BBroadside
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I was a little surprised to find that the cylinder on my new Smith & Wesson turns when you squeeze the trigger. Seems I'm an old hat at reading about revolvers, but a total neophyte when it comes to using them.
Was there some revolver I heard about where squeezing the trigger raises the hammer, depresses a spring, and drops the hammer, and that releasing the trigger is what rotates the cylinder? I.e., so you know the next cartridge you'll fire is in the top position and you don't have to remember if you have a clockwise or counter-clockwise weapon....
This may be some fictitious thing or a really old design, I don't remember.
Another thing: what's the company who uses the really unusual spin direction? Seems like either Colt or Ruger or someone uses one direction when everybody else uses the other.
Was there some revolver I heard about where squeezing the trigger raises the hammer, depresses a spring, and drops the hammer, and that releasing the trigger is what rotates the cylinder? I.e., so you know the next cartridge you'll fire is in the top position and you don't have to remember if you have a clockwise or counter-clockwise weapon....
This may be some fictitious thing or a really old design, I don't remember.
Another thing: what's the company who uses the really unusual spin direction? Seems like either Colt or Ruger or someone uses one direction when everybody else uses the other.