On a solid frame, hand ejecting revolver, the crane cut is the cutout in the frame that the crane rests in when the cylinder is in the closed position. The serial number and/or the model number is stamped in the crane cut.¹

• aka
  • yoke cut

• term usage
  • Colt’s Manufacturing Company calls it a crane.^{2 3}
  • Smith & Wesson (American Outdoor Brands Corporation) calls it a yoke.^{4 5}
  • Taurus International Manufacturing calls it a yoke.⁶

• related
  • crane

1. Author’s professional experience.
2. Supica, Jim, and Richard Nahas. Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. 3rd ed., Krause Publications, 2006. Print. p. 429.
3. Author’s professional experience.
4. Supica, Jim, and Richard Nahas. Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. 3rd ed., Krause Publications, 2006. Print. p. 429.
5. Author’s professional experience.
6. Author’s professional experience.