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Magnum Wheel Man · August 24, 2011, 07:17 AM

So... I'm asking physically how would they have accurately made a 7 shot cylinder in the black powder cartridge era...

but also the question was a bit bigger... in that "age" some of the greatest mechanical advancements were made, while there was still much skill involved, ( for example again ) fitting & installing & getting the timing correct on a 7 shot double action revolver with no side plates ( all parts inserted through necessary openings like trigger hammer openings etc.) these 22's were common & cheap, yet required alot of both engineering & skills to assemble

& this was an age that few went to college & yet there are humanly thought out mechanical advancements that "the computer age" either blatently copies, or barely improves on, & in which the designs "improvements" ( often driven solely around greater profitability rather than actual quality or ingenuity )

August 24, 2011, 07:17 AM	#4
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	So... I'm asking physically how would they have accurately made a 7 shot cylinder in the black powder cartridge era... but also the question was a bit bigger... in that "age" some of the greatest mechanical advancements were made, while there was still much skill involved, ( for example again ) fitting & installing & getting the timing correct on a 7 shot double action revolver with no side plates ( all parts inserted through necessary openings like trigger hammer openings etc.) these 22's were common & cheap, yet required alot of both engineering & skills to assemble & this was an age that few went to college & yet there are humanly thought out mechanical advancements that "the computer age" either blatently copies, or barely improves on, & in which the designs "improvements" ( often driven solely around greater profitability rather than actual quality or ingenuity ) __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust... Last edited by Magnum Wheel Man; August 24, 2011 at 07:24 AM.