Looking at the 'weird' revolver below

JS
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Saturday, April 23, 2022, 08:26 (1565 days ago)

... made me think... many ppl likely love the hinged revolvers that expose the entire rear of cylinder and eject, but are not excited about the low pressure cartridges you are stuck with because of the relatively weak locking mechanism a fraction of an inch away from that pressure.
Successful designs already exist for high pressure rounds firing from the bottom of cyl taking advantage of the strength of main gun mass, with recoil benefits also.
With clever design is it possible to combine the two elements and have a 'unique' and probably ugly revolver... has it been done before?

MANY YEARS AGO A TOP-BREAK

JT
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Saturday, April 23, 2022, 08:40 (1565 days ago) @ JS

.44 MAGNUM WAS ANNOUNCED. DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS EVER PRODUCED.

Most likely is shoulda been called a "Break The Top" ...

Jim Taylor
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Saturday, April 23, 2022, 09:58 (1565 days ago) @ JT

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top break 44 Mag

stonecold
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Saturday, April 23, 2022, 13:40 (1565 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

Like many things in life it would work fine until it didn't. The "didn't" point might come real early,

It COULD be done, but it seems a daring effort

WB
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Sunday, April 24, 2022, 10:48 (1564 days ago) @ stonecold

The FA2008 (mine in .378 GNR no less - possibly the most powerful chambering?) is top brake locking as is it's grandfather the Merrill.

It has been said a Merrill can be fired with the hinge pin left missing, it's so well engineered. But YOU first! lol But it's not a revolver either.

in the late 80s, Detonics was very popular with

Gary Reeder
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Saturday, April 23, 2022, 12:29 (1565 days ago) @ JT

their small compact 45 autos. The fact that Don Johnson used one as an ankle gun in the Miami Vice series didn't hurt at all. If I remember right they also talked about putting out a 44 magnum in a top break revolver. I never saw one and don't know if they ever actually made a prototype but I vaguely remember one of the gun magazines mentioning it and maybe showing a picture of the prototype.

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