun. (Sometimes, the "trigger" needs to be pulled to get it out of the way of the cylinder, but nothing really holds the cylinder in.) The cylinder rotates on a drum shaped part that is part of the frame and inside which the hammer fits. The hammer spring lays alongside the cylinder. The "trigger" acts like a grip safety to prevent firing unless the gun is properly held; the palm squeezer part does the work of both revolving the cylinder and tripping the hammer.

Like the cylinder of any revolver, the "length" of the cylinder chamber limits the cartridge length; if the round is too long, it sticks out the front.

Jim
 
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For giggles and grins, there is another Palm Pistol that looks very similar to the Chicago, but is reported to be slightly smaller. The Minneapolis Firearms Company Palm Pistol " The Protector ". .32 center fire. They look about the same but are listed separately in Flayderman's:)
 
I have to ask why would you want to mess with with this nice little Palm gun that is so valuble, wouldn't that hurt the value of this gun ?
 
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