Moon clip
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A moon clip is a ring-shaped or star-shaped piece of metal designed to hold multiple cartridges together as a unit, for simultaneous insertion and extraction from a revolver cylinder. Moon clips may e
Full and half moon clips loaded with .45 ACP and one Semiwadcutter .45 Auto Rim cartridge.
Smith & Wesson 1917 with .45 ACP moon clips and two auto rim cartridges
Rare Ruger Speed Six variant in 9mm Parabellum, which uses half-moon clips to chamber the rimless cartridges
Smith & Wesson Model 625 .45 ACP moon clips.
Revolver
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A revolver is a repeating handgun with at least one barrel and a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers for firing. Because most revolver models hold six cartridges before needing to be reloa
A Smith & Wesson Model 10, the most common revolver design
Firing a Smith & Wesson Model 686 .357 Magnum
Detail of an 8-chambered matchlock revolver (Germany, c. 1580)
Colt Paterson 2nd belt model