Revolvers can be a challenge to load and fire when less than fully loaded. Cylinders need to be "indexed" for the first live cartridge after being closed. Indexing means aligning the chamber, barrel, and stop notches so as the hammer is set, the cylinder rotates the chamber containing the live cartridge into position. You can sense correct alignment by feeling the "click" as you rotate the cylinder. The stop notches engage with the action parts that keep it lined up (indexed) automatically by the action as you set the hammer on a single action revolver, or pull the trigger on a double action revolver. The way to tell the direction of rotation is by looking at the stop notches on the cylinder. Their "arrowhead" shape points in the direction of rotation. If your cylinder rotates CCW, index the first live cartridge chamber to the right of the barrel so that as the trigger is pulled it rotates that cartridge into alignment with the barrel.
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Ken
1/16/2018 07:32:19 pm
American Handgunner magazine has a website with topics to select from, one of which called "Tactics and Training" containing some informative articles by two highly respected authors that I have mentioned to some of my students, Ralph Mroz and Massad Ayoob. They each also have published books and videos.
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