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14 Mar 2010, 9:52 pm

While I don't own a gun I've "played" with them enough when it comes to videogames LOL! One thing I think is awesome is the character Revolver Ocelot in MGS series he has a revolver and can spin a gun like one of those westerners but I was curious is this all "fake" as my dad says or can you truly spin a gun like movies and Revolver Ocelot? I don't believe it's fake and believe it could be possible. So IS IT POSSIBLE?! Is my dad wrong? PLEASE SAY YES!! !! (BTW I don't know how to google this so I came to WP to ask.) :-)



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14 Mar 2010, 9:55 pm

I went ahead and googled "gun spinning" and YES IT'S REAL OMG AWESOME! *runs off to buy a toy gun or takes nephews and learns to spin it* OMG! So excited/happy YA DAD WAS WRONG YA DAD WAS WRONG! :-) YIPPIE!



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14 Mar 2010, 10:14 pm

Well you seem to have found what you're looking for; gun spinning is sort of an offshoot of cowboy action shooting, which itself is a sport that tries to duplicate the feel of old western movies using period weapons and costumes. Some guns spin better than others, most of the pro spinners use some variation of the Colt Single Action Army, sometimes erroneously called a "Peacemaker". Part of the reason they use the SAA is balance, but the other reason is that a single action revolver cannot fire until the hammer has been manually cocked, this is what allows them to safely spin a loaded gun while minimizing the risks of an accidental discharge.


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15 Mar 2010, 3:51 am

Dox47 wrote:
Well you seem to have found what you're looking for; gun spinning is sort of an offshoot of cowboy action shooting, which itself is a sport that tries to duplicate the feel of old western movies using period weapons and costumes. Some guns spin better than others, most of the pro spinners use some variation of the Colt Single Action Army, sometimes erroneously called a "Peacemaker". Part of the reason they use the SAA is balance, but the other reason is that a single action revolver cannot fire until the hammer has been manually cocked, this is what allows them to safely spin a loaded gun while minimizing the risks of an accidental discharge.


Unless of course one accidentally drops the revolver on its hammer. It was common practice in those times to carry a revolver with the chamber underneath the hammer empty because of this. Not so much solely for spinning it, but for whenever the revolver might accidentally be dropped. A revolver falling out of its holster like this while you sit would be a rather unpleasant interruption to partaking in beer and poker.



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15 Mar 2010, 6:41 am

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Unless of course one accidentally drops the revolver on its hammer. It was common practice in those times to carry a revolver with the chamber underneath the hammer empty because of this. Not so much solely for spinning it, but for whenever the revolver might accidentally be dropped. A revolver falling out of its holster like this while you sit would be a rather unpleasant interruption to partaking in beer and poker.


I was taught to always believe that any weapon can and will fire, even if you think it is safed, uncocked, unloaded, or whatever; and hence never to point one at people. Which kinda rules spinning a revolver out. :)


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15 Mar 2010, 6:51 am

You can spin one but it is not safe and no respectable gun owner would ever do something that stupid.


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15 Mar 2010, 2:43 pm

Ambivalence wrote:
DNForrest wrote:
Unless of course one accidentally drops the revolver on its hammer. It was common practice in those times to carry a revolver with the chamber underneath the hammer empty because of this. Not so much solely for spinning it, but for whenever the revolver might accidentally be dropped. A revolver falling out of its holster like this while you sit would be a rather unpleasant interruption to partaking in beer and poker.


I was taught to always believe that any weapon can and will fire, even if you think it is safed, uncocked, unloaded, or whatever; and hence never to point one at people. Which kinda rules spinning a revolver out. :)

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15 Mar 2010, 2:50 pm

gun spinning is also a big gun safty no no! in any safty class they teach you about muzzle sweep. you dont point the muzzle at anything you dont want shot. twirling is constantly sweeping your own body. it was said above that most wester style revolvers are single action and cant fire unless its cocked. alot of times when people want to mimic this they use modern revolvers which mostly are double action the pressure on the trigger while twirling can be enough to fire the weapon.



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15 Mar 2010, 3:46 pm

Yup, the three cardinal rules of firearms:

1. Always assume the gun is loaded.
2. Never point it at anything you don't want to destroy.
3. Keep your finger off of the trigger and outside of the trigger guard until you're ready to fire.

But this doesn't stop people from taking part in the spectator sport of pistol spinning and the like. At least they make a point to use either wax rounds or blanks.