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Can anyone I.D. this cylinder?

buttplatebuttplate Member Posts: 237 ✭✭
edited November 2014 in Ask the Experts
I am trying to find out what revolver this cylinder is made for. It is a 7-shot .22lr. It has no markings on it. Any help would be very appreciated.
Thank you!
Old Gun Guy
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    buttplatebuttplate Member Posts: 237 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello!
    Can anyone I.D. this cylinder. It is marked "455" on the rear face, and the rear chamber diameter is .4795". Is it a 455 Webley, and what revolver would it fit?
    Thank you!
    buttplate
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    buttplatebuttplate Member Posts: 237 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can anyone I.D. this cylinder? It is a 6-shot .22 LR. It has a groove that appears that the cylinder stop rides in it continuously. Any help would be appreciated.
    Thank you!
    buttplate
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    buttplatebuttplate Member Posts: 237 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello!
    I have a cylinder that has a British and a German proof mark on it, plus an inspector's stamp on the face. Can anyone tell me what type of revolver that this cylinder fits?
    Thank You!
    buttplate
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    KAMsalesKAMsales Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Appears to be from an H&R solid-frame revolver of some sort.
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    buttplatebuttplate Member Posts: 237 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's not for an H&R or Iver Johnson revolver because this cylinder turns counter-clockwise. The closest I can find is a S&W, but this cylinder is for a "pull-pin" revolver. Did S&W ever make any of these type of revolvers?
    Thanks!
    buttplate
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    KAMsalesKAMsales Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The S&W Model 1-1/2 used a similar cylinder arrangement, but the star on this one is different than S&W uses. Also, being a 7-shot is a little unusual for American revolvers generally, I suspect this might be from a Belgian copy of a S&W pattern gun perhaps or maybe a variant of the H&R (the star is almost identical to what many of them used, but reversed as you pointed out).
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    KAMsalesKAMsales Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Does look a bit like some of the Merwin-Hulbert cylinders as well
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    buttplatebuttplate Member Posts: 237 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe it may be from an Iver Johnson "Tycoon" spur trigger revolver. I have searched through everything I can find and this is as close as I can get.
    buttplate
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    v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Whatever it is, chambers are destroyed by a too long firing pin.
    On rim fire chambers, the rim containing priming mixture is crushed
    between hammer/firing pin and the chamber end (anvil). If the chamber wall under the hammer strike is removed per example and the cartridge does manage to go off, it is very likely the case will split in the unsupported area especially with HS 22 ammo, presenting a danger to the eyes.
    This cylinder, having no extractor, may be from a Belgian/French/Spanish revolver having a swing out ejector rod.
    American 22 chambers back to suicide specials weren't intentionally made.
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    MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member, Moderator Posts: 9,972 ******
    edited November -1
    "Whatever it is, chambers are destroyed by a too long firing pin.".................I don't think so, I believe the cylinder was made that way to prevent this.
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