Snubnosed revolver
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A snubnosed revolver is a small, medium, or large frame revolver with a short barrel, generally less than 3 inches in length. Smaller such revolvers are often made with "bobbed" or "shrouded" hammers
A Colt Cobra and a Smith & Wesson Model 36 snubnosed revolvers
Webley .450 "British Bull Dog" model - 1870s
.32 caliber Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless
Colt Detective Special
Colt Detective Special
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The Colt Detective Special is a six-shot, carbon steel framed, 2-inch or 3-inch barreled, double-action revolver, and the first example of a class of firearms known as "snubnose revolvers".
Snubnosed revolver
…the pair in his front pockets. The FitzGerald Special was the precursor of the modern snubnosed revolver and specifically was the prototype for the Colt Detective Special. The Colt Detective Special is a carbon steel framed double-action, snubnosed, six-shot revolver. As the name "Detective Special" suggests, this model…
A Colt Detective Special, Fourth Series (1992–1996), with rubber grips and a shrouded ejector rod
Fitz Special