SlowShooter
SeaWaves not TigerStripes
If you can load a round can't you stick in an eci ? Wouldn't that be enough or does it have to go all the way through the cylinder ? Of course if the hammer was cocked it wouldn't matter if anything was in there or not.
I'm wondering because I just bought a Heritage Rough Rider that loads/unloads the same way. You can't stick anything clear thru any cylinder and it seems to me that putting something down the barrel doesn't clearly show that it isn't loaded and fireable, just that you now have a barrel obstruction. (How would someone know the chopstick went all the way into the cylinder ?).
So would the only way to clearly show the gun is inoperable/safe be to remove the cylinder ? Just like removing a mag ?
I never had a chance to play with a Heritage Rough Rider but it should be close to other revolvers in the firing mechanism. Cock the hammer and the cylinder is rotated to the next chamber... If you have a long chopstick, you can use it to measure the barrel and the cylinder from the outside then use your thumb and the index finger to hold and mark the length of the measurement on the stick. Put the stick in the barrel until your thumb hit the muzzle. That is how you be sure it is in all the way. This will lock the rotation of the cylinder and stop you from cocking the hammer.
With the Nagant revolver, by design, there is a big gap between the barrel and cylinder so I can see a portion of the chopstick there. in operation, when you cock the hammer, the cylinder will be moved forward to close the gap and insert the mouth of the cartridge (in that chamber) into the barrel before you can pull the trigger. This is the greatest feature of the gun. There is no gas leaking during firing.
Now I just find out that it is quite easy to remove the Nagant's cylinder (20 sec for removal/reinstall), so to save an argument, just remove it at the range. beside you can empty 20 rounds in less than 20 min so you have plenty of time to put it away before the next ceasefire. The Heritage Rough Rider could be done the same way.