Revolver hand?

rlee1976 · Apr 8, 2011

Guys, quick question, knew this would be the best place to ask. What is a revolver's hand? Is this the part that rotates the cylinder? I'm thinking of buying an Iver Johnson that the seller says is missing the hand. Problem is, when I look for a hand for this model at Numrich gun parts, there's none listed in the schematic. There are parts called the lever and the lifter; is one of these another name for a hand? Probably the lever, right? Because the lifter is the part that helps to cock the hammer? Thanks all.
Ryan

Nightowl · Apr 8, 2011

Smith calls the part that rotates the hammer, the hand. I believe Colt calls it the pawl. I would guess other manufacturers use other names for similar parts that rotate the cylinder. I am not famaliar with other makes.

bobelk99 · Apr 8, 2011

rlee1976 said:
Guys, quick question, knew this would be the best place to ask.

Glad to see your post, but you might get more responses in
one of the revolver forums:

S&W Revolvers: 1961 to 1980

Old 44 Guy · Apr 8, 2011

Night owl is correct.

Alpo · Apr 9, 2011

Didn't know hammers rotated. And I thought the hand was what moved the cylinder.

bobelk99 · Apr 9, 2011

Alpo said:
Didn't know hammers rotated. And I thought the hand was what moved the cylinder.

I assume that Nightowls use of word hammer was a typo. Otherwise I am

.

Ron H. · Apr 9, 2011

rlee1976 said:
Guys, quick question, knew this would be the best place to ask. What is a revolver's hand? Is this the part that rotates the cylinder? I'm thinking of buying an Iver Johnson that the seller says is missing the hand. Problem is, when I look for a hand for this model at Numrich gun parts, there's none listed in the schematic. There are parts called the lever and the lifter; is one of these another name for a hand? Probably the lever, right? Because the lifter is the part that helps to cock the hammer? Thanks all.
Ryan

Sir, my initial thought is that the gun is missing the hand because the hand is not readily available, so you'd just be buying someone else's problem.

Maybe that's correct, maybe not.

You'd be wise to find a schematic of the gun that shows and names the various parts and compare it to the gun itself. Perhaps Iver Johnson calls the hand something else. The hand is indeed the part that engages the cylinder's ratchet to rotate the cylinder. On a modern Smith, it's attached to the trigger. I don't know how IJ did it.

Was it me, I'd just pass on the thing. I've reached a point in life where I don't buy "projects" without knowing exactly what I'm getting into in terms of cost, hassle and time.

JMHO, FWIW.

Hope this helps, and Semer Fi.

Ron H.

Nightowl · Apr 10, 2011

Nightowl said:
Smith calls the part that rotates the hammer, the hand. I believe Colt calls it the pawl. I would guess other manufacturers use other names for similar parts that rotate the cylinder. I am not famaliar with other makes.

OOPS!! Meant cylinder!!

Revolver hand?

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