backward Ruger revolver, sjhp and snake.

[shiftyer1]

Tonite my cats alerted my dog who let me know something was up. I was on the backporch smoking and watching 3 cats stalk and eyeball something???? My dog suddenly gets up and slowly walks off the porch to check things out. He finds something, (I couldn't see it) and starts jumping back and circleing and barking. Confused because this went from probably a bug to something? I get up and check it out, about 12 feet off my porch coiled up is good sized cottonmouth

I call the dog off and yell for my wife to come hold the dog, I go fetch my security six which is loaded with 2 38 snake shots and 4 sjhp. snake shot is first then the hollowpoints.

Fire 1 round at the head and it's a hit but about 4 inches down from the head. I normally hit what I aim at and i'm about 5 feet from the snake, this must be the donut pattern some describe from snakeshot. Fired a second shot and it's the tighest pattern i've ever seen. Now I have 1 dead snake and i'm really confused.

I dispose of the dead writhing snake.

Go in the house and reload, pop out both shot shells to replace and their unfired. HUH? Check the other 4 and 2 of my defense rounds had been fired. I guess the bullet came apart as it hit the ground and clipped the snake. The second shot didn't which was the TIGHT pattern I saw.

The gun is now empty so I cock and uncock it. I realized my security-six cylinder rotates backward from my blackhawk and every other revolver i've ever owned. Thankfully this was the first time it's seen snake duty, i've been loading it backwards all this time

 

[MachIVshooter]

Typically, single actions turn CW, double actions turn CCW. Colt and Charter DA's are an exception

 

[shiftyer1]

I have several sa revolvers and only two da. The sec six and a charter arms undercover. I always dump my defence load and use cheap ammo for practise. So I never paid attention to which way they spin Aside from CW. Good thing I didn't think to check the rotation on the charter......my confusion would have been even worse. lol

Also tells me I ain't played with the security near enough!

 

[ScottieG59]

I guess I am confused. Is this clockwise/counterclockwise from the front or back? I am sure all my revolvers go counterclockwise looking from the back (the safer end to be). I think the Colt Python went the other way.

 

[MachIVshooter]

I guess I am confused. Is this clockwise/counterclockwise from the front or back?

From behind the gun.

I am sure all my revolvers go counterclockwise looking from the back (the safer end to be). I think the Colt Python went the other way.

Sounds right. Like I said, to my knowledge, only Colt and Charter double actions go clockwise. There may be some other off-brands that do as well, but I couldn't tell you what they are.

 

[56hawk]

Like I said, to my knowledge, only Colt and Charter double actions go clockwise. There may be some other off-brands that do as well, but I couldn't tell you what they are.

Webley and Nagant revolvers turn clockwise.