What makes a 'Mountain Gun" a Mountain Gun

[Taj]

I love "mountain guns" -- it is whatever you want it to be...

Or----what ever you are willing to carry. It's all kind of relative.

Taj

 

[LittleCooner]

I agree it is a marketing thing,, but, I helped S&W out when they overproduced this model Mountain Gun,,
I bought two of them,,,,,,,,,,

My goodness, they really do exist. I thought they were like unicorns. So you own about 5 or 6 % of the guns every made by Smith and Wesson, wow, what a stash.

 

[StrawHat]

These all qualify as Mountain revolvers to me!

Kevin

 

[bdGreen]

I agree it is a marketing thing,, but, I helped S&W out when they overproduced this model Mountain Gun,,
I bought two of them,,,,,,,,,,

Didn't everyone?

bdGreen

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[oldman10mm]

Has there ever been an unfluted Mountain Gun ( or prototype). I'm aware the heavier cylinder would defeat a MGs' lighter weight purpose, just curious.

 

[The Norseman]

Solid Mountain

To see an Un-fluted cylinder Mountain Gun,
Fugate Firearms in Kentucky.

Interesting. A want to be Mountain Gun.

 

[gerhard1]

A lot of older S&W revolvers have that rounded edge to the front of the cylinder, even for guns that never had black powder ammunition. It just looks nice, I guess, and was probably eliminated to save machining steps and thus costs.

When the Mountain Revolver first was introduced, followed by the Mountain Guns, gun magazine writers didn't refer to this as a 'black powder bevel.' They said that the rounding was to make the revolver easier to put back into a holster. Maybe I am particularly oaffish, but I could never tell any difference.

I always understood that the front of the cylinder was beveled to shave weight off the gun. Granted, it is not much but combined with other changes made, (the thinner barrel, the rounded butt, etc.) it added up.

Of course, I could be all wet, too.