Bob Wright
New member
I recently made a tongue-in-cheek post about an outlandish front-loading revolver/cartridge combination. If this was out of line, I apologize.
But my point was that nearly everything has been tried at one time or another in the design of the pistol or revolver.
Case in point was the front loading Colt cartridge conversions during the transitional period from cap-and-ball to cartridge. And the Crispin cartridges that had the rim, or flange, at mid-point of the cartridge case, the cylinder opening fore and aft to accommodate the round. And remember the "Tround" cartridges which were sort of rounded triangular shape? They were used in a magazine fed revolver.
And now there is an auto pistol that the reciprocating slide draws the cartridge backward out of the magazine.
Bottom line, somewhere, sometime, some designer is going to figure out a different way to re-invent the cylinder or slide.
Again, I apologize for a feeble attempt at humor.
Bob Wright
But my point was that nearly everything has been tried at one time or another in the design of the pistol or revolver.
Case in point was the front loading Colt cartridge conversions during the transitional period from cap-and-ball to cartridge. And the Crispin cartridges that had the rim, or flange, at mid-point of the cartridge case, the cylinder opening fore and aft to accommodate the round. And remember the "Tround" cartridges which were sort of rounded triangular shape? They were used in a magazine fed revolver.
And now there is an auto pistol that the reciprocating slide draws the cartridge backward out of the magazine.
Bottom line, somewhere, sometime, some designer is going to figure out a different way to re-invent the cylinder or slide.
Again, I apologize for a feeble attempt at humor.
Bob Wright
