Pinfire revolvers explained

Dismounting, functioning, markings and history

Dismounting an open-frame pinfire revolver (I)

- Generalities about pinfire revolvers

- Removal of the ejection rod

- Removal of the barrel

Dismounting an open-frame pinfire revolver (II)

- Removal of the cylinder

- Dismounting of the loading gate

- Removal of the trigger guard and trigger spring

- Removal of the cylinder arbor and friction spring

Dismounting an open-frame pinfire revolver (III)

- Access to the mainspring

- Dismounting of the hammer

- Dismounting of the trigger assembly

- Reassembly tips

Functioning of an open-frame pinfire revolver

- Cartridge loading

- Vintage 9mm pinfire cartridges

- Firing in double action mode

- Firing in single action mode

- Cylinder rotation

- Cylinder stop

- Front and rear sight

- No safety system available

Open-frame pinfire revolver of large caliber

- Various types of 12mm pinfire cartridges

- Structural flaw of the open-frame design

- Removal of the mainspring

Innovative open-frame pinfire revolver by Maurice Arendt (I)

- Improved loading gate

- Hammer with narrow head

- Unusual cylinder stop abutments

- Safety lever on the front grip strap

Innovative open-frame pinfire revolver by Maurice Arendt (II)

- Unusual cylinder arbor leaf spring

- Counterbored chambers

- Dual ignition system

- Functioning of the Arendt grip safety

- Other safety by Maurice Arendt

First step toward the solid-frame construction

- Semi solid-frame pinfire revolver

- Dismounting of the barrel

- Protecting shield

- Integral front and rear sights

- Top strap integral with the barrel

Solid-frame pinfire revolver in 7mm caliber

- Design without pivoting loading gate

- Dismounting of the cylinder

- Internal mechanism

- Eugène Lefaucheux folding trigger

Modified solid-frame pinfire revolver of English design (I)

- Initially fitted with longer barrel and grip

- Dismounting of the ejector rod

- Dismounting of the cylinder

- Access to the mainspring

- Adams construction of the grip

Modified solid-frame pinfire revolver of English design (II)

- Dismounting of the hammer and safety

- Dismounting of the trigger assembly

- Dismounting of the V shaped mainspring

Modified solid-frame pinfire revolver of English design (III)

- The hammer safety explained

- Detailed functioning of the hammer safety

- Other models with the same type of safety

How to revive your vintage pinfire handguns

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