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Do all revolvers clock the same direction?

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30 minutes ago, 10X said:

The cylinders don't all rotate in the same direction.   Many rotate the wrong way, relative to the Colt standard.   :-)

 

28 minutes ago, alec.mc said:

Smith , Ruger , and Tararus all rotate counter clockwise.

Colts rotate wrong ways ( clock wise )

Well this is awkward 

1 minute ago, JT Custom Guns said:

Zeke, you're a mess!

lol

I jus think @GRIZlikes hitting me with a stick 

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I know Colts go clockwise - that's where the 'positive' comes from in Police Positive...the hand pushes the cylinder up and into the bolt/frame

Smiths are counter clockwise.

 

You're going to make me get up and look at my dan wesson...

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Colt originally patented the clockwise rotation, which is why people felt it was a better design. If you rotate clockwise, the force on the cylinder in a normal opening design (swings out to the left), pushes the cylinder into the frame. If you stopped movement of the cylinder, it would cause the crane to push against the frame.

Likewise, a counterclockwise rotation... if you stopped the cylinder from spinning, it would open the cylinder by forcing the crane to the left. S&W’s answer to that was having the ejector rod lock up at the barrel end.

From a design standpoint, clockwise rotation is better... but with modern designs that have been working for YEARS, both work. If you want to look into it, C&Rsenal on YouTube is doing videos on WWI small arms. They did an episode on a Spanish K-frame copy, which I believe went into that... if not that, one of the Colt episodes that followed it.

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11 hours ago, Ray Ray said:

Charter Arms revolvers don't spin, they just lock up after the first shot.  Ask me how I know.  Or ask @djg0770

Every manufactured firearm has anomalous failures within their lineup.  You know, like Taurus...

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1 minute ago, sota said:

I had no idea what to expect when I clicked on this thread.

Party party! And remember to smile. 

1 hour ago, Handyman said:

Zeke mixed up his Viagra and his iron pills and now his dork points north.

What is viagra?

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Uberti and Cimarron also are clockwise

Unless you shoot them in the opposite hemisphere. Sort of like toilet water. [emoji23][emoji6]


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On 1/19/2018 at 5:51 PM, Ray Ray said:

Charter Arms revolvers don't spin, they just lock up after the first shot.  Ask me how I know.  Or ask @djg0770

This may be true NOW, but David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) had ZERO problems using his Charter Arms Bulldog in .44 Spl with 246 grain lead round nose bullets.  So a 40 or so year old example might be "trouble-free"........

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