Post-apocalyptic TL 5/8

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Ze'Manel Cunha

For law enforcement I'd go with something like the Winchester 1886 chambered in .50-110 black powder centerfire rifle cartridge, and something like the S&W 500 chambered to fire the same bullet as a five shot revolver.

You mean the modern S&W .500 magnum?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.500_S%26W_Magnum

The maximum psi with that is 60,000 and even conservative factory ammo is loaded at 50,000 psi. You will not be seeing that with black powder. No, not even if you use a "lot" of it.

I don't see nay real reason to go back to loading gate revolvers. It wasn't am matter of good steel or even precision manufacturing that lead to the "modern" swing-out cylinder designs seen in the late 1890s. It was just working the bugs out of the ergonomics.

So Colt New Service in .45 Colt. See Pulp Guns 1.

You could stick with the break open action of the S&W Model 3 even if you didn't go all the way to 1896 revolvers. The Number 3 is probably what Wyatt Earp actually carried at the OK Corral so that ought to be iconic enough for anyone.

Explain the proceedure for a loading gate revolver to your players and they'll choose anything else.