He would rotate the cylinder into position to make sure that one of the loaded chambers was next up.
The pistol is designed to be carried with a loaded chamber and firing pin at rest; it has a double-action trigger mechanism.
If one prefers to carry with a loaded chamber, a traditional, manual safety exists above the left grip panel on the frame.
Squinted in the moonlit greyness and clicked the cylinder round until the loaded chamber was at the ten o'clock position.
With a permit, a person may carry a firearm with a loaded chamber either openly or concealed.
He drew his stub-nosed revolver from his pocket and examined the loaded chambers.
McClure placed the first loaded chamber to the right of the hammer.
He spun around before Grant could reach a loaded chamber.
Swung out the cylinder: six loaded chambers.