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Old March 17, 2013, 09:42 AM   #8
feets
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That makes no sense.

Your loading procedure has been standard since guns of that type were invented.
However, when you fire the gun you have to pull the hammer all the way back. That makes the cylinder rotate. As the cylinder turns the hand comes up and engages the notch in the cylinder. It will drag on the cylinder and create a line.

There is no effective way of stopping the drag and maintain a reliable revolver. If you jack with the timing and have things move at the last possible second to eliminate the drag you take a chance on the cylinder out running the hand and having a malfunction.

You do NOT want that firing pin to catch the edge of a primer and launch a bullet into the side of the barrel.

I beat up an older Vaquero doing fast draw work with it. The cylinder started to out run the hand. I got lucky. Two of my 45 Colt cases have firing pin hits on the case head.
Ruger repaired the revolver free of charge.
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