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The holes in the cylinder of a revolver, where the ammunition or rounds are placed, are known as "charge holes" or "chambers". Prior to the development of the self contained cartridge which holds the primer, powder and bullet, these components were placed in the gun individually. The "charge hole"was the part of the gun where the powder was loaded.

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Where are the chambers located on a revolver?

They are the holes that pass thru the length of the cylinder- and hold the cartridges.


What is a fluted cylinder?

A fluted rifle barrel with grooves along the outside. ************ In the case of a revolver, flutes are areas on the cylinder between charge holes (chambers) that are milled out (fluted) to reduce the weight. An unfluted cylinder will be round. Do a Google IMAGE search for S&W Model 10- you can see the flutes or grooves on the cylinder.


What happens if you put to much powder in your black powder revolver?

Chances are that if you overload the charge in a revolver style black powder pistol, you can blow up the cylinder or blow the barrel off the end of the gun.


How do you unload a revolver?

If it's a modern revolver, you activate the cylinder release, open the cylinder, and push the ejector rod.


Colt frontier scout revolver with dual cylinder nickel?

Nice revolver


How did the revolver gun get its name?

Revolvers hold cartridges in a cylinder. When the revolver is operated, the cylinder turns (revolves) to align a cartridge with the barrel. Originally called a Revolving Pistol, shortened to revolver.


What causes a ring around a revolver cylinder?

cylinder stop drag


Gas is to cylinder as revolver is to?

holster


What is a loaded revolver?

Well, a revolver is a type of pistol (although revolving rifles have been made) which used a rotating cylinder to hold the ammuniton, and a firearm is considered loaded when there is live ammunition in the chamber and/or feeding device (such as a magazine or cylinder), so a loaded revolver would simply be a revolver which had live rounds in the cylinder, and was ready to be fired.


Is a revolver a pistol?

A revolver is a type of pistol that the cartridges are in a chamber in a cylinder. The cylinder revolves in the gun (hence 'revolver') bringing each successive chamber in alignment with the barrel. A revolver could have five chambers, it could have ten. The most common would be five or six.


What keeps the cylinder and barrel aligned in a revolver pistol?

The cylinder lock and cylidner rod.


What was the rotating thing on the Colt revolver called?

cylinder

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