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Bullet – single projectile firing from a firearm
Shell/Cartridge – a casing that holds bullets or tiny projectiles often called “shot”
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Revolver – Any gun using a chamber that revolves to line bullets with the gun’s barrel. You do not have to pull back the hammer in all of them. But, when we think of revolvers, we often think of Westerns. In those movies you see the shooter pull back the hammer of the pistol with his thumb or whole hand (think wild West showdowns) before pulling the trigger.
Revolvers can be single or double barreled. They can hold as many as 9 bullets but generally 5 or 6. The revolver we most often think of is a 6 shooter often seen in cowboy movies which is capable of shooting 6 bullets. Although it was best to load only five. (The gentleman in all my videos today is hickok45. Before you write a gun scene, watch his videos that relate to the firearm your character is using.)
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Before you pick up any gun and commence to shooting, you need to know how to hold it! Here’s how NOT to hold a revolver.
efficiently load the gun’s magazine. Clips are inside magazines.
Gun Magazine – holds the ammo under spring pressure to feed the gun’s chamber. In other words, as puts it: clips essentially feed magazines, magazines feed firearms.
Do not assume that an automatic rifle will hit the target. Quantity doesn’t override aim!
REMEMBER, you must first and foremost serve your story. Do not use terminology that will exclude a portion of your audience. At the same time, be accurate.
Until the next round at FightWrite.net, get blood on your pages!
BONUS VIDEO! Rambo annihilates aggressive assailants. They’ll not be breathing down his neck again! (I feel the same about computers.)
