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About LinkBacksIm sure this is my revolver newbness, but why do colt revolvers rotate their cylinders clockwise and Smith and Wesson rotate counter clockwise?
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Im sure this is my revolver newbness, but why do colt revolvers rotate their cylinders clockwise and Smith and Wesson rotate counter clockwise?
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If you're going to carry one weapon, might as well carry two, because as the saying goes, "Two is one, and one is none."
"Liberals can decline or whine, but I will still carry and conceal mine." - Cold Warrior. Excellent quote good sir!
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Same reason toilet water goes in the opposite direction in Australia!?!
Ignorance can be cured. Stupid is forever.
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Charter Arms rotate clockwise like Colt.
Because that is the way that they are made.
Heres a hint...
Do you know how you can tell which way the cylinder turns just by looking at it?
There is a notch where the cylinder catch lays to keep the cylinder aligned. That notch has a eliptical cut either under it or above it. Which ever way that eliptical notch is pointing, that is the way that the cylinder rotates.
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It's patent stuff, plain and simple.
"...whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one." (Luke 22:36)
Christianity and Self Defense from a Biblical Perspective
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Being an old revolver head for 20+ years, I've loaded revolvers with alternating types of ammo (snake shot / HP every other or 3 in a row of one and then the other). You have to know which way it turns and what type round you are starting on (so when you pull the trigger and advance the cylinder you know what it will fire in the next rotation). At the golf course, my buddy saw me pull out my revolver and manually advance the cylinder one click before shooting a snake. He asked me why I did that and I showed him and explained how I loaded it (snake shot, HP, snake shot, HP), what I had it on (hammer on snake shot so the next round fired would be HP...I advanced it one click), and how I advanced it (not even looking at the gun, as I pulled it out I pulled the hammer back a tad and rotated it one click using thumb and middle finger of left hand). He was a die hard semi-auto only man and had no familiarity with revolvers whatsoever. He thought it was pretty neat and a unique versatile feature of a revolver. He gained a new appreciation for the old fashioned wheel gun after that.
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No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
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Originally Posted by ZRT600
Timid people sleep peacefully at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Molôn Labé!
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Unsolved Mysteries??
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Why do the Brits drive on the wrong side of the road?
"Each worker carried his sword strapped to his side." Nehemiah 4:18
Guns Save Lives. Paramedics Save Lives. But...
Paramedics With Guns Scare People!
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in florida half the population drives on the wrong side of the road...
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I know dats right.
Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice--Moderation in the Pursuit of Justice is No Virtue. - Senator Barry Goldwater
Oh yeah! Define "wrong" side!
Retired USAF E-8. Avatar is OldVet from days long gone - 1978. Oh, to be young again...
Paranoia strikes deep, into your heart it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... "For What It's Worth" Buffalo Springfield
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The TOURIST DO for sure
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A Native Floridian = RARE
IT'S OUR RIGHTS>THEY WANT TO WRONG
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Its because....
well....
I donno...
It just does! Go with it.
Your hurting my head....
Time for some asprin!
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