John Wayne said:
.... There is actually a screenshot of a silenced revolver on the first page, but no mention that it's not possible.
Messenger Guard said:
Where are the silenced revolvers?
Guys, contrary to popular "gun guru" opinion, it is actually possible to "silence" revolvers.
1.) A revolver made by Dan Wesson for intelligence services was able to be silenced. In order to do this, the barrel was designed so once the chamber was aligned to the barrel, the user screwed the barrel down tight over the front of the cylinder, thus eliminating the gap that would in a normal revolver allow the sound to escape, thus defeating the silencer.
2.) A Russian revolver, the 1895 Nagant, had a unique camming mechanism that, as the chamber rotated into position, pushed the cylinder forward mating the chamber up to the barrel. The 7.62 Nagant round was a bizarre design, in which the bullet was fully encased within the brass case, which was about the same size as a .30 carbine case. This resulted in a "collar" which sealed the gap even further. The round from this revolver was pretty wimpy by most standards but it was actually possible to silence these curiously designed Russian revolvers. Some people on this site are familiar with these particular guns as they have been available here for a long time.
Not that any of the above examples really provides a good answer to the question;
"why even bother to silence a revolver, when semiautos are so much easier to silence?" I dunno why. Dan Wesson must have thought it would be useful. As for the Nagant that was serendipity; the original purpose was to avoid having the round lose energy as the bullet passed through the gap. No gap=no loss of energy. Well, it worked I guess .... but it was still a fairly weak bullet. Maybe it needed every ounce of "oooomph" it had.....
