Posted December 19, 2019 7:00 pm by Comments

By Logan Metesh

Prototype of the dual cylinder revolver (SI)

U.S.A.-(Ammoland.com)- “The Police Force gun of the future is here…”, that’s how the 1993 press release by John Wales and Murray Rozansky opened.

Like most inventors, John and Murray were convinced that their design was going to change the world of law enforcement. This new gun would “save lives, prevent lawsuits, and help prevent riots” – what law enforcement community wouldn’t want such a weapon!?

Conceptual drawing of the dual cylinder revolver. (US Patent Office)

So what, exactly, was the police force gun of the future? Well, it was a dual-cylinder revolver that offered the “ability to instantly change” between lethal and less-than-lethal rounds, assuming that the cylinders are loaded with different types of ammo. In an era when the semi-automatic handgun had yet to dominate the law enforcement market, this gun claimed to offer “the famous confidence and reliability of a revolver” with “increased … capacity” and “weight distributed … for more accurate shooting.”

In the patent document, this new design is hailed as favorable to that of the semi-auto, …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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