It seems to function for several different things so it probably had more than one original purpose. It would be nice to know exactly what the maker had in mind when they first fluted the cyclinder.
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So just why do they (usually) flute revolver cylinders?
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Cosmetic...
Yes, it will reduce weight/mass but not for any realistic benefit.
Its not generating heat like a mini gun so cooling is out.
It could be possible that originally it was to used channel gas/debris/fouling flow away from the face of the cylinder since there is a gap between the cylinder and barrel. Black powder was/is filthy.
How much crap actually builds up there now with smokeless powder? How many rounds before stoppage due to build up?
Yes, it will reduce weight/mass but not for any realistic benefit.
Its not generating heat like a mini gun so cooling is out.
It could be possible that originally it was to used channel gas/debris/fouling flow away from the face of the cylinder since there is a gap between the cylinder and barrel. Black powder was/is filthy.
How much crap actually builds up there now with smokeless powder? How many rounds before stoppage due to build up?
He was High on drugs and even he doesn't know.
Here's a comparison, { (5.5" fluted, 45 oz.): http://www.ruger.com/products/newModelSuperBlackhawkStandard/specSheets/0811.html };...……. { ( 4.62" non-fluted, 45 oz. ): http://www.ruger.com/products/newModelSuperBlackhawkStandard/specSheets/0814.html } ; With the fluted cylinder version, you get .88" more barrel length, with the same weight as the shorter barreled, non-fluted revolver.
cause unfluted looks cool,but SSA needs fluted cause its a cowboy gun,and all the cool cowboys had em.
In a double action pistol, firing with that long DA trigger pull, if the "rotational mass" is less, the trigger pull would seem to me to be somewhat less. I am no gunsmith and with the use of springs and such inside the action, it may not be enough to consider.
In a single action pistol, it would seem to me to be explained by reason of easing manual operation while wearing gloves and being shot at by the guys in the black hats.
Purely aesthetic now? You know the Colt Patterson had an unfluted cylinder? I can hear one of Samuel Colt's friends saying, "Yo, Sammy, the gun is good and all but look, it's got no cylinder flutes. **** man, can't y'all do something to make it easier to hold and load? I have to hold the cylinder in one spot while I load it from the front - dump in powder, drop in the lead ball and tamp that bitch down! How 'bout inventing smokeless powder and metallic cartridges! And build me a speedloader so I can load five chambers at once! Damn, Sam, do I have to do all the thinking for you?" Oh...wait! Horace&Daniel beat Colt and his company to some of that...and their Model 1 also had an unfluted cylinder...I'm thinking those were practical designs based on the state of metallurgy existing at that time?
In a single action pistol, it would seem to me to be explained by reason of easing manual operation while wearing gloves and being shot at by the guys in the black hats.
Purely aesthetic now? You know the Colt Patterson had an unfluted cylinder? I can hear one of Samuel Colt's friends saying, "Yo, Sammy, the gun is good and all but look, it's got no cylinder flutes. **** man, can't y'all do something to make it easier to hold and load? I have to hold the cylinder in one spot while I load it from the front - dump in powder, drop in the lead ball and tamp that bitch down! How 'bout inventing smokeless powder and metallic cartridges! And build me a speedloader so I can load five chambers at once! Damn, Sam, do I have to do all the thinking for you?" Oh...wait! Horace&Daniel beat Colt and his company to some of that...and their Model 1 also had an unfluted cylinder...I'm thinking those were practical designs based on the state of metallurgy existing at that time?
Earliest fluted cylinder that I recall is the 5 shot 1862 Colt Pocket Police. Any thing earlier?
It's pretty obvious guys...
So ODT flippers could sail (or trade heavily in their favor) as custom fluted LNIB only 12 rounds down the pipe even though cylinder has a visible turn ring with threat of no problem putting back in safe after waters have been tested.
So ODT flippers could sail (or trade heavily in their favor) as custom fluted LNIB only 12 rounds down the pipe even though cylinder has a visible turn ring with threat of no problem putting back in safe after waters have been tested.
@Gadgetsrfun has 8 or 10 or 20 or some other enviable number of those Rossi revolvers, including the .44 Special! All are awesome looking and shooting revolvers!
Un-fluted cylinders reduce felt recoil and make large caliber handguns shoot "softer". More mass.
