A Mr. SmartyPants Question

[NitroAcres]

In the custom 5 shot OldModel Revolvers...No TB...do you only load 4..??? Load 1, Skip One, Load 3???

Just askin...cuz I ain't never heard or read it.

 

[LAH]

If you are a traditionalist then your sixgun is really a fivegun & your fivegun is really a fourgun.

 

[contender]

If you are a SAFE traditionalist,,,, then your sixgun is a fivegun & your fivegun is really a fourgun.

I own a couple of big bore handguns with a 5 shot cylinder. Due to their design,,, I only carry 4 in the gun unless I'm standing at the range & target shooting where the gun is pointed downrange at all times. With the big bore's, if you are accurate,,, you don't need more than a few rounds.

 

[LAH]

With the big bore's, if you are accurate,,, you don't need more than a few rounds.

Agree.

 

[coach]

With the old models you never want the hammer resting on a live round for safety's sake.
I'm guessing not many have a custom 5 shooter, so it's never mentioned.

 

[foxtrapper]

If you are a SAFE traditionalist,,,, then your sixgun is a fivegun & your fivegun is really a fourgun.

I own a couple of big bore handguns with a 5 shot cylinder. Due to their design,,, I only carry 4 in the gun unless I'm standing at the range & target shooting where the gun is pointed downrange at all times. With the big bore's, if you are accurate,,, you don't need more than a few rounds.

You feel that way about new models? Or are your 5 shot revolvers built on old models. So you have no faith in the transfer bar system or is it just something you do for comfort? If you load one less then a full cylinder do you fill that hole with a spent case? Gotsta know lol!

 

[contender]

My big bores that I keep an empty chamber under the hammer do not have a transfer bar. One is not a Ruger either.

 

[LAH]

You feel that way about new models? Or are your 5 shot revolvers built on old models. So you have no faith in the transfer bar system or is it just something you do for comfort? If you load one less then a full cylinder do you fill that hole with a spent case? Gotsta know lol!

The OP asked about OM so I answered to that. I personally don't own an OM. All my Rugers are NM so they all get 6 rounds.

 

[cadillo]

So when putting on one's trousers, should (s)he insert the right or left foot first?

It just wouldn't do to defy common convention.

 

[Marylou Mader]

If you are a traditionalist then your sixgun is really a fivegun & your fivegun is really a fourgun.

This is how I was taught

 

[98Redline]

My old models get -1 on the number of holes. As others have mentioned, no hammer on a loaded round.
On my new models, 6 holes filled. The transfer bar system is very safe and I have 100% confidence in it. By the very nature of the system, unless the trigger is in the rearward position (i.e. pulled) and you get a near full hammer stroke, you are not likely to fire the gun.
Dropping the hammer without the trigger pulled, the hammer will not even contact the firing pin, landing harmlessly on the frame.

 

[LAH]

This is how I was taught

Same here.

 

[Bob Wright]

Well, I've got a plethora of Rugers of both Old Model and New Models. On the New Models, I load five rounds also, leaving an empty chamber under the hammer.

Why?

My cartridge boxes are made in rows of five rounds, and that keeps the box looking neater. And I leave the end rows with live rounds, in case I don't finish off the box, so the lid slips on squarely.

Next question?


Bob Wright

 

[coach]

Bob, you're way neater than me. Come on by and organize my desk if you have any free time.

 

[foxtrapper]

Do you folks with a five shot and load four keep a spent cartridge in the "empty " chamber?

 

[98Redline]

Do you folks with a five shot and load four keep a spent cartridge in the "empty " chamber?

I was always taught that this was the correct way to do it. Specifically for the big boomers, it allows the cartridge rim to support the loading gate.

Never really thought about it all that much, it was just the way I was taught.

 

[win1894s]

I do not own a 5 shot big bore yet. But I always leave empty
Chamber under hammer in all single actions old or new models
Colts or clones.