Cylinder (firearms)
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In firearms, the cylinder is the cylindrical, rotating part of a revolver containing multiple chambers, each of which is capable of holding a single cartridge. The cylinder rotates around a central ax
Cylinder, at right center, removed from a Remington Model 1858 revolver
A Nagant M1895 revolver, showing the fixed cylinder's loading gate open
A Webley Mk VI .455 calibre break-top service revolver
Example of a swing-out cylinder on a revolver
Colt Single Action Army
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The Colt Single Action Army is a single-action revolver. It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company and was adopted as the
A model with a 7+1⁄2 in. barrel
Colt Sheriff's Model, 3-inch (7.6 cm) barrel
Colt SAA formerly used by the San Antonio Police Department
Colt Single Action Army revolver (Model 1873), displayed at the Istanbul Military Museum, Istanbul, Turkey