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a wheel of bad decisions that spins faster than the man holding it.
means A handgun with a rotating cylinder that holds several bullets, letting the shooter fire multiple rounds before reloading.
from From the Latin 'revolvere,' to roll back or turn around — the same root that gives us 'revolve' and 'revolution.' The gun earned its name in the early 19th century from the very mechanism that defined it: a cylinder that revolves, bringing a fresh chamber into line with each pull. Samuel Colt's design popularized both the weapon and the word, so 'revolver' is quite literally named for the part that goes round and round.
- name origin
- named for its revolving cylinder of chambers
- samuel colt
- patented the design at age 21
- russian roulette
- only revolvers make that lethal game possible
- the beatles
- named a 1966 album after it
- speed loaders
- reload all chambers in one quick motion
colt peacemaker — single-action revolver manufactured since 1873, became the iconic weapon of the american old west
nagant m1895 — russian seven-shot revolver standard-issue from 1895 through world war ii and beyond