Auto Ejecting revolver?

musicmaniac · 01-15-2008, 01:50 PM

Alright guys i thought I would post this thread just to satisfy my own curiosity. I have seen a few "Auto ejecting" revolvers online now and always wonder exactly what is it? Example: H&R Auto Ejecting 32S&W revolver - GunsInternational.com. I see it is a break barrel and wondered, maybe it is like a single shot break barrel shotgun? When you open it, it ejects the shells? Just curious. Thanks!

mym1a · 01-15-2008, 01:57 PM

didn't webley make a revolver like this back in the late 1800's???

okole · 01-15-2008, 03:42 PM

Webley's were made right up through WWII as I recall.

musicmaniac · 01-15-2008, 03:43 PM

Yeah it looks like they were. Any idea on how these things work?

okole · 01-15-2008, 06:15 PM

The star in the middle of the cylinder is spring loaded, when you "break" the action open, it pushes the fired cases out. Some old H&R 22's used to work on a caming action to extract but you had to elevate the barrel to shake them out most of the time.

rfc357 · 01-15-2008, 06:16 PM

Most break revolvers are "auto-eject," in the sense that opening them activates the star extractor and kicks out the empties. The idea goes back at least to the 19th century S&W, H&R, and British revolvers, probably others also. This gun design was very popular right up to WWII, less so afterwards, although H&R made them into the 1980s. Aside from some replica Schofields, I am not aware of any made today. Break revolvers tend to loosen up in fairly short order as the latches are not the most robust, but the British Webleys and Enfields gave good military service for 100 years.

musicmaniac · 01-16-2008, 09:14 AM

Cool. That is what I thought but couldn't for the life of me find anything that backed that up. Thanks guys!

dixierat · 01-16-2008, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by mym1a

didn't webley make a revolver like this back in the late 1800's???

There was also the Smith and Wesson Number 3. It was developed to compete with the Colt Peacemaker. Their mistake was making it in a caliber other than .45 LC.

Don357 · 01-16-2008, 05:00 PM

In the late 1980's Russia also made an auto-ejecting revolver. It was an IzMech REX MP-412. A top break, polymer frame .357 mag. It never made it to the US because of the Clinton/Yeltsin trade agreement. It did make it to Europe though.

01-15-2008, 01:50 PM	#1
musicmaniac Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 470 Images: 7	Auto Ejecting revolver? Alright guys i thought I would post this thread just to satisfy my own curiosity. I have seen a few "Auto ejecting" revolvers online now and always wonder exactly what is it? Example: H&R Auto Ejecting 32S&W revolver - GunsInternational.com. I see it is a break barrel and wondered, maybe it is like a single shot break barrel shotgun? When you open it, it ejects the shells? Just curious. Thanks! __________________ A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. -- Sigmund Freud

01-15-2008, 03:43 PM	#4
musicmaniac Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 470 Images: 7	Yeah it looks like they were. Any idea on how these things work? __________________ A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. -- Sigmund Freud

01-16-2008, 09:14 AM	#7
musicmaniac Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 470 Images: 7	Cool. That is what I thought but couldn't for the life of me find anything that backed that up. Thanks guys! __________________ A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. -- Sigmund Freud

01-15-2008, 01:57 PM	#2
mym1a Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,313	didn't webley make a revolver like this back in the late 1800's???

01-15-2008, 03:42 PM	#3
okole Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NW Montana Posts: 61	Webley's were made right up through WWII as I recall.

01-15-2008, 06:15 PM	#5
okole Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NW Montana Posts: 61	The star in the middle of the cylinder is spring loaded, when you "break" the action open, it pushes the fired cases out. Some old H&R 22's used to work on a caming action to extract but you had to elevate the barrel to shake them out most of the time.

01-15-2008, 06:16 PM	#6
rfc357 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 741	Most break revolvers are "auto-eject," in the sense that opening them activates the star extractor and kicks out the empties. The idea goes back at least to the 19th century S&W, H&R, and British revolvers, probably others also. This gun design was very popular right up to WWII, less so afterwards, although H&R made them into the 1980s. Aside from some replica Schofields, I am not aware of any made today. Break revolvers tend to loosen up in fairly short order as the latches are not the most robust, but the British Webleys and Enfields gave good military service for 100 years.

01-16-2008, 05:00 PM	#9
Don357 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Semmes Alabama Posts: 271	In the late 1980's Russia also made an auto-ejecting revolver. It was an IzMech REX MP-412. A top break, polymer frame .357 mag. It never made it to the US because of the Clinton/Yeltsin trade agreement. It did make it to Europe though.