![]() 45 ACP to supplement the Model 1911 pistol. The War Department purchased thousands of large-frame Smith & Wesson and Colt revolvers in. The half-moon clips were later adopted and fielded by the U.S. Smith & Wesson also developed a half-moon clip that held three rounds. The only downside was these full moon clips could be bent fairly easily, distorting them. With this device you simply dropped the entire loaded clip into the cylinder.Īfter firing your six, the clip, along with the empty cases, was easily ejected. They developed the "moon clip," which held six cartridges by their extractor groove. Smith & Wesson developed a simple solution to this problem around 1908. Due to this lack of a rim, fired cases are difficult to remove. In a swing-out cylinder or top-break revolver there is no rim for the star ejector to grasp. The problem arises when you wish to extract and eject the fired cases. ![]() You simply cut the chamber to headspace off the case mouth just like a pistol barrel. Chambering a revolver cylinder for a rimless autoloading revolver cartridge is not difficult. The problem was first tackled before World War I. Both are very popular, and it only made sense to offer a revolver for them.Ĭhambering revolvers for autoloading pistol cartridges is hardly new. The Pitbull line now includes a model chambered for. ![]() ![]() So when Charter Arms announced it was introducing two new models chambered for popular autoloading pistol cartridges I took note.
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