Can I get a single action with flip-out cylinder?

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy Again

I made a video of reloading a Colt in around 17 seconds, but I don't know what to do with it.

My Photobucket account doesn't seem to be accepting it.

I don't do You Tube.

Anybody know how I can post my video here?

 

[NoirFan]

What's the point here? It's not difficult at all to develop speed reloading a traditional single action. Contrary to popular myth, a DA is only faster to reload if you're using speedloaders or moon clips. If you're using individual cartridges, it's a wash because the DA is actually slower to load. This is due to the fact that each cartridge must be deliberately inserted into each chamber and it's really not efficient to handle more than two at a time. With a single action, the cartridges can be handled all at once and dropped into the loading port. Gravity takes care of the rest. I can fire five rounds, reload and fire five more in 15secs. I'm able to burn through a brick of .22LR in a couple hours. All it takes is some work to get there.

Well boys, I just had some fun.
It turns out I can load a single action six shooter a lot faster than I thought.

Well guys, even though this talk of reload times is something of a derail, I just did my own little test. Using 357 mag dummy rounds and my Security Six laying on a table, I can consistently unload and reload in about 9 seconds. Using a speedloader cuts it to about 4 seconds.

Anyway, reload speed is not the point of my project. I'm trying to create a fictional gun with a combination of features which doesn't exist in the real world: Old West single action looks, swing out cylinder, 45LC caliber, and various other features as described in the Dark Tower books. In any case this will involve quite a bit of custom work but I'm trying to find the best starting point for overall feasibility/affordability.