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Should You Load Five, Or Should You Load Six? (Single Action Basics) [video only]
YouTube.com ^ | 9-18-2013 | Hickok45

Posted on 12/18/2013 6:54:28 PM PST by servo1969

"The questions as to why we load five rounds in a six-chambered revolver never dies.
I attempt to give some graphic insight into why we do this.
The S&W Top-Break replica is from Taylor's & Company, made by Uberti."


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Reference; Sports
KEYWORDS: action; army; banglist; colt; cowboy; hickok45; navy; ruger; schofield; smith; uberti; wesson
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To: servo1969

The one empty chamber rule applies if the firing pin is part of the hammer, or manufactured so that the hammer rests on the firing pin, such as on older-style SA revolvers and cap & ball revolvers.

Any modern revolver with a transfer bar can safely be carried with all 6 chambers loaded in spite of what some armchair warriors might say.


21 posted on 12/18/2013 7:24:12 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: old curmudgeon; atc23
Since it depends on the make and model of the revolver, all of the above advice is worthless.

One needs to be trained on the specific
firearm before loading or carrying.

22 posted on 12/18/2013 7:35:06 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

Of course one should check the particular gun you have but all late model Rugers and even early models which have been changed are safe.

I think just about all imported six shooters have some type of safety device which you should get to understand how it works.

I don’t know of any modern double action revolver which is unsafe to carry with all chambers loaded. If there is one it is probably a very oddball.


23 posted on 12/18/2013 7:47:10 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: yarddog
My point was don't consider some yahoo on youtube as a trainer.

24 posted on 12/18/2013 7:54:10 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

That is a very good point.


25 posted on 12/18/2013 7:58:17 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: old curmudgeon

Agreed, it depends on the gun. Roger vaquero is six. I also have the opinion of a soldier, load all you can, know the state of your weapon.


26 posted on 12/18/2013 8:02:49 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: Farmer Dean
I’m a S&W/HK kind of guy.

Oooooooo, H&K. Scha-weet! Recently shot my neighbor's piece. First "40" I ever shot that didn't feel like an oversized pocket pistol....

27 posted on 12/18/2013 8:15:22 PM PST by papertyger ("refusing to draw an inescapable conclusion does not qualify as a 'difference of opinion.'")
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To: servo1969

Just personally (shooting now for something going on fifty years) I load five if there’s no transfer bar, and keep the hammer down on an empty chamber; I load six if there is a transfer bar.


28 posted on 12/18/2013 8:28:55 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

It works with a replica Remington 1858 New Army Model .44 cap and ball revolver. There’s a notch between each pair of chambers where you can rest a spur on the hammer to prevent discharges from accidental drops, accidental cylinder rotation, and accidental trigger pulling. Look for that with any metallic cartridge revolver. If that’s not present, there ‘s a feature on most S&W revolvers where the hammer backs off, preventing any accidental discharge, as soon as the shooter releases the trigger.


29 posted on 12/18/2013 8:48:23 PM PST by libstripper (Asv)
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To: umgud

Empty chamber is for a $20 bill for your burial.


30 posted on 12/18/2013 9:29:38 PM PST by Scrambler Bob ( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
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To: atc23

5 if carrying - 6 if on the range- Daddy taught me that.


Daddy taught to load 6 and rest the hammer between two nipples.


31 posted on 12/18/2013 9:30:42 PM PST by S.O.S121.500 (Case back hoe for sale or trade for diesel wood chipper....Enforce the Bill of Rights. It's the Law!)
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To: servo1969
I have an Armi Jaeger Dakota .357 Mag SAA built by Hammerli (1969-1972). The Dakota uses the same fixed firing pin as the Colt SAA, but the Hammerli engineers added a very unobtrusive safety to the hammer. This is a knurled cam that, when rotated forward, moves the hammer back to retract the firing pin. In this way, there is no chance of an accidental discharge when the hammer is down on a loaded chamber. This hammer retract cam is so simple, I don't understand why other manufacturers haven incorporated it into their replicas. The cam is very small, simple, and corrects this Colt design flaw.
32 posted on 12/18/2013 9:54:31 PM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: servo1969

13 +1 in the tube, 9mm powerball in a Browning Parabellum or 7 +1 in the tube if carrying my 1911 45 APC. Relative to these two weapons, one must not try to improve on perfection!

I love revolvers and have several. My carry weapons are semi-automatics.


33 posted on 12/18/2013 10:21:29 PM PST by cpdiii
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

Hickock45 is about as far from a yahoo as possible. Must be your first day on the interwebs.

I value his opinion more than practically anyone else.


34 posted on 12/19/2013 4:06:08 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: servo1969

On a MODERN carry revolver, some folks load with next chamber empty, so that IF someone wrests revolver away, first shot is a dud.

Likely not a common practice now, but still useful.


35 posted on 12/19/2013 5:09:10 AM PST by kendwell (The task.... is not yours to finish. Nor are you to refrain from it altogether)
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To: cpdiii

***9mm powerball in a Browning Parabellum or 7 +1 in the tube if carrying my 1911 45 APC.***

Oh my favorite two! Slobbering at the thoughts.


36 posted on 12/19/2013 7:09:32 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: servo1969

No doubt academic: Know your weapon, know your rounds.

I’ll be the first to admit I did now know this (don’t have any time on SA revolvers; don’t think I’ve ever even held one).

Great post!


37 posted on 12/19/2013 7:54:37 AM PST by logi_cal869
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To: sickoflibs; servo1969

Well... since I don’t carry a single action revolver, and the ONLY time I happen to have one is when I’m on the range ,loading it and shooting it and then clearing it when finished, I’ll load six.

In 1878, it would be different. But I live “The Era Of Glock”... and revel in it.

That being said, SAA’s ARE fun to shoot!


38 posted on 12/19/2013 7:56:55 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Hickock45 is about as far from a yahoo as possible. Must be your first day on the interwebs.

I value his opinion more than practically anyone else.

I'm sure that you do value his opinion.

There are many other places to seek
firearms safety instruction than from
some yahoo on UTube.

Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction

Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot

Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use

NRA T/C CRSO
39 posted on 12/19/2013 8:24:50 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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To: volunbeer; JamesA

There’s nothing like having a mechanical understanding of just WTH is really going on, along with common sense. Both of which seem to be in short supply these days.


40 posted on 12/19/2013 8:07:31 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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