Patent ID: 8887429

Claim:
A revolver with separable light-weight firing control housing comprising: a cylinder frame supporting a rotatable cylinder defining a plurality of cartridge-receiving chambers, the cylinder being received in a complementary configured opening defined by the cylinder frame; a separable firing control housing made of a non-metallic material and removably attached to the cylinder frame; a firing control mechanism comprising a hammer pivotably supported by the firing control housing: for discharging the revolver; and a pair of forward facing concave shaped bearing surfaces disposed on the firing control housing that engage a mating pair of rearward facing complementary configured convex shaped bearing surfaces disposed on a rear portion of the cylinder frame for mounting the cylinder frame to the tiring control housing; wherein the engaged pairs of concave and convex bearing surfaces are operable to absorb and distribute recoil forces from discharging the revolver to the firing control housing; wherein the concave shaped bearing surfaces on the firing control housing includes portions that extend vertically above and below a center pin rod that rotatably supports the cylinder in the cylinder frame.