Snubnosed revolver
Since the external movement of the mechanism is minimal or nil, shrouded and hammerless models may be fired from within clothing.
[1] The design of these revolvers compromises range and accuracy at a distance in favor of maneuverability and ease of carry and concealment.
Demand for snubnosed revolvers has been met with the introduction of numerous new models from Smith & Wesson, Colt, Ruger, Taurus, and other manufacturers.
There are also snubnosed revolvers chambered for semi-automatic pistol cartridges such as 9×19mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP (loaded with the aid of Moon clips).
[6] The British Bull Dog revolver was a popular type of 5-shot, solid-frame, double action, pocket revolver introduced by Philip Webley & Son of Birmingham, England, in 1872, and subsequently copied by gunmakers in continental Europe and the United States.
Webley produced smaller scaled .320 Revolver and .380 caliber versions later, but did not mark them with the British Bull Dog name.
[9] The M1877 was offered from the factory in two basic finishes: nickel-plated or a case-hardened frame with a blue barrel and cylinder.
Similar "hammerless" designs were made by manufacturers such as Iver Johnson and Harrington & Richardson and proved popular for concealed carry.
Reshaping the hammer and the butt allowed the gun to be drawn quickly with little risk of snagging on clothing.
He later modified two .45 caliber Colt New Service revolvers in the same manner,[13] and was known to carry the pair in his front pockets.
The Colt Detective Special is a carbon steel framed double-action, snubnosed, six-shot revolver.
Introduced in 1927, the Detective Special was the first snubnosed revolver produced with a modern swing-out frame.
It was designed from the outset to be chambered for higher-powered cartridges such as the .38 Special, considered to be a powerful caliber for a concealable pocket pistols of the day.
For the Model 36, they designed a small concealable, 5-shot, double-action revolver with a 2 in (51 mm) barrel, that could fire the more powerful .38 Special cartridge.
[17] A 3 in (76 mm) barreled version design went into production immediately, due to high demand.
[25] The Bulldog is a solid-framed traditional double-action revolver, the cylinder is opened by pushing a release slide on the left of the gun, or in the original model by pulling the ejector rod.
Introduced in the 1980s, in the United States the guns are marketed for concealed carry and personal protection.
However, there are a number of significant internal differences between the Taurus 85 and similar Smith & Wesson revolvers.
The Smith & Wesson Model 500 Emergency Survival is a large frame, 5-shot, 2.75 in (70 mm) barrel, .500 S&W Magnum, double action revolver with blaze orange Hogue grips.
The Model 500 was built on the entirely new X-Frame, which was developed exclusively to handle the muzzle velocity and pressures generated by firing the .500 Magnum cartridge.
It can also shoot .454 Casull and .45 Colt, and is easily identified by its neon yellow Hogue grips.
[33] All Alaskans feature a brushed stainless finish and a Hogue Tamer rubber finger groove grip, rather than the standard GP100 style.
The frame is aluminum alloy and synthetic glass-filled polymer finished in matte black with Synergistic Hard Coat.
There are also a 6-shot .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire and a .327 Federal Magnum versions, as well as 5-shot a clip-fed 9mm Luger version.The Taurus Judge is a 5-shot, snubnosed (3-inch barrel), revolver introduced in 2006, by Taurus International, chambered for .410 bore shot shells and the .45 Colt cartridge.
The Smith & Wesson Governor is a 6-shot, snubnosed (2.75-inch barrel), double-action revolver built on the Z-frame (a stretched N-frame) and utilizes a K-frame grip with a lightweight scandium alloy or stainless steel frame.
Introduced in 2011, and similar to the Taurus Judge, the Governor can also fire 2+1⁄2-inch .410 shotgun shells, .45 Colt, and .45 ACP (with the use of supplied moon clips due to the lack of a rim on the auto pistol cartridges).
[39] There is a range of aftermarket accessories available for the snubnosed revolvers, including grips, speedloaders, and holsters.
The Barami Hip-Grip is a "set of grips for revolvers with a paddle or wing added on the right-hand side.
