Shooting targets, load development, chrono....I load and shoot the full cylinder. Old SPC practitioner knows that you eliminate variables. That said, I "carry" an empty hole under the hammer.
I leave a fired round in when I do that. Some of my revolvers have problems with snapping firing pins when dry fired.
Best explanation I've heard so far....my cartridges are in those plastic slip top cartridge boxes. These boxes hold fifty rounds, ten rows of five.
Oh, I dunno. I kinda thought, "Because that's the way I've always done it," was a pretty good reason. Don't need an explanation. Free country, still. Folks can do as they please, as long as they don't endanger someone else unknowingly in the process.Best explanation I've heard so far.
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I always thought Dad's reason for only loading 5 rounds in a six shooter was pretty good too. He said, "Because that's the way Dad taught me to do it."Oh, I dunno. I kinda thought, "Because that's the way I've always done it," was a pretty good reason.
A "full house" is five cards. Loading six means you put a Joker up your sleeve.I, like many others that responded, only load five in my Blackhawks when testing loads. Any other time it's a full house!
Two words: load development.Odd numbers have always haunted the reloader. Bullets came in 100's or sometimes in 50', primers come in hundreds, cartridge boxes come in rows of 5. Then you throw in a 6 shot revolver cylinder! Loading 5 cartridges in a revolver makes sense.
I guess we all end up with partial boxes of primers or bullets. My project for this Winter after hunting season is to use up some of this odd stuff.
i also go both ways
... regarding loading five or six.