Swiss 1882 Revolver

[Aragorn243]

Got the cleaning tool kit for the revolver yesterday. It's the first thing of Swiss manufacture that I'm not impressed with. The tool itself is great but the problem is the cap that holds it all together. It's not screwed in which I had assumed but simply pushed it and held with minor compression. If you shake it repeatedly, you can get the base to come off. Just seems a poor design leading to lost cleaning tools. Same basic design for both the Luger and the Ordnance Revolver so they must have liked it and maybe it isn't as big a problem as it seems to me. No place for it in the holster which means it has to be carried separately.

The screwdriver tip which you can see is held in with a screw. Take the screw out, push the tip forward from the rear and you reverse it and put the screwdriver tip in first. This leaves a long rod with a threaded tip to screw on the jag and the brush for cleaning of the barrel and cylinder. It is an interesting and efficient design in that regard.

Swiss 1882 Ordnance Revolver Cleaning Tool - Edelweiss Arms