Oren wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 16:13:02 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message
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Did you ever carry a revolver? If yes, did you leave one hole in the
cylinder empty?
What purpose would that serve?..........

To increase you odds at Russian roulette?

Read the 2-3 messages before this one. Things will either make sense,
or they won't.
I've read them.

Very, very few modern revolvers have striker firing pins. Even those that do
have blocks. Modern revolvers have inertial firing pins and no amount of
force on the hammer will cause the weapon to fire.


It was demonstrated to me how a double action revolver would not fire
unless the trigger went past the first action and the trigger was
pulled completely...30 years ago.

Unloaded Weapon:
Using a .38 Colt revolver the hammer was cocked and dropped on the
table. Even if the hammer did fall forward, the firing pin would not
work unless the trigger was pulled.

The same weapon with a pencil inserted into the barrel (eraser first),
would not "shoot the pencil out" if the trigger was released at the
first action. Pull the trigger all the way back and the firing pin
went forward, shooting the pencil out.

I'm stuck on my revolver

Oren
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Especially now with the really lightweight titanium alloy revolvers.