History Main / RevolverCylinderSpin

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale'' cartoon "The Lone Chipmunks", the pair is pitted against WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} as a Western outlaw. At one point Chip holds Pete at gunpoint with his own revolver. He spins the cylinder to intimidate him, but unfortunately, that causes the cylinder to fall off.

* ''Film/TenDeadMen'': Franklin's gang does a LockAndLoad on being told that Ryan is incoming. One of the members (seemingly the only one armed with a revolver) does this.

* ''Film/TenDeadMen'': When Franklin's gang lock-and-load on being told that Ryan is incoming, one of the members (seemingly the only one armed with a revolver) does this.

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* ''Film/{{The Magnificent Seven|2016}}'': During the town shootout scene, Chisholm reloads his gun with an interesting take on this. He holds the gun vertical, opens the loading port and spins the chamber. Gravity causes all of the spent cartridges to simply fall out through the loading port to the ground, whereupon he proceeds with reloading.

* ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead'': When Herod takes Cort to The Kid's gun shop to get him a gun (forcing him to be an unwilling participant in the quick draw competition), he is shown several guns. The cylinders on a couple of them get a good spin while he's trying them out.
** In addition, during the close-up sequence of The Kid loading his revolver while the clock ticks down to high noon, after he loads the last chamber and closes the port he gives the cylinder a spin.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'': Rattlesnake Jake does this with Rango's gun when he's calling the chameleon out on his outlandish tales, loading the chamber with one bullet as a dare for Rango to prove himself. Made more impressive with the fact that Jake is a non-anthropomorphized snake and can only use his tail which itself is topped with a gun.

* ''Film/RawDeal'': When Mark is loading and packing up his weapons for the showdown with the BigBad and his minions, he gives the cylinder of his revolver hand cannon a spin before snapping it into place by flicking his wrist.

* In ''Film/GhostTown1988'', Langley does this before handing the sheriff's gun to Grace. It is not possible to tell from the angle the scene is shot, but he have have been either checking if the gun was loaded or making sure the hammer was resting on an empty chamber (Langley is shown throughout the film as being particular about gun safety). However, the cylinder still spins too easily for the type of gun.

* ''Film/{{KissKissBangBang}}'': While interrogating a thug as to the whereabouts of Harmony, Harry does this after loading [[RussianRoulette a single bullet]] into his revolver, using it to threaten him. Believing that the chances of the bullet being first in the cylinder are "only eight percent", he immediately pulls the trigger. [[BoomHeadshot It doesn't end well for the thug.]]

* In ''VideoGame/Battlefield1'', the No. 3 revolver's cylinder gets a brief but definite spin after reloading.

* Though Gordon never spun the cylinder of the Colt Python in the original ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', when he gets his hands on it in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' and the first game's FanRemake, ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'', the cylinder gets a spin after flicking it back into place.

* ''VideoGame/AllianceOfValiantArms'': The cylinder gets a short but definite spin after you reload the Colt Python.
* ''VideoGame/BattleField'': With the Number Three Revolver, the cylinder gets a brief but definite spin after reloading.

* ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'': When reloading the Colt Python, after snapping the cylinder back in place you give it a spin.

* ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'': Occasionally when reloading the revolver, there's a nice little spin on the cylinder after snapping it closed.
* ''VideoGame/HuntShowdown'': Particularly overdone in Hunt. You even spin the Nagant revolver's cylinder before reloading, and then spin it again afterwards.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': Revolver Ocelot really enjoys spinning his revolver. He'll also sometimes give just the cylinder a spin, usually after reloading.
* ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'': In the Vegas edition of the game, after reloading the .44 Magnum you give the cylinder a spin before snapping it back in place by flicking your wrist.
* ''VideoGame/{{Receiver}}'' and [[VideoGame/Receiver2 its sequel]] lets you do this to a revolver using the mouse wheel if the hammer is uncocked, including whether the cylinder is open or closed. Of course, this had no practical purpose, and might even be detrimental if you attempt it while the gun is half-loaded as spinning it is likely to place the cylinder out of position for the next round, [[RuleOfCool but a game about controlling every aspect of a gun’s operation would be a failure if it didn’t let you spin the cylinder]].
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' the reloading sequence for the single-action Cattleman Revolver lets you give the cylinder a nice little spin.
* ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior'': After reloading the revolver and snapping the cylinder in place, you can snap it back out again and give the cylinder a spin. It's already loaded, so there's really no reason for this other than RuleOfCool.
* ''VideoGame/{{Vietcong}}'' when reloading the M1895 revolver, extracting the cylinder and spinning it causes all the spent casings to fall out. Then you reload it the normal way and push the cylinder back in place.

* ''VideoGame/HuntShowdown'': Particularly overdone in Hunt. The Nagant revolvers even spin the cylinder before reloading, and then spin it again afterwards.

In RealLife, this usually doesn't happen. With a revolver, even when the hammer is in a position to allow the cylinder to rotate freely, there is still enough friction between the cylinder and the frame of the gun to prevent it from spinning for even one full revolution, much less multiple turns. Plus, cylinders are heavy, particularly for the larger calibers, and there isn't that much room on the side of the cylinder to really get a good enough grip to give it a hard spin. The RuleOfCool definitely comes into play. (A cylinder may be spun ''before'' it is closed, but this isn't nearly as "cool.")

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale'' cartoon "The Lone Chipmunks", the pair is pitted against WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} as a Western outlaw. At one point Chip holds Pete at gunpoint with his own revolver. He spins the cylinder to intimidate him, but unfortunately, that causes the cylinder to fall off.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In "WesternAnimation/BarbaryCoastBunny", Nasty Canasta decides to rob Bugs at gunpoint on the pretense of it being another game of chance, namely RussianRoulette. Bugs, still keeping in character, naively spins the revolver bullet cylinder like a slot machine and a mass of coins inexplicably pours out the gun's barrel. As Bugs departs with all the casino's funds and more, Canasta greedily tries to win money from his gun and spins the cylinder, only to shoot himself in the attempt and collapse.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'': Rattlesnake Jake does this with Rango's gun when he's calling the chameleon out on his outlandish tales, loading the chamber with one bullet as a dare for Rango to prove himself. Made more impressive with the fact that Jake is a non-anthropomorphized snake and can only use his tail which itself is topped with a gun.
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* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'': Marty impresses everyone with his shooting skills at the gun seller's shooting gallery. (He learned to shoot [[IKnowMortalKombat playing arcade games at 7-11]]) After he's finished, he gives the cylinder of the revolver a spin before handing it back to the salesman.
* ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid''. During the gunfight between the title characters and the Bolivian police officers, Sundance spins his revolver's cylinder a couple of times after reloading, with the standard whirring/clicking noise.
** You can watch/listen to it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXoY7eIrAtk#t=45s here]].
* ''Film/TheDarkTower'': Roland often gives the cylinders of his revolvers a spin when reloading. In addition, he's so fast and nimble that he can reload each chamber ''while the cylinder is still spinning.''
* ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'': When Tuco cobbles together a gun using parts from multiple revolvers, right before he robs the gun shop owner he asks for a single bullet, then gives the cylinder a spin after loading it.

* ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven2016 The Magnificent Seven]]'': During the town shootout scene, Chisholm reloads his gun with an interesting take on this. He holds the gun vertical, opens the loading port and spins the chamber. Gravity causes all of the spent cartridges to simply fall out through the loading port to the ground, whereupon he proceeds with reloading.

--> "All the way up to six if I have to, and maybe faster than you." - Cheyenne

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In RealLife, this usually doesn't happen. With a revolver, even when the hammer is in a position to allow the cylinder to rotate freely, there is still enough friction between the cylinder and the frame of the gun to prevent it from spinning for even one full revolution, much less multiple turns. Plus, cylinders are heavy, particularly for the larger calibers, and there isn't that much room on the side of the cylinder to really get a good enough grip to give it a hard spin. The RuleOfCool definitely comes into play.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'': Marty impresses everyone with his shooting skills at the gun seller's shooting gallery. (He learned to shoot playing arcade games at 7-11) After he's finished, he gives the cylinder of the revolver a spin before handing it back to the salesman.

Sub-trope of GunsDoNotWorkThatWay.

Sub-trope of GunsDoNotWorkThatWay. Also found under GunsAndGunplay.

Sub-trope of GunsDoNotWorkThatWay.