Swiss Chamelot Delvigne M72/78

[Anzac15]

Picked this up yesterday. A Swiss Chamelot Delvigne M72/78 made by Pirlot Freres, who made approximately 600 of these. This one started as a Model 72, which was 10.4mm rimfire...the 72/78 conversion made it a centerfire.
Very interesting piece.

[RCS]

I have a really nice and very early Italian Officers Model 1889 revolver that came from a WW2 US vet that knew my father. Never fired it as it is in exc condition and chambered for the Italian 10.4 cartridge.

Note how almost all the European revolvers of this time period used the ejector housing that was mounted on the barrel to eject the empty cartridges. Even Colt used this system on the cartridge conversion and finally on their single action revolver.

I always thought the S&W American and Russian revolvers of the 1869-1874 period were better revolvers especially for their advanced ejection and reloading system. I did buy one
of the Uberti 44 Russian revolvers years ago and still enjoy shooting it