Strange Guns: The Dardick Revolver
The Dardick revolver is a strange American revolver that was fed by a magazine and made by David Dardick in 1958.
The revolver had many accessories, such as a stripper clip and .22 Long Rifle tround adapters for the special triangular round bullet (called a "tround"). The Dardick revolver was known for its open-chamber design, where the chambers' exteriors are opened up, forming a "U" shape instead of an "O" on conventional revolvers. This allowed cartridges to be inserted into the side of the cylinder, and allowed it to be quickly loaded from a magazine. In order to contain the pressure of firing, a few chambers were bored into the cylinder, usually three. Loading was done by a trapdoor on the left side, where the rounds are stuck inside. After all are loaded, the trapdoor can be closed and the first round will automatically be loaded into the cylinder.
The Dardick used a special type of ammunition called a tround (triangle round), and was available in .38 caliber or .22 caliber. The change can be done with the use of a special selector and a barrel change.
Despite marketing efforts about the gun's unique qualities, David Dardick's company went out of business in 1960 and and had to close down after a year of manufacturing these revolvers and 11 years of research and development. Fewer than 100 revolvers were produced from 1958 to 1962.
The gun-buying public never liked it because it was ugly. Also, the plastic cartridges warped after a time and would not chamber well, resulting in the cylinder locking up when it rotated.
Sources: http://guns.wikia.com/wiki/Dardick_revolver
https://www.nrablog.com/articles/2016/9/a-brief-history-of-the-peculiar-dardick-revolver-and-tround/
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Well you got me on this one my friend. NEVER even heard of this one. Well done.
Thanks, this one got me too for being weird.
I would agree on weird my friend.
Despite the dardick being a strange and unique gun,it still did not do well in the matket
Probanly because it had ammo that was difficult to get and was ugly as sin.
dardick, i just bit hilarious of the name, hehe
indeed strange, I never see this kind of gun before, even in movie?
Its ugly looks prevented it from starring in movies.
yeah, i find it ugly and funny.. I just imagine, James bond Holding this gun in "tomorrow never dies", hahaha,
Learned something new. Triangle bullets lol. Was it a accurate gun?
The bullets were round but the chambers were triangular.
What an odd looking gun
nice information but looks dangerous @darthnava
Seems quite handy in a way !
this has to be the very strange of them all
It's looking pretty strange. I am reading this kind of gun first time.
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