Largest Revolver in the world

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[Revtwo]

PFEIFER ZELISKA REVOLVER Largest Revolver in the world. 28 mm Mr. Ryszard Tobys revolver, a copy of the Remington model 1859. Length 1260 mm. Guiness Record Award in 2005

[wastedyears]

Can it safely discharge a round?

[Stoat]

 

Probably not the best choice for undercover work......

 

 
 
  

[verity]

You should see the holster that comes with it. lol

[Steely Tom]

Something I don’t understand about revolvers. How do they get any muzzle velocity, when the gap between the cylinder and the barrel is a big leak for combustion gases?

[Tijeras_Slim]

There is leakage, but the gap is only a couple thousandth’s, most proceeds up the barrel.

[rickdylan]

The only reason I could picture for anybody NEEDING anything bigger than a 44mag would be camping in an area where there was a danger of being trampled by rhinos or elephants.

Nonetheless anybody who feels any sort of a real need for any such should consider the Wildey automags as an alternative to the super caliber revolvers. If nothing else, the auto mechanism will eat 40% of the recoil.

[new yorker 77]

That still could not take down Rosie O’Donnell.

[processing please hold]

That’ll make short work of any varmints, once I get a crane to lift it for me that is.

[Recovering Hermit]

The guy really needs to get a better grip on that thing.

[Condor51]

Actually its an 1858 Remington, not 1859.

And the correct name is 1858 New Army Remington. I have one, in .44 Caliber - it kicks a$$.

And in its day it was considered much better that the Colt's (1851 Navy or 1860 Army) due to its solid frame.

Of course James Butler Hickok (Wild Bill) would disagree as he used two .36 cal 1851 Navy's until the day he 'died' in 1876.

[Vision]

It’s engineered to extreme tolerances. It’s like a hair wide gap.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Guy in the top picture:

Talk about a gun that kills at both ends!

The recoil would crush his skull.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Hey - this revolver looks like it would be perfect for plinking tanks and locomotives...

[wastedyears]

Is it like a miniature Howitzer?

[Stoat]

That still could not take down Rosie O’Donnell.

(This response has been edited by the Admin Moderator to comply with Free Republic's ban on violence in posts)

[RightWhale]

The 30 mm revolver mounted on the A-10 Warthog is bigger, but is even that the biggest?

[Steely Tom]

There is leakage, but the gap is only a couple thousandth’s, most proceeds up the barrel.

Yeah, OK, but I thought that the pressure in the breech had to go up to, I don't know, 5000 psi or something like that. Even a few thousandths would bleed off a significant piece of that. And the bullet has to be forced into the rifling, right?

[RightWhale]

Calculate the cylindrical area of the space versus the area of the base of the bullet as it proceeds down the barrel. Unless the powder burns so slowly that it is still combusting by the time the bullet passes the gap, 90-95% of the energy would be delivered to the bullet. Some loss, but not significant.

[Gorzaloon]

Yeah, OK, but I thought that the pressure in the breech had to go up to, I don't know, 5000 psi or something like that. Even a few thousandths would bleed off a significant piece of that. And the bullet has to be forced into the rifling, right?

A few thousandths above Mach 1 is a brick wall.