On Thursday, December 18, 2014 8:16:44 PM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:15:14 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Yeah, on a SA revolver, the cylinder does not flip out. There's a "port"
on the right side of the pistol, typically, a little door that flips
open and you turn the cylinder by hand to line up each chamber with the
port. Then you push out the "empty" with a built in ejector rod that
sits under the barrel. The modern variant of the DA revolver, with a
flip-out cylinder, didn't come along until nearly the end of the 19th
Century, long after the Wild West was tamed.



Yeah, after you mentioned it I looked on You Tube. That doesn't look
like a lot of fun. Guess I'll bypass all the 'cowboy' SA revolvers and
stick with what I've got, although I may consider a .22 DA revolver.

My Ruger Blackhawk and Super Blackhawk are like that. It's not really a big deal, when target shooting I'm not in that much of a hurry. I also save the brass, and one at a time is easier to deal with than a handfull at once..

On the positive side the frames are inherently stronger, so you can shoot maximum loads with no worries. With the right load, the 44 mag or 45 LC will really rock your world. :-)