The Silver and Fletcher Royal Irish Constabulary Revolver,The Royal Irish Constabulary was the main
The Silver and Fletcher Royal Irish Constabulary Revolver,The Royal Irish Constabulary was the main national police force of Ireland during British rule. The RIC was armed with the Webley and Scott No. 1 RIC revolver, a double action centerfire cartridge revolver chambered in .450. In the late 1880’s a few hundred RIC revolvers were outfitted by Silver and Fletcher with their rare self ejecting system. The hammer was removed and replaced with the Silver and Fletcher mechanism. A mechanism is connected to the hammer so that when the revolver is cocked, a hook type ejector at the top of the frame slides under the rim of the empty casing, ejecting the spent brass out of the loading port. The hammer also worked as a safety, if pulled back and rotated horizontally, the firing pin was withdrawn rendering the revolver inert.The downfall of the system was that the loading gate had to be open in order for it to work. Keeping the gate closed and unloading it after firing was no faster than any other revolver with a loading port. -- source link
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