-=> Quoting Vern Humphrey to Steve Gunhouse on 06-06-96  06:39 <=-
 Re: handgun/longgun
 SG>Sounds like you want a single-action. Well, except that it is single-
 SG>action.  Either that, or you're imitating Clint Eastwood in that movie
 SG>where he was interchanging cylinders on a black-powder revolver.
 VH> Yeah -- I kept waiting for him to drop one -- and find out the hard
 VH> way about the dangers of carrying a loaded, capped cylinder. :-)
Well, BP isn't exactly the safest material anyway. It's possible they
could have a concealed nipple, so that the cap couldn't be hit by
dropping on a hard *flat* surface. Now, if you hit a rock which would get
around the shroud ...
 SG>Speedloaders are more convenient - and don't weigh as much. That, and
 SG>it's hard to get a cylinder to match a barrel. To get a really accurate
 SG>gun, you need to make sure the chambers line up properly, and
 SG>interchanging cylinders isn't likely to help that occur.
 VH> Rachet and hands must be hand fitted to ensure proper timing.  Having
 VH> several several cylinders fitted to the same gun would run the price
 VH> up.
It doesn't seem like the Ruger Blackhawk Convertible is all that much
more expensive. That is, if they wished they could fit 3 spares when they
fit the original at the factory. But how much is the steel, the drilling,
and all that other stuff?
Ruger sells the Convertible for only $20 more, but it's a safe assumption
that they are absorbing some of the actual cost difference. How much is a
speedloader? About $8. That's pretty obvious to me.
Steve
... I want to see you shoot the way you shout. - Theodore Roosevelt
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