Can someone tell me...

[brokencowboy]

Can someone tell me the answer to the following question:

"How Many Shots Are In A 6 Shooter"

I have tried 6, Six Shots, One Shot, Zero & a host of other answer, only to have them rejected as incorrect.

I would appreciate any help with finding a solution to what is Obviously a trick question.

 

[scrat]

5 shots. as one is commonly left blank for safety

 

[NukemJim]

Dang! someone beat me to it.

It might help if the OP could give the context in which the question was asked.

NukemJim

 

[JWarren]

5 shots in a 6 shooter was common when you used a fixed firing pin on the hammer. New revolvers have a hammer, a transfer bar, and a firing pin. This prevents the hammer from being snagged and dropped on a live round-- possibly causing it to fire.

Some, like my father, still choose to put only 5 shots in a 6 shooter-- even if the original reason is not as relevant these days.


-- John

 

[scrat]

only time i dont load 5 shots is when im at the range. right before im ready to fire. otherwise 5 shots is all she gets

 

[Artigas]

Five shots when I'm hunting, six only at the range. Even with the transfer bar safety.

 

[bnkrazy]

I've heard this, but growing up shooting mostly semi-autos never put this in practice. The one revolver we do own gets a cylinder full. I'm curious as to how those that leave out a round put the gun into action. Do you have the habit of pulling the trigger twice or do you manually reposition the cylinder for use? Click, BANG would be faster than rotating it manually, but I'm interested to hear how you do it.

 

[Grandpa Shooter]

Load one then skip one. Then load the other four and it is automatically on an empty chamber when you lower the hammer.

 

[scrat]

Yep well written Grandpa Shooter.

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

I use autoloaders. Can't say I see the logic in choosing a gun that naturally has less shots and then also having to intentionally cripple it with one less shot just for it to be safe.

 

[Dark_Harvest]

i don't know about you guys...

but I drink "shots"...

and load "rounds" in my revolvers...


making the answer "zero..."


did you ever get an explanation of why it wasn't what you guessed?

 

[StrawHat]

The original poster did not mention if the revolver in question was a single action or double action.

The 5 shot load, (load one, skip one load four) applies to the Colt Model P and clones.

Double action revolvers get a full 6.

 

[GhostlyKarliion]

ROFL Dark Harvest, I didn't even catch that.

but, you are right.

 

[brokencowboy]

Sorry I have been so long to respond to your replies, but I just woke up.

The reason I asked is that the question is an anti-spam question for a gun site I am trying to get on, It won't even let me send a message to the administrator without having the answer. I have tried all the answers you have suggested to no avail. I'm beginning to wonder if there is an answer,

 

[Claude Clay]

5 bullets or 5 cartridges
what site?

 

[qajaq59]

The reason I asked is that the question is an anti-spam question for a gun site I am trying to get on, It won't even let me send a message to the administrator without having the answer. I have tried all the answers you have suggested to no avail. I'm beginning to wonder if there is an answer,

I'm not sure it is worth the effort to get into a site that asks silly questions, is it?

 

[MakAttak]

Have you tried spelling out the word "six" instead of typing "6"?

 

[brokencowboy]

I was up late last night trying all the Combinations I could think of. As qajaq59 said, I think its not worth the effort any more.

 

[siglite]

I've heard this, but growing up shooting mostly semi-autos never put this in practice. The one revolver we do own gets a cylinder full. I'm curious as to how those that leave out a round put the gun into action. Do you have the habit of pulling the trigger twice or do you manually reposition the cylinder for use? Click, BANG would be faster than rotating it manually, but I'm interested to hear how you do it.

You lock the empty cylinder under the hammer for carry. When you pull the trigger, or cock the hammer, the live round will rotate into place.

 

[siglite]

As a follow up, bn, a lot of people don't know about this little dealie here on wheelguns.

See that little dip I circuled in red? The one pointing down? On most wheelguns, that shows you the direction the cylinder will rotate. So if you're on the range, and only want to shoot three, on the gun in question, you would lock the empty chamber behind the barrel, and you'd have the three live ones on the right side of the gun (from the perspective of looking down the sights). The next three trigger pulls would be bangs.

 

[langenc]

I was asked how "many shot is it" when I took a K22 to be registered.

 

[moooose102]

5 shots. as one is commonly left blank for safety

i know that was common on the old revolvers, but do they even make a new revolver that you need to do this for safety reasons? i thought pretty much everything made in the last 20 or 30 years had some sort of transfer bar mechanism in it to prevent accidental discharge.

 

[MachIVshooter]

As a follow up, bn, a lot of people don't know about this little dealie here on wheelguns.



See that little dip I circuled in red? The one pointing down? On most wheelguns, that shows you the direction the cylinder will rotate. So if you're on the range, and only want to shoot three, on the gun in question, you would lock the empty chamber behind the barrel, and you'd have the three live ones on the right side of the gun (from the perspective of looking down the sights). The next three trigger pulls would be bangs.

Would have been simpler to mention that (with a few exceptions) SA revolvers rotate clockwise, DA guns rotate counter-clockwise.

 

[siglite]

Would have been simpler to mention that (with a few exceptions) SA revolvers rotate clockwise, DA guns rotate counter-clockwise.

Sure, but hell, even *I* have a hard time remembering that. I just look at the little arrow cuts. They're almost always pointing the right way

 

[ColinthePilot]

I use autoloaders. Can't say I see the logic in choosing a gun that naturally has less shots and then also having to intentionally cripple it with one less shot just for it to be safe.

Agreed. My smallest capacity auto is 7+1, so I don't have to worry about 6 minus 1.