Stupid Revolver Question

[fightingquaker13]

I know there is probably a head smackingly obvious anwer here, but I got to thinking about this and I couldn't see it.Here's the question. Why do SA revolvers never come with swing out cylinders? I get its for aesthetic reasons on a lot of them, but why not on hunting and target guns? It would make reloading less of a PITA.
FQ13 who is waiting for a response beginning with "Duh"   

[tombogan03884]

H&R made one in .22 it was double action as well . I saw one in the local GS last winter.

[LittleRed]

Nostalgia aside, for those using it for target and hunting—accuracy.

The space between the cylinder face and barrel is less than a swing-out cylinder. Since the cylinder is fixed on both ends, it is supposed to line up to the bore better. Some would argue reliability, but most quality revolvers already have pretty high marks there.

I suppose it would be like comparing a semi-auto to a bolt-action rifle—less moving parts help with consistency/accuracy.

For me personally, the previous answer is completely hypothetical since I haven't attained the level of marksmanship where I can blame my firearms for any lack of accuracy. If I am not shooting well, it's usually operator error.   

[blackwolfe]

High Standardmade the Double Nine.  A double action nine shot .22 that looked like a single action .22. I think they also made this as a convertable model with a .22 mag cylinder also.  There may have been others made by HS similar to this but with a differant name.  I have heard that the Hollywood prop guys liked these as they held nine shots and they didn't have to teach the actors to cock the hammer first as on a traditional single action.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=187620309

[BAC]

Double action revolvers don't have to be shot double action.   
Let us not forget the schofield, which is a top-break single action.

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[alfsauve]

H&R Ultra Sportsman SA topbreak
  Also the IverJohnosn Champion

[ellis4538]

The design of the SA revolver predates the swing out cyl. designed into the SA/DA revo.  Once the SA/DA revo came out I guess no one thought to try to redesign the SA with a SOC because it was outdated.  Also, it was easier just to draw a second SA.  I believe the SA would have faded into obscurity (sp) if it hadn't been for the B Cowboy movies of thr 40's and 50's and the fastdraw craze and Bill Ruger.

JMHOFWIW

Richard

[Hazcat]

The design of the SA revolver predates the swing out cyl. designed into the SA/DA revo.  Once the SA/DA revo came out I guess no one thought to try to redesign the SA with a SOC because it was outdated.  Also, it was easier just to draw a second SA.  I believe the SA would have faded into obscurity (sp) if it hadn't been for the B Cowboy movies of thr 40's and 50's and the fastdraw craze and Bill Ruger.

JMHOFWIW

Richard

I think your answer is most likely to be the correct one.

And I have opined here many times that I would love to have a SOC SA (say in .357).

[jaybet]

FQ.... evidently that was NOT a stupid revolver question.

[tombogan03884]

FQ.... evidently that was NOT a stupid revolver question.

I thought he was only wrong about politics  

Actually it's something I've wondered about as well. .
Another thing, everyone loves the Garand's lines, why doesn't some one make a shorter, lighter, simplified rifle that still maintains the same profile ?

Think of an SKS with the lines of an M -1.