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How the Revolver Works

Frequently our readers ask: how the revolver Works? What the hell with the handguns hammer and cilinder. So there it is. Read and enjoy

The Revolver Work:

As hammer is drawn back by thumb or by action of trigger its underside catches below the trigger nose and draws the rear end of the trigger up and back. When the hammer of the handgun attains full cock, it will be held here by the trigger nose. As the hammer goes backwards, it compresses the flat mainspring in the grasp. For the period of the rearward movement of the hammer, the attached hand or pawl move forward up against the ratchet on the face of the extractor and revolves the cylinder the full distance of one firing chamber. This movement is made possible by the hammer moving o rebound lever which depresses the cylinder stud freeing the cylinder to move. The cylinder of the handgun is locked securely to the frame by the cylinder catch stud positioned in the center of the extractor and supported by a strong spring. This stud enters a locking alcove in the frame and is held in position there under the pressure of the spring until the thumb handle is pushed forward to reduce the pressure and permit cylinder to be swing out. This can’t be done though the hammer is at full cock.

When the guns trigger is squeezed, the hammer is released, to go forward and strike the cartridge in the chamber filed up with the barrel. As the finger lies loosened a little for the next gunshot, a spring pushes the trigger back into place and the hammer at once re¬bounds against the top of the bounce back stop and is pre¬vented from going forward again except on whole pull of the trigger. The forward end of the rebound stop and the rebound arm on the hammer are so shaped that the forward motion of the stop pushes the lower part of the hammer forward and takes the nose of the hammer to the rear.

The hand guns cylinder being swing out to the left, force with hand on the ejector rod will compress the spring, force up the star type extractor that fits around the rim of each cartridge, and which is attached to the ejector rod mounted in the center of the cylinder, and will move up empty bullets completely out of the revolver. When the hand is removed the compressed ejector spring will power the ejector and extractor back into position in the cylinder.