Why did we move away from Top Break Revolvers?

[Armybrat]

I like my little NAA Ranger II...

 

[aaaaa]

But they are all single action only...

If it is a hobby gun, probably okay. Pricey though.

That NAA Ranger II posted above looks like a fun and affordable gun.

 

[BobWright]

By the nature of the design, a rather large hinge must locate in front of the cylinder, this limits the length of the cylinder to keep the frame within limits of handiness. This, plus the fact that the frame lugs wear in time which allows the revolve to "jump open" when fired, nothing disastrous but distracting.

As a youngster I got some top breaks and had the local service station build up the lugs and I would file them down to original profile to make the gun serviceable again.

Bob Wright

 

[BobWright]

This wasn't supposed to be here.

BW

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

Looks like you can still get a brand new top break revolver:
https://www.uberti-usa.com/top-break-revolver
they offer five models in .45 colt and one in 38 Special!

I wasn't super impressed with the one I got back in late 2000's (2008?).

I like the design and appreciate the history but the implementation that is my particular piece was just so so

 

[d2wing]

Looks pretty. Bet the price is, as you infer, well, pricey.


Electrics by Lucas, the prince of darkness.
And the Morgan with a frame made of high tensile strength wood.

Nothing like blasting down a curvy country road at night on your 750 Norton and suddenly no lights. And the rituals of starting the thing.

 

[Monac]

Nothing like blasting down a curvy country road at night on your 750 Norton and suddenly no lights. And the rituals of starting the thing.

P J O'Rourke, who passed away recently, once wrote that because of Lucas, many people thought that British automotive engineers did not understand electricity. O'Rourke rejected that. He stated that they DID understand electricity, but simply wanted nothing to do with it, and replaced it with an elaborate system of tallow candles.

O'Rourke felt that the thing British engineers actually did not understand was oil, because they seemed to feel it needed numerous large openings in the engine so it could wander around freely, thereby getting its job done in some fashion.

 

[Miami_JBT]

?

The quality of their guns are subpar. Their INSAS series of service rifles are raging dumpster fires of failure. Their handguns are nothing to crow about in terms of quality.

It is like the Indian Civil Services. It doesn't work and you can't fire it.

Seriously, the lack of quality is abysmal.

 

[d2wing]

P J O'Rourke, who passed away recently, once wrote that because of Lucas, many people thought that British automotive engineers did not understand electricity. O'Rourke rejected that; he stated that they DID understand electricity, but simply wanted nothing to do with it, and replaced it with an elaborate system of tallow candles.

O'Rourke felt that the thing British engineers actually did not understand was oil, because they seemed to feel it needed numerous large openings in the engine so it could wander around freely, thereby getting its job done in some fashion.

I often wondered if the English were snobs taking revenge on the colonists. Making us suffer for buying their stuff. lol. This was in the 1960's.

 

[jdsingleshot]

Just to put two facts in one post: The only longitudinal force on the top strap of any revolver is due to the small amount of friction of the bullet going through the barrel and recoil/inertia. The frame tries to yank the barrel rearward and the inertia of the barrel resists that pull.

 

[Mauser lover]

Just to put two facts in one post: The only longitudinal force on the top strap of any revolver is due to the small amount of friction of the bullet going through the barrel and recoil/inertia. The frame tries to yank the barrel rearward and the inertia of the barrel resists that pull.

Small amount of friction? I don’t regularly push bullets through bores, but when I do, I use lots of penetrating oil and a hydraulic press if it’s handy.

 

[jdsingleshot]

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[Armybrat]

P J O'Rourke, who passed away recently, once wrote that because of Lucas, many people thought that British automotive engineers did not understand electricity. O'Rourke rejected that. He stated that they DID understand electricity, but simply wanted nothing to do with it, and replaced it with an elaborate system of tallow candles.

O'Rourke felt that the thing British engineers actually did not understand was oil, because they seemed to feel it needed numerous large openings in the engine so it could wander around freely, thereby getting its job done in some fashion.

Tell me about it....