Leaving "one" chamber empty on a revolver cylinder?

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Thanks to all!!! As far as the “many more” part, that’s what I’m aiming for, if for no other reason than to piss off my heirs and assigns. As a consolation to them, they have been informed that they’ll make out pretty well but they’ll have to be patient.

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Had it done and if it affects the trigger pull, I cannot detect it. I like not having to “load one, skip one, load the rest.” I like having six immediately at hand. Used to have to carry two cylinders to rapidly reload. I disliked having a loaded cylinder rolling around in my pocket too.

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there are older single action revolvers and clones that do have the firing pin on the hammer that require an empty chamber under the hammer to be safe, such as the colt 1873 single action army and its clones . no one is immune from such an accidental discharge with this type of revolver. one famous old west character (WYATT EARP) had such an accident in a saloon one day. modern revolvers are mostly made in ways to avoid this practice. my carry revolver(Charter arms "pitbull " .45ACP is safe to carry full up.- full cylinder and that’s the only way I load it

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Something about those antiques that still work. IDK. Nostalgia, American history, old smoothed triggers and cylinders, wooden grips. No wonder some rare folk still EDC/CCW them occasionally in the U.S. outback.

Just got me own mini version, but modern built, 2024.

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Felt the need to chime in on this Topic for a while.
I have owned Revolvers all my life, my first Handgun was a '686; Smith.
My Newest Wheel gun is an Anaconda (Colt). I LOVE HER! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
My view is I am limited in amount of Boolit’s as it is
If she’s designed to take Six—she gets Six and so on and so forth.
My first .44M took (5) (But she was a .44! ) and 5 would hopefully have been
enough in a fight. Man was I wrong.
I guess I view Guns, Carry, Holsters, Boolits differently than some folk’s.
Baptized at a very young age with Death will do that.
All my efforts, purchases, Carry are based on STAYING ALIVE.
We Gunner’s now face dangerous times ahead.
Much the same as in the Old West/Tombstone/Alamo day’s
I never thought Mr. Earp or Doc Holliday packed less rounds
than they could carry. I am the same way.
My FIRST encounter with Self Defense (as some of you know) was an Armored Car attack
I used ALL 6! against (2) ijidts w/ Mac 10’s. They both died, I obviously didn’t.
But laying in the gutter with my legs torn up, couldn’t move, my Smith empty
was a horrible feeling. Too out of it to reload. THANK GOD I HAD ALL SIX BULLETS THAT DAY!
The last bullet was a Headshot and that completely ended the fight.
Had some joker picked up either guy’s machine guns I would have been dead.
(I don’t ever want that feeling again) So since I recovered I carry a back up weapon.
I was naïve and extremely young and saw my fellow Guards w/ (2) irons and they scoffed
at me for carrying a Revolver. They said it was going to get me killed. Hmmmmmmm?
Today my main Carry (for now) is the Anaconda (6) w/ a back-up Semi-auto and an extra mag.
You folk’s need to feel comfortable with your choices and like everything else
I will NEVER TELL ANYBODY what to do. My life/My choices but I feel better
with as much fire power as I can without looking like Rambo. Summer, Winter I adjust.
Rain, activities I adjust. We might not face any ‘Troubles’ as the Irish are fond of saying
but I highly doubt this. Some of you (for work) wear suits or uniforms and you
‘adjust’ with ‘Pocket Pistols’ GOOD FOR YOU! I learned from you the having something is better than being unarmed.
IF/When the SHTF I am not going to be empty handed (ever)
Life is Tough
Act Accordingly
Mi dos Centavos
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