So curious

Are they revolvers or autos?

  • They both are autos

    Votes: 2 28.6%

  • they both are revolvers

    Votes: 3 42.9%

  • only the metaba 6 is an auto

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • only the landstad is an auto

    Votes: 2 28.6%
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Being i want to see peoples opinions

would you, if you owned one (which sadly I do not own one), post about this


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which is both a revolver and an autoloader. In the autoloader subforum or the revolver subforum? Discuss. (this is called the landstad 1900, yes the simpsons scene with a revolver and a magazine has been ruined lol)

for an added fun discussion lets also discuss about the metaba6
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it is technically a semi auto (it uses gas to cock and move the cylinder) but its not really an autoloader either nor does it use a magazine.

Thoughts on this one? Discuss
 
oh btw, feel free to post if you own one of these. I would love to know how well they work and get some gun pron XD
 
NIGHTLORD40K said:
Could argue about the Dardick and Webley-Fosberry too.
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I try to forget about the dardick. its an interesting gun and would possibly be in the same boat as both of these but that iirc is purely manually driven, I dont think it uses any gas in the operation of the system.

I will argue you are correct on the webley-fosberry since it does use the gas (recoil operation) to function.
 
Riomouse911 said:
It’s an auto loader with a non detachable revolving magazine.

Like the Savage 99 is a lever action rifle with a non detachable rotary magazine. :)

Stay safe..
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Does it auto load or does it load as a mechanism of the pull of the trigger?

edit: I am guessing you were talking about the dardick?
 
The Meteba6. It is a hybrid, using recoil to operate the revolving cylinder (magazine) and cock the hammer rather than the operator manually doing these functions via a trigger pull.

It does not have the classic “unlocking, extracting, ejecting” facets of standard automatic arms operation due to having six chambers that function within the revolving cylinder (magazine) not requiring the single chamber being refreshed by the magazine after every shot fired. Those functions would be manually operated by the shooter opening the cylinder, ejecting, loading, etc.

A cool idea, but probably way to complicated.

Stay safe.
 
Riomouse911 said:
Was the Dardick auto operated or was it just a revolver with funky “trounds” in the cylinder? I’ve never seen nor held one.
Stay safe.
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It was a manually cycled, magazine fed revolver. IMO, lol.
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Ive seen a few Dardicks at gunshows over the years, and a few of the trounds, but never at the same time, ha!
 
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If it has a multiple chamber cylinder that revolves a new cartridge into firing position; its a revolver. Doesn't matter how that cylinder revolves. Doesn't matter how the cartridge gets into the cylinder, or how it gets out of the cylinder.

Neither a Savage 99, nor a Ruger 10/22 (etc) are revolvers because the chamber is in the barrel, not a revolving cylinder. They simply have rotary magazines.
 
BigBlue 94 said:
If it has a multiple chamber cylinder that revolves a new cartridge into firing position; its a revolver. Doesn't matter how that cylinder revolves. Doesn't matter how the cartridge gets into the cylinder, or how it gets out of the cylinder.

Neither a Savage 99, nor a Ruger 10/22 (etc) are revolvers because the chamber is in the barrel, not a revolving cylinder. They simply have rotary magazines.
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Then is a nagant not a revolver since the round itself is the chamber pressed up against the barrel by the cylinder and the cylinder itself is not technically the chamber. Just a chamber support?
 
hartman23foscari said:
Then is a nagant not a revolver since the round itself is the chamber pressed up against the barrel by the cylinder and the cylinder itself is not technically the chamber. Just a chamber support?
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That still fits the definition. The chamber is indeed still in the cylinder, because the cartridge is the chamber. And the cylinder still rotates a new round into the firing position.
 
All three pistols so far mentioned in this thread are oddities that don't fit neatly in either the revolvers or the autoloaders categories. I think Handguns General Discussion is the correct area to discuss them.
 
BigBlue 94 said:
That still fits the definition. The chamber is indeed still in the cylinder, because the cartridge is the chamber. And the cylinder still rotates a new round into the firing position.
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good point. but would that mean the landstad is not a revolver as it ejects the spent case during its operation?
 
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