To: 2harddrive
What happens with a revolver, the casings stay in the chamber? I really have no experience with revolvers, only semi-autos :)
11 posted on
04/01/2007 11:14:49 AM PDT by
ozoneliar
("The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants" -T.J.)
To: ozoneliar
With a revolver, the cylinder advances once around each time the hammer is cocked and dropped. There is no mechanism to automatically eject a casing. With a semi-automatic, the bullets are fed one at a time into the barrel. Once the bullet has been fired, it must be ejected before another round can be inserted.
16 posted on
04/01/2007 11:18:19 AM PDT by
Enterprise
(I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
To: ozoneliar
Until manually ejected by swinging out the cylinder, yup.
61 posted on
04/01/2007 1:35:15 PM PDT by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: ozoneliar
YES. The fired cases stay in the revolving cylinder, until it is opened, and they are manually extracted. That is why some murderers prefer revolvers....because no empty cases are strewn about, which could then be used to tie them to the crime. But overall, in most circumstances, revolvers are a bit more reliable that semiautos, and can generally fire more powerful rounds, in handgun form.
96 posted on
04/01/2007 10:04:19 PM PDT by
2harddrive
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