Old-style single-action revolvers (originals or replicas) should be loaded and carried with only five rounds. Load one chamber as shown at top left, then skip a chamber (counting it as chamber number two), then place a round in chamber number three (top right). Finish loading chambers four and five. When chamber five is loaded (above bottom), pull the hammer back to full cock and lower it over the empty chamber by gently depressing
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