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Visually from Harry Callahan

Westerns have taught us that faceless thugs carry rifles, while the really tough guys carry revolvers. It was the revolver in the hip holster that became the calling card of the gunfighter, sheriff and tough cop. And from Westerns, revolvers moved into other genres, firmly establishing themselves in the role of a “pocket gun.”

The reality turned out to be much more prosaic - with the advent of semi-automatic magazine-fed pistols, the popularity of revolvers in the army quickly disappeared, completely relegating them to the category of civilian, police and hunting weapons.

Why are they cool?[edit]

A clear example of the reliability of a revolver is when the owner tried to dislodge a stuck bullet with another shot. Sniper modification of the Manurhin MR-73 revolver

• The revolver is always ready to fire - just cock the trigger (and with a double-action trigger, even this is not required)! And at the same time, it is safe - it will not fire spontaneously from a blow or dropping it on the floor. And in order to fire a pistol (before the advent of the Glock with its safety in the form of a double trigger[1]), you need to remove the safety; in addition, constantly carrying a pistol with a cartridge chambered in the chamber is considered unsafe (although for modern pistols this is no longer the case) and in some places, for example, in Russia, it is prohibited by carrying rules, so before use you also have to jerk the bolt.
• The revolver, due to its design, is free of such problems as under-filling of the cartridge, double feeding and jamming of the cartridge case in the chamber.
• Revolvers are often made for powerful large-caliber cartridges. Pistols of this caliber are extremely rare - of the mass-produced pistols, only the Desert Eagle is similar, and other similar pistols are produced in extremely limited quantities. Because due to the design it turns out cool, but impractical. The revolver also works reliably with weak cartridges that do not have enough recoil for automatics, including sporting and non-lethal cartridges. In general, the revolver design is quite suitable for very large calibers. In some ways, the South African Protecta shotgun and the Russian RG-6 hand grenade launcher can be considered overgrown revolvers. Since there was such a booze, then there are also artillery guns of the revolver design. Caliber 20 and 30mm.

Choosing a revolver chambered for Flaubert

You can independently select and buy a Flaubert revolver in the corresponding catalog using the link provided. Below we will talk about what is important to pay attention to when choosing a device.

The sound when fired by a Flaubert cartridge is practically indistinguishable from a shot from a conventional firearm. This produces the desired psychological effect. However, Flaubert's revolvers are not suitable for real self-defense. Due to the small caliber (4 mm) and bullet speed (130-190 m/s), as well as the use of a “soft” lead bullet, shots from these pistols have neither a stopping nor a penetrating effect. Don't deceive yourself, even if the store clerks say otherwise. By the way, semi-automatic pistols chambered for Flaubert are not made precisely because the scanty power of the cartridge is not enough to reload the automatic mechanism. For Flaubert cartridges, pistols use exclusively a revolver mechanism. These revolvers are ideal for recreational and sporting aimed shooting, as well as for learning the basics of handling firearms.

Advantages and disadvantages compared to pneumatics

A revolver chambered for Flaubert is a complete analogue of a real revolver and is better than pneumatics for teaching the rules of handling firearms. To accelerate a bullet, pneumatics use cylinders that are pre-inflated or contain carbon dioxide, the pressure in which decreases with each shot. This leads to the fact that some of the shots, on an almost empty cylinder, have abnormal characteristics - reduced bullet speed and, as a consequence, low accuracy and penetration. In addition, pumped air or gas from a punctured disposable cylinder tends to “leak”, which does not allow pneumatics to be stored in “combat readiness” for a long time. And when the ambient temperature drops, the power of a shot from an air pistol is significantly reduced due to a decrease in gas pressure in the cylinder. A pneumatic shot in the summer at +20 degrees and in the winter at -10 degrees are two completely different shots in terms of power and ballistics. Pistols chambered for Flaubert do not have all of the listed disadvantages. A cartridge shot always has close to standard characteristics and is almost independent of the ambient temperature, and the cartridges themselves can literally be stored loaded in a revolver cylinder for years without any negative consequences.

At the same time, Flaubert's revolver is more expensive than an air pistol of similar power. The cost of each pneumatic shot is generally several times cheaper. Pneumatic weapons that use steel balls for firing have greater penetration power and easily make holes in thick champagne bottles, etc., while a bullet from a Flaubert cartridge “does not take them.” Although Flaubert successfully makes holes in the same aluminum cans and plastic bottles. To increase the power of the shot, some craftsmen strengthen the Flaubert cartridge with an additional charge of gunpowder. But this is fraught not only with accelerated wear of the weapon, but also with the danger of rupture of the cartridge, drum (especially silumin) and even the pistol itself. Like any firearm, a revolver chambered for the Flaubert cartridge needs regular cleaning of carbon deposits, and in models with a rifled barrel, the barrel bore is also quickly leaded - owners of pneumatic guns are spared these problems. In addition, unlike silent pneumatics, when shooting indoors with Flaubert cartridges, you must use hearing protection, such as headphones. And in both cases, do not forget about safety glasses! Steel pneumatic balls, when they encounter a solid obstacle, like to bounce off, and Flaubert’s lead bullets scatter into small pieces.

Drum

The revolver drum can be made of steel or silumin. Silumin allows you to make a gun cheaper, but it is a less durable and more fragile material than steel. Therefore, if you want your revolver to last for a long time, it is recommended to choose a model with a steel drum.

The number of charges in the drum is a very important parameter. The more there are, the less often you will have to reload the drum when firing. For Flaubert revolvers, there are drums with a capacity of 5, 6, 8 and 9 cartridges. The more, the better, naturally. However, a larger cylinder makes the weapon larger and heavier. Thus, the drum of the tiny Ekol Arda holds only 5 rounds, but the pistol also weighs only 255 grams. The Weihrauch HW4 2.5″ revolver is already designed for 8 rounds, but weighs almost three times more – 710 grams.

When purchasing a revolver, check that the extractor sprocket on the cylinder securely clings to the edges of the cartridge cases. And be sure to securely fix the drum during the shot! To do this (with the pistol unloaded), cock the hammer, press the trigger and, without releasing it, try to move the drum in different directions and forward/backward. The drum must not move! The remaining parameters for checking the drum for this low-power weapon are not very critical, so this will suffice.

If the revolver has the ability to change the drum, that’s good. When shooting with two or a group, when shooting is complete, everyone can slowly load their drum in preparation for the next round. The replaceable mechanism will allow you to avoid significant pauses for reloading the single drum of the revolver.

Trunk

As we have already said, a revolver chambered for Flaubert can have a rifled or smooth barrel. A smooth barrel is for recreational shooting at beer cans at short distances of about 5-10 m. For targeted and sport shooting, a rifled barrel is needed, which provides better accuracy (accuracy) of shooting. The only advantage of a smooth barrel is that it is less susceptible to lead, so the weapon is easier to maintain. Revolvers Ekol Viper 4.5″, Meydan Stalker 2.5″, Latek RF-441, Taurus 490 2″ and others are produced with a smooth barrel.

For recreational shooting in nature/in the countryside, you can purchase an inexpensive option with a 1-, 2-, or 3-inch barrel that can provide acceptable accuracy at short distances. The advantage of such a weapon is that it is lighter, more compact and more comfortable to carry. Revolvers with short barrels – Ekol Major Berg 2.5″, ZBROIA SNIPE 3, Kora Brno RL 2.5″, Taurus 409 2″, etc.

For accurate sport/competition shooting, you will need a rifled barrel with a length of 4 to 6 inches, which provides higher bullet speed and better gyroscopic effect. The price to pay for a long barrel will be a higher price, larger dimensions and weight of the pistol. Thus, the weight of a revolver with a 6-inch barrel can reach up to a kilogram, which not all shooters, especially teenagers or girls, will like. A high load on the hand when shooting will reduce accuracy and lead to excessive hand fatigue, reducing the profit from a long barrel. Long trunks are for real men. Long-barreled revolvers include ZBROIA PROFI 4.5″, Alfa 461 6″, Kora Brno RL 4″, Taurus 409 4″, etc.

Trigger mechanism

Typically, modern revolvers chambered for Flaubert are equipped with double-action trigger mechanisms: when the trigger is pressed, the hammer is cocked and a shot is fired. However, there are also models where the hammer must be cocked manually. Don't think that this is bad. Double-action trigger mechanisms make the weapon faster to fire, but at the same time negatively affect shooting accuracy. The physical effort exerted by the shooter to operate the mechanism leads to a displacement of the weapon from the aiming line and negatively affects the accuracy of shots. When manually cocking the trigger, pressing the trigger requires only a slight effort, which has virtually no effect on the accuracy of aimed shooting. Therefore, if high-precision sports shooting is important, it is recommended to cock the hammer manually before firing, even if the revolver has a double-action trigger mechanism.

The presence of a safety lock, by the way, is not as critical in a revolver as in an automatic pistol. Therefore, its absence in many revolvers should not be perceived as a significant drawback.

Handle

How well a weapon fits in the hand is largely determined by the shape and size of the handle, as well as the materials from which it is made. It is highly desirable that the handle has a grooved surface. This prevents the gun from slipping in the palm of your hand, even if your hands are wet or sweaty. An excellent option for sports shooting is a rubber handle, on which the hand almost never slips. Plus, such a handle is very little susceptible to mechanical damage.

Handles made of natural materials, such as walnut or beech, also prevent slipping well and, in addition, look beautiful and solid. Unfortunately, they get dirty easily and are susceptible to dents, chips, and scratches in the paintwork.

Most often, modern revolvers use plastic handles, the advantages of which are their low price, low weight, and good resistance to shock loads and environmental influences.

Revolver coating

The body or individual parts (for example, the barrel) of a revolver can be coated with a protective anti-corrosion film. The method of steel bluing and the application of nickel or chrome plating is used. The bluing method is the cheapest, but nickel-plated and chrome-plated revolvers look more expensive and prestigious. Titanium coating is sometimes used for revolvers. However, in general, if the gun is handled with proper care, any protective coating is effective, so choose the one you like best.

Aim

The sights in revolvers chambered for the Flaubert cartridge are most often non-adjustable, but an adjustable sight rail can also be used. Since this weapon is designed for short distances, it is quite rational to choose a model with a non-adjustable sight. The fact is that after purchasing a revolver, adjustable sights must be aimed very accurately. This task is not easy for most recreational shooting enthusiasts to cope with. Only those who like to tinker with weapons and connoisseurs of high-precision shooting can appreciate the ability to adjust the aiming bar. Models with an adjustable rear sight are Meydan Stalker 4.5″, Latek RF-461, Weihrauch HW4 6″, etc.

A non-adjustable sight requires absolutely no extra effort and is immediately “ready for use.”

Aimed shooting!

Why aren't they cool enough?[edit]

If everything is so cool, then why did revolvers give way to self-loading pistols?

• Small drum capacity - traditionally from 5 to 8 rounds. Before WWII inclusive, the difference was small, but then two-row stores came into fashion.
• Longer recharge time. Revolvers with a folding cylinder can be equipped with loading accelerators, which somewhat eliminates the difference. But try quickly reloading the Nagan [3]! In general, they describe the “Chekist method”, which requires a fair amount of manual dexterity: shooting with the ramrod folded down and the door open, knocking out the cartridges at the slightest pause and reloading with two cartridges at once, held between the fingers.
• Gas breakthrough between the drum and frame. If we compare a revolver and a pistol chambered for the same cartridge and with the same barrel length, then the former, due to the release of some gases, will have a lower bullet speed and a louder sound. This can somehow be mitigated by precise adjustment (like the Cobalt SAR), but see the next point. The Nagan does not have this drawback at all due to the roll-up of the drum onto the barrel - this even allows you to use a muffler on it, but the price was a hellishly long reload: combining a folding drum with a roll-up is technologically difficult even now, and even in the century before last...[4] And it would be okay if only the aesthetic or noise factor, but this is stupidly unsafe: a very common injury among shooters with old revolvers is a burn to the hand from gases, and in especially clinical cases, even an explosion of the weapon in the hands is possible. Absent in pepperbox pepper grinders, where the drum consists of entire barrels, but at the cost of weight, size and/or shot power. By the way, it was precisely this drawback that became the main reason why not a single revolving rifle took root in mass production - due to the breakthrough of gases, it often happened that when fired, all the chambers detonated at once
  . The fact that when shooting with one hand one could still hope for a slight fright, in the case of a two-handed weapon turned out to be fatal: when all the chambers detonated, the shooter was guaranteed to injure the hand holding the fore-end.
• In modern mass production, the long-barreled revolver is quite present. Including quite large “smooth” hunting calibers. MTs255, for example. Very convenient - all the described bonuses of revolvers in terms of readiness, reliability, and choice of charge type are extremely useful when hunting.

At the same time, sadly practical modern self-loading pistols have long overtaken revolvers in reliability and are practically not inferior to them in terms of first shot time, and the 9x19 cartridge covers almost all real-life tasks. For those for whom this is still not enough, pistol ammunition and more powerful ones are produced. However, there are a couple of “buts” - revolvers are cheaper to produce due to lower requirements for the worker’s skill (which allows them to be riveted in any banana republic where they have mastered matan), plus for a revolver there are application techniques that, in principle, do not exist for self-loading pistols, which makes them an excellent weapon guerrilla warfare.

Rifle chambered for pistol cartridge

Rifle chambered for pistol cartridge

The well-known German company Heckler and Koch is one of the recognized European and world leaders in the development and production of individual small arms. In the 50s, this company developed a very successful 7.62-mm automatic rifle G-Z, which is still a standard infantry weapon in dozens of countries around the world - from Europe to Iran and South America. Quite simple, convenient and trouble-free weapons have been repeatedly modernized both by their creators and by licensed manufacturers in other countries. The G-3 became the “progenitor” of a whole family of weapons - on its basis were created: a lighter 5.56 mm NK-33 rifle, 7.62 and 5.56 mm carbines, a 7.62 mm light machine gun, as well as a large a group of submachine guns, designated MP-5.

The Agram-2000 submachine gun (Croatia) is one of the few SMGs intended for civilian use. Despite the futuristic appearance, it is very simplified. The stock and fire selector are missing.

Created in the 70s for the 5.56x45 mm NATO automatic cartridge, the NK-53 weapon was a G-3 rifle, shortened to the size of a PP, with a retractable butt. The hybrid turned out to be quite strange - it looked like a machine gun or an assault rifle, but too short. The pedantic German military found itself in a quandary - to what class should the NK-53 be classified? And in the end, it was generally accepted to consider the weapon a submachine gun, which, in order to unify the cartridges of infantry weapons, used automatic ammunition. But despite the reduced muzzle impulse of a 5.56 mm weapon, the NK-53 turned out to be quite unsuccessful - the non-optimal internal ballistics of the weapon significantly “cut off” the effective range and accuracy of fire, even despite the presence of a muzzle compensator. Short-barreled infantry weapons had to be made for a less powerful pistol cartridge (the same misfortune befell the domestic AKSU - a weapon chambered for an overly powerful intermediate cartridge, but made in PP dimensions). The result was a reliable, powerful and convenient, solid German MP-5A1 chambered for the 9x19 mm Parabellum cartridge. The design of the weapon was practically no different from the G-3 rifle: after firing, the semi-free bolt was slowed down by a retarder with two converging vertical rollers, the cocking mechanism was hidden in a tube above the barrel, which, on the one hand, gave the weapon a resemblance to models that use powder removal in automatic operation gases from the barrel bore, and on the other hand, it made the PP body almost completely sealed, which significantly increased reliability and reliability. The use of a semi-free bolt made it possible not only to ensure reliable locking of the barrel when firing, but also to keep the rate of fire within reasonable limits - it did not exceed 650 rounds/min.

Submachine gun MP-5AZ (Germany)

Even the sight was identical to a rifle sight - an inclined drum with holes drilled in it - diopters, designed for different firing ranges - from 50 to 200 m. By rotating the drum, the shooter set the desired diopter to the rear position, and due to the tilt of the drum axis, its front wall was lower aiming line.

Submachine gun MP-5A1

Submachine gun MP-5A2 (Germany)

Pistol - machine gun MP-5AZ with integral silencer

Submachine gun MP-5KA4

MP-53 submachine gun

MP-5KA2 submachine gun

Submachine gun MP-5AZ

The front sight was protected from blows by a powerful ring-shaped gun. The barrel guard, cocking handle attachment, pistol grip and buttstock of the MP-5A1 and its serial version A2 were made of impact-resistant plastic. The pistol grip had a convenient, voluminous toiletry case with a hinged lid with a latch for storing brushes and cleaners. The weapon had a three-position safety lever, completely borrowed from the “mother rifle”. The bolt could be locked in the rear position by inserting the cocking handle into the cutout of the receiver. The MP-5 barrel had a very significant length - 22.5 cm, optimal from the point of view of internal ballistics. A muffler could be attached to its muzzle; to securely fix it, three strips called blocks were welded on the barrel near the front sight. The design of the stock was similar to that of a rifle stock: it was placed on the buttplate of the weapon and secured with two screws. It was somewhat shorter in length than the rifle.

The MP-5 was equipped with a box-shaped and later a stamped sector magazine with 30 rounds of ammunition. The magazine latch was conveniently located at its neck (like on an AKM). There were also smaller capacity magazines - 10 and 15 rounds, but the weapon was practically not used with them.

The weapon turned out to be somewhat bulky, although not heavy (2.94 kg with magazine), thanks to the extensive use of plastic and thin-walled steel stampings. In order to reduce the size of the PP, the following modification was launched into the series, A3, characterized by a modified butt plate, into which a retractable buttstock with stamped steel sidewalls - guides and a massive plastic shoulder rest was inserted. Currently, the MR-5AZ is the most widespread representative of its family - these PPs are purchased by Germany’s European NATO allies, as well as the USA, Latin American and Arab Maghreb countries. In particular, the MP-5AZ, along with the Beretta-92F pistol, are the standard weapons of the Egyptian traffic police. The MP-5A4 is an export police model and differs from the A3 in the shape of the barrel lining (without corrugations, more massive) and the shoulder rest, which is made of steel and has slightly smaller dimensions. On the upper part of the receiver there are stampings - pads for attaching night optics or laser sights.

The characteristics of the PP remained unchanged. For special services and security structures, a whole family of shortened PP has been developed, designated MP-5K. This is actually a bolt box from the “long” model, but with a barrel shortened to 11.5 cm, without a stock and receiver lining, but with a round front handle made of plastic and fixed under the barrel just behind the muzzle. The sight on the original MP-5K was left unchanged, although hardly anyone would fire at 200 meters from a “short” service SMG. Guided by this consideration, the Heckler and Koch company released the next model, MP-5KA1, with an open sight instead of a diopter.

It should be noted that the MP-5K inherited bulkiness from its ancestor, but nevertheless it is no less popular in the world than the “long” MP-5, mainly due to its excellent reliability and moderate rate of fire for a short SMG - 850 rounds. /min.

Standard for the MP-5K is a 10-round sector magazine, which does not increase the size of the weapon, although it is possible to use a 30-round magazine.

Models MP-5KA4 (with a diopter sight) and A5 (with an open sight) are exportable. They are distinguished by a simplified pistol grip shape and the additional ability to fire in fixed bursts of three shots.

All shortened MP-5s have a “family” bouquet of shortcomings: the inconvenient location of the front handle directly near the muzzle (you can burn your hand with muzzle gases) and the absence of a stock, which does not add to the rather powerful weapon with increased stability when firing due to the short barrel. These shortcomings were eliminated in the MP-5KA6 model. It has a rather long compensator installed on the muzzle of the barrel, similar in shape to the compensator of the American Colt Commando carbine. The walls of the compensator reliably protect the guard's hand from burns from muzzle gases. A simple buttstock made of reinforced plastic is mounted on the buttplate of the weapon, folding by turning to the right. The PP has a diopter sight and a four-position safety switch - a switch for types of fire; it is possible to fire in fixed bursts of three rounds. MR-5KA6 was created at the end of 1997 and has not yet received wide distribution, despite its obvious advantages.

“Nepotism” when creating small arms undoubtedly has many more advantages than disadvantages. When studying the hardware of a weapon, the fighter’s task is greatly simplified: having learned to disassemble a rifle, he will cope with a similar task, armed with both a carbine and a submachine gun, since their structure, operating principle and appearance are largely the same. The Austrian company Steyr-Daimler-Puch created in the late 70s a very successful and promising family of bullpup weapons chambered for the 5.56×45 machine gun cartridge, which received the index AUG, which means “army universal weapon.” The family includes a light machine gun, a rifle and a carbine, differing in barrel length. In an effort to expand the family, the Austrian gunsmiths equipped the weapon with a conversion kit, including an exceptionally long (42 cm) 9 mm barrel and a neck for a box magazine chambered for 9 mm Parabellum cartridges.

Submachine gun "Bison-2" (Russia)

Experimental PP from the American company Calico with a cylindrical magazine

The result was a PP that was extremely unified with the rifle, and also had a solid firing range - 350 m - and excellent accuracy. A blowback action is used, the PP has an effective muzzle compensator and is standardly equipped with an optical sight without magnification, although a conventional open sight can also be used. The magazines have a capacity of 25 and 32 rounds. More recently, in the second half of the 90s, the original Bizon-2 SMG was developed in Russia, based on the design of the Kalashnikov AKS-74U assault rifle. The pistol grip, a simplified left-folding buttstock, a safety lever - a fire switch, a bolt box and up to 60 percent of other components and parts were borrowed from the prototype. The bolt of the weapon is free, firing is carried out from a closed bolt due to the presence of a trigger mechanism. The procedure for incomplete disassembly and reassembly is also extremely unified with the Kalashnikov one. Thanks to its rather complex, but absolutely reliable mechanism, proven over many years of combat service. The Bizon-2 SMG has a rather low rate of fire - 650 - 700 rounds/min. The PP is chambered for the 9×18 mm PMM cartridge with a reinforced powder charge. PMM cartridges are produced with a conventional bullet, an armor-piercing bullet similar to the French THV and an expansive bullet, similar in design to the American Hot Top. It is also possible to use conventional PM cartridges. There is also a variant of the weapon chambered for the Parabellum cartridge.

“Bizon-2” has a barrel completely covered with a stamped casing, a simplified sighting device with an open rear sight, designed for a range of 150 m, completely similar to the AKS-74U sighting device, a front sight covered with a powerful ring-shaped muzzle, as well as a muzzle compensator. Due to the reduced mass of the bolt, the centering of the weapon changes slightly during the firing process, which increases the accuracy of fire.

Submachine gun "Whirlwind" (Russia)

But the most interesting nuance of the Bison-2 design is the horizontal cylindrical magazine, most reminiscent of an under-barrel grenade launcher. The cartridges in the magazine are placed parallel to its axis in a helical manner, and a spring-loaded feeder forces them towards the neck, forcing them to move along the screw guides. The magazine is very reliable, has a large capacity (66 rounds), with it the weapon practically does not change its overall dimensions and is even suitable for concealed carry. Before attaching the magazine to the weapon, it is necessary to insert the protrusions of two trunnions on its front cover behind the bar fixed in the front sight area, and then insert the neck of the magazine into the receiver. The magazine catch is designed exactly the same as that of the AKM. When firing, the weapon is held with the left hand by the magazine, like a fore-end. The only drawback of the Bizon-2 auger magazine is a significant shift in the center of mass of the weapon as the cartridges are consumed. In the near future, it is planned to begin producing auger magazines with a transparent plastic body so that the shooter can visually control the consumption of ammunition. The auger magazine was developed by the American company Kaliki, but it never took root at overseas PPs.

Submachine gun "Whirlwind"

Submachine gun "Val" (Russia)

By the way, an auger magazine, albeit a non-removable one, mounted in the butt, was used in a repeating rifle of the Mannlicher system back in 1880. Truly, the new is the well-forgotten old. This maxim has been repeatedly confirmed by the history of the development of small arms.

“Bison-2” has already managed to gain a good reputation among the armed formations of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, in particular among the riot police. Currently, powerful and reliable SMGs of this type are used in combat operations in Chechnya.

Submachine gun "Whirlwind" (Russia)

TIS submachine gun

A-91 submachine gun chambered for a 9-mm high-power cartridge

The American company Atchisson has created a modification of the famous Colt Commando carbine, which is a shortened version of the M-16 rifle, firing Parabellum cartridges. The changes affected only the barrel, chamber and magazine neck - a unit was installed in the standard neck under the magazine for 5.56 mm cartridges, designed to use a magazine from the MP-5 PP, the resulting weapon from the Commavdo using cheaper pistol cartridges. The Atchisson SMG has no combat value. In the 80s, the USSR developed a 9x39 mm cartridge with increased stopping power and subsonic speed of a heavy bullet (weight 16.1 g), which is essentially an analogue of the American Magnum revolver cartridge. The powerful Val and Vikhr SMGs were created for this ammunition. The first is distinguished by the presence of a muffler integrated into the design. Weapon automation works on the principle of removing powder gases, as in machine guns and rifles. “Val” and “Vikhr” have a folding shoulder rest and a sighting device with a reversible rear sight, designed for ranges of 100 and 200 m. Magazines with a capacity of 10 or 20 rounds are made of bakelite. Flag safety - the fire selector is located on the left above the trigger; it can be switched with the thumb of the right hand without removing it from the pistol grip. The cocking handle is on the right. Reliable, simple and fairly light (2.46 kg with a 20-round magazine), the Vikhr PP penetrates a 6-mm steel plate at the limit of the aiming distance, after which the bullet retains its destructive power. Its disadvantages include a high rate of fire - about 1000 rounds per minute - and an insufficient magazine capacity for serious combat. The large size and weight of the ammunition limits the wearable ammunition, which makes the “Val” and “Vikhr” exclusively special weapons intended for “piece” work.

Examples[edit]

Literature[edit]

• Mark Twain, “A Yankee in King Arthur's Court”: with two revolvers in his hands, the protagonist is ready to challenge the entire English knighthood to battle at once! True, this was a fair amount of chutzpah, which almost backfired on him: it was lucky that it was on the twelfth dead man that the knights decided to stop.
• Stephen King, "The Dark Tower": revolvers in the hands of shooters are very, very cool! Even against automatic weapons, homing bombs and lasers.
• “The Man with the Golden Gun” - in the original source, Scaramanga is armed not with monstrous garbage, but with an ordinary gold-plated large-caliber revolver. Weighing the odds, Bond decides that his enemy has the advantage in the inevitable skirmish, and even decides to do the inelegant thing: stealing the first cartridge from the drum.
• “Chronicles of a Strange Kingdom”: in the world of Delta there are no pistols at all in our understanding; revolvers are called pistols here. In the hands of a good shooter - for example, the same comrade Kantor - it is very, very cool. I guess after the war with Kappa it’s no longer relevant...

Cinema[edit]

Meta-example: Westerns and Eastern films without revolvers are unthinkable. If in the States the Colt SAA became the most popular “cinematic” revolver, then in the vast expanses of the former USSR this title undoubtedly belongs to the revolver. As well as cartoons that parody and play on Westerns.

• Dirty Harry is complete without his Smith & Wesson. So does Tudor Miklovan.

TV series[edit]

• Firefly - where would we be without it? Jane Cobb especially loves revolvers. One of Wash’s crowning moments, when he, with the Python in his hands, proves that he is cool not only at the helm and did not serve in the army in vain.

Animated series[edit]

• RWBY is General Ironwood's monstrous revolver with an under-barrel grenade launcher. The irony is that this is the most "common" weapon in the series. In the seventh season there are already a couple of them, and the second one he uses to fly using cartridges with gravity dust!
• Arthur Watts went up against Ironwood with an 18-round revolver!

Anime and Manga[edit]

• Black Lagoon - Dutch carries a Smith & Wesson 29-2
• Ghost in the Shell - Togusa uses a Mateba revolver with an unusual lower barrel.
• Gunsmith Cats - In the first arc, a gun-loving hitman buys a custom Ruger Super Redhawk from Rally to kill her target. When Rally found out about this, she was very unhappy that the weapon she created would be used for contract killing.
• Lupine III - Jigen Daisuke with the inseparable Magnum.
• Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou - when trying to make a firearm powered by magic, the main character came up with Donner and Schlag revolvers, the automatic did not work out. For the sake of the rate of fire, a minigun was later made.
  And it’s very cool, and it also does without complex mechanics. Immensely cool: black with red stripes, they accelerate the bullet with electricity like a railgun, they shoot so fast that six shots merge into one, they are loaded by teleporting cartridges almost directly into a rotating drum.
  In the original light novel, only Donner was made at first (he had nothing to hold the second one in any case). The revolver format was chosen because something was needed that was both powerful (the beast in the caves was much superior to the guy in level), multi-shot (some animals walked in small groups, while others were obviously very strong in wounds) and one-handed (again for obvious reasons - only the stump remained from the second hand). Well, plus, something with a fairly simple design was required - the accuracy of transmutation left much to be desired, therefore, before assembling a shooting revolver, the hero wasted a lot of ore on unsuccessful attempts: the parts were not immediately able to fit together, and in terms of strength, it was also not possible on the first try, the frame turned out to be quite durable (if he had immediately swung at something like the M1911, he would have been riveting prototypes until the end of time in that cave). And it was precisely a firearm - purely by chance, a vein with a very special ore was discovered, partly similar to bitumen, but at the same time capable of burning without access to air, and when trying to burn in a small closed volume, it gave an explosion - almost like native black gunpowder (the guy was lucky , that in his class, with levels, the skill of identifying minerals opened, due to which he immediately learned a lot of everything from almost every selected cobblestone). The option of railgun additional acceleration was added later and only because the protagonist himself learned to generate electricity: for him, railguns are something like slingshots for an ordinary person, only not with muscular force, but with electromotive force, but that’s how he has it. And he couldn’t load by teleportation after receiving the storage ring - he could only remove the spent cartridges with the ring, but he still couldn’t get fresh cartridges into the chambers, so he spent a whole month learning how to catch them in front of him with the drum thrown to the side (yes, like Rusyuna from Grenadier, she just carries cartridges in another kind of “magic cache”
  ).

Video games[edit]

• ATOM RPG: a capsule revolver assembled on your knee is just right for shooting low-level enemies like rats and rural gopots. What’s funny is that it surpasses the factory revolver in power and accuracy.
• Borderlands (game series): Most of the really cool short guns are revolvers. Especially from Jacobs. Looks funny with bonuses to magazine capacity.
• Crysis - from the second part, the game features the fierce Majestic revolver, used by CELL fighters. Its hits are comparable to those of the HMG heavy machine gun (it even breaks the exoskeletons of ordinary Ceph soldiers), but you can only shoot accurately from it at close ranges
• Devil May Cry - "Blue Rose" Nero.
• Fallout and, especially, New Vegas, the symbols of which were the ranger with Sequoia and the song “Big Iron”. After all, the location of the action obliges.
• Half-Life is a stunning and accurate revolver that can kill many enemies with one shot. It’s a pity that there are few cartridges (and we can’t carry more than 36 “in our pockets” and 6 in the cylinder of a revolver), and ammunition is rare. Not that it’s very rare, but not on every corner. Some of the guards in Black Mesa are armed with revolvers, but they are not seen alive “on camera” - Freeman finds a revolver on the deceased. But in the spin-offs there are also live security guards with revolvers.
• Mafia: The City os Lost Heaven - Smith & Wesson Model 27.
• Parasite Eve II is a huge Mongoose revolver chambered for a magnum cartridge. Alas, on your first playthrough you can only get it in the finale, and on the way to the bad ending.
• Resident Evil - "Hand Cannon".
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines: Zigzag - the weakest gun in the game is the Smith & Wesson compact police revolver, and one of the most powerful is the Colt Anaconda.
• Dungeon orderlies - a line of revolvers "Felix De", "Lavrentiy Be" and "Iosif Es". To be fair, they look more like a show-off than they shoot effectively. In terms of combat effectiveness, even compact SMGs chambered for a puny 6mm cartridge are clearly better.

Real life[edit]

Throughout the history of revolvers, there have been many outstanding examples:

• 18-21 charging double-barrel hairpin revolvers. These monsters were not supposed to be carried in a holster, but to be carried with you in a carriage or stagecoach.
• The revolver, designed by the French doctor Alexandre Le Ma, is a nine-shot revolver with an under-barrel shotgun.
• Revolver of the Nagan brothers. The fiercest high-tech of its time: a double-action trigger, an automatic safety that does not allow a shot to be fired when the trigger is not pressed (when the trigger is hit, for example), rolling of the drum and cartridges of a special design, eliminating the breakthrough of powder gases and the wedge of the drum with a primer, the accuracy of a sports revolver with reliability military
• Colt Walker! The personal Colt of the legendary Texas Ranger named Samuel Walker (he is the one Chuck Norris cosplays), created by his order and which became the weapon of the Texas Rangers.
• Ruger Super Redhawk Alsakan - created as a self-defense weapon against bears (!)
• RSh-12 is a 12.7 mm assault revolver.
• MTs255 - shotgun and shotgun!
• The Manurhin MR-73 is a French sporting revolver of excellent durability and workmanship. With an extended barrel and bipod, it is used by GIGN special forces as a sniper weapon (for short distances, of course). Fully meets the trope, because it was chosen for its seriousness and old-fashioned chic.
• Milkor MGL, RG-6 and several others - grenade launchers-revolvers!
• Revolver guns! They are used in aviation, but their design is similar to Gatling, whose rotating barrels were replaced with a revolving drum, thereby saving weight.
• “Cucciolo” from the Italian company New System Arms chambered for .728 MR (18.5 mm (!) “for our money”) weighing 12.5 kg without compensator and bipod and butt and 22.5 kg with all the bells and whistles. It feels like the steampunk mechs haven’t arrived for him yet...
• A laser revolver project developed in the 80s in the USSR for the defense of astronauts. Then it’s worth mentioning the TOZ-81 “Mars” - also for cosmonauts, it was proposed as part of the NAZ in case of an emergency landing: hunting, alarm, self-defense. It lost the competition to the three-barreled TP-82 pistol, but was a very interesting design in itself.