Modern Top-Break Revolver!?

[Dnaltrop]

Nice Webley Kaeto, How does it handle?

 

[Kaeto]

Beautifully. In the pic it's loaded with .45 ACP JHP.

 

[barnbwt]

I don't think that manufacturers have looked all that many locking methods.

I kinda suspect this as well, I think manufacturers just couldn't afford to produce a strong top-break. Several of the (black powder) top breaks I've seen have a lock that works similar to a dang trunk latch, just a loop that slides over a boss on the moving frame half. The MP412 *sighs, knowing I'll he'll never see one* has a more novel latch that is released by squeezing together buttons on either side of frame, but I don't think this allows one-handed reloads (the whole purpose of the top break action). Which latch seems more expensive to produce?

The real trick to a gun latch is to find a mechanism that will self-tighten its grip as the action wears in, just like how a break-action shotgun toplever never quite returns to center unless the action is quite worn. Pretty much any solution will require more parts, and more complicated parts than today's single or double action designs. That said, I still believe it can be done.

TCB

 

[Flechette]

Okay

Crazy Idea Alert!!

if you want to swing the entire cylinder out (not sure why you would want to) why not swing it to the side.

The crane would have a piano hinge on the front.

Not sure how you would handle the ejection rod.

That way the frame can be solid.

(it is a solution looking for a problem, but fun to think about)

I had a similiar thought too. I think that the hinge mechanism could contain the extraction rod cam, just like traditional break open revolvers. It would not be any wider than the cylinder.

You could also design it to brake open both ways (southpaw friendly!). You could also eject towards the ground.