Wheel guns

[czechsonofagun]

This may come as simple observation, kind of - duuuh - but do you know, which way the cylinder rotates in your revolver?

My wife's bedside snub (from EAA) turns clockwise, but my beloved GP100 runs anticlockwise. In my former life I had Navy .44 black powder and I am pretty sure the cylinder turned to the right.

Of course, there is no technical reason for left to be better than right and vice versa - I believe - but I would expect them all turn right.

Just thought I would share my deep thoughts of this morning

 

[Egon]

Might depend on which end you are looking at!

 

[czechsonofagun]

Might depend on which end you are looking at!

 

[bigshovel]

All of my Rugers and Smith's turn counter clockwise.

Brad

 

[ericstac]

counter clockwise..

 

[RavensRoost]

I thought Colt (Python for sure) and Dan Wesson cylinders were the only ones that rotated CW, but it sounds like there are more.

RavensRoost

 

[Bird]

Haven't you ever seen the western movies where the guy rolls the cylinder down his sleeve; i.e., starts above the elbow and rolls it down, so the cylinder turns clockwise as viewed from the back end? That was a Colt. The police department used to buy on bids; sometimes Colts, sometimes Smith & Wesson. I have the Smith & Wessons and their cylinders revolve counter clockwise. Somehow it just doesn't look as cool to roll the cylinder UP your sleeve instead of down.

 

[kenmac]

my 357 ruger turns c c

 

[MossRoad]

I think it has to do with the side they load from? You want to load it and have the live round spin up to the barrel with the shortest amount of travel, right? I have one that loads through a door (what is that called, anyway?) on the right, and it spins counter clockwise. My other ones that the entire cylinder drops out to the left side spin clockwise. I could not see the point of having to load it and then turn it past all of those empty cylinders. Do all of them work like this?

 

[L4400]

I have a Colt and a S&W. Without pulling them out to see which is which, I do know that they don't rotate the same.