Can anyone I.D. this cylinder?

buttplate

October 22, 2014 13:20

I am trying to find out what revolver this cylinder is made for. It is a 7-shot .22lr. It has no markings on it. Any help would be very appreciated.
Thank you!
Old Gun Guy

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  buttplate

  October 22, 2014 13:20

  Hello!
  Can anyone I.D. this cylinder. It is marked "455" on the rear face, and the rear chamber diameter is .4795". Is it a 455 Webley, and what revolver would it fit?
  Thank you!
  buttplate
  
  
  
  

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  KAMsales

  October 22, 2014 19:01

  Appears to be from an H&R solid-frame revolver of some sort.

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  buttplate

  October 23, 2014 09:12

  It's not for an H&R or Iver Johnson revolver because this cylinder turns counter-clockwise. The closest I can find is a S&W, but this cylinder is for a "pull-pin" revolver. Did S&W ever make any of these type of revolvers?
  Thanks!
  buttplate

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  KAMsales

  October 23, 2014 15:00

  The S&W Model 1-1/2 used a similar cylinder arrangement, but the star on this one is different than S&W uses. Also, being a 7-shot is a little unusual for American revolvers generally, I suspect this might be from a Belgian copy of a S&W pattern gun perhaps or maybe a variant of the H&R (the star is almost identical to what many of them used, but reversed as you pointed out).

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  KAMsales

  October 23, 2014 15:08

  Does look a bit like some of the Merwin-Hulbert cylinders as well

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  buttplate

  October 30, 2014 13:23

  I believe it may be from an Iver Johnson "Tycoon" spur trigger revolver. I have searched through everything I can find and this is as close as I can get.
  buttplate

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  v35

  November 03, 2014 07:22

  Whatever it is, chambers are destroyed by a too long firing pin.
  On rim fire chambers, the rim containing priming mixture is crushed
  between hammer/firing pin and the chamber end (anvil). If the chamber wall under the hammer strike is removed per example and the cartridge does manage to go off, it is very likely the case will split in the unsupported area especially with HS 22 ammo, presenting a danger to the eyes.
  This cylinder, having no extractor, may be from a Belgian/French/Spanish revolver having a swing out ejector rod.
  American 22 chambers back to suicide specials weren't intentionally made.

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  MIKE WISKEY

  November 03, 2014 08:21

  "Whatever it is, chambers are destroyed by a too long firing pin.".................I don't think so, I believe the cylinder was made that way to prevent this.

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