Revolver of elevated loading capacity

A revolver comprising:

• a body provided at a rear end thereof with a pistol grip and at a front end thereof with a forwardly projecting barrel;
• a frame secured to the front end of said body and disposed in a substantially vertical plane extending in the direction of said barrel;
• a cylinder with a multiplicity of cartridge chambers rotatable within said frame about a shaft paralleling said barrel, said cylinder having a multiplicity of rotary positions in which a respective chamber thereof is aligned with said barrel;
• a trigger disposed between said frame and said pistol grip substantially at the level of said shaft, said trigger being swingable parallel to said vertical plane about a fulcrum on said body substantially at the level of said barrel;
• detent means engageable with said cylinder for arresting same in any of said rotary positions;
• stepping means disposed in said body above the level of said barrel and controlled by said trigger for advancing said cylinder from one rotary position to the next upon a retraction of said trigger, said detent means being coupled with said trigger for temporarily disengaging said cylinder during said retraction;
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• a firing mechanism in said body including a striker pin in line with said barrel behind said cylinder, a hammer engageable with an end of said striker pin remote from said cylinder, said hammer being swingable about a pivot located substantially on the level of said trigger and being operatively coupled with said trigger upon retraction thereof for swinging from a normal position adjacent said striker pin into a withdrawn position remote from said striker pin with subsequent decoupling of said hammer from said trigger;
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• spring means connected with said hammer for driving same against said striker pin upon the decoupling thereof from said trigger.