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Fred Brackin · 07-05-2017, 07:21 PM

[QUOTE=Railstar;2108540
With the rotating drum, the break between the drum and the barrel might leak out some of the blast. Should that lower damage at all?
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This you can stop worrying about. All revolvers (except he Nagant) have a gap between the barrel and the cylinder. It is known as the "barrel-cylinder gap" in technical jargon.

Thus all revolvers do lose a little bit but it's just not enough to matter. Probably not even if lower quality workmanship increases the size of the B-C gap. It's very likely to be an insignificant problem compared to the cruddy powder used in the historical matchlock period.

07-05-2017, 07:21 PM	#9
Fred Brackin Join Date: Aug 2007	Re: Turnover/revolving black powder guns [QUOTE=Railstar;2108540 With the rotating drum, the break between the drum and the barrel might leak out some of the blast. Should that lower damage at all? .[/QUOTE] This you can stop worrying about. All revolvers (except he Nagant) have a gap between the barrel and the cylinder. It is known as the "barrel-cylinder gap" in technical jargon. Thus all revolvers do lose a little bit but it's just not enough to matter. Probably not even if lower quality workmanship increases the size of the B-C gap. It's very likely to be an insignificant problem compared to the cruddy powder used in the historical matchlock period. __________________ Fred Brackin