Talk:Wildey

About the pistol, not the cartridges

This article is about the Wildey pistol not about the cartridges associated with the pistol such as the 9mm Winchester Magnum, 45 Winchester Magnum or the 475 Wildey Magnum. The pistol is simply called the Wildey not .475 Wildey Magnum, .45 Wildey Magnum, .45 Winchester Magnum or any other variation.

This article was imported for the .475 Wildey Magnum article which spoke nothing regarding the .475 Wildey Magnum but instead rattled along regarding the pistol as if the .475 Wildey Magnum was a pistol which it is NOT. DeusImperator (talk) 17:27, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Wildey looses company to Jordan held investors.

See the link below for legal summary of case Wildey Vs F.A. Investments. Wildey NO LONGER owns any part of his company.

http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/connecticut/ctdce/3:2010cv00891/89624/47/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.45.74.144 (talk) 17:22, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

"unique" short-stroke gas operation ?

Why unique? Reifgraber .38 prototype of patent from 1904 has the same gas system. --91.60.132.11 (talk) 17:04, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Gas system benefits/disadvantages

The article states: A further advantage of the Wildey's gas operated system is that it allows for the reliable operation of heavy and light loads for each cartridge type, by manually adjusting the gas-regulator valve to tune the system for different loads. [...] Another advantage of a gas-operated system is that it often reduces felt recoil. However, it is unclear exactly what the measure of "reliable operation" is. Furthermore, it seems that the provision of a user-adjustable collar could also result in very poor 'tuning', and it is unclear what the consequences of that would be: i.e. turned the 'wrong way' for respectively heavy and light loads. This should be clarified either here or in a more general article on gas-operated firearms. —DIV (120.17.222.107 (talk) 06:28, 14 November 2018 (UTC))

You are correct in your assessment of the implications of the tunable gas port. Ideally, it would be used to tune the pistol to feed as a semi-auto pistol, and alternately to minimize recoil or to fire the gun without ejecting the brass. The adjustment could, as you state, be used incorrectly either due to ignorance OR due to attempts to overcome progressive fouling. The appeal of the design only superficially resembles that of the gas-operated rifle.