Can you fan a double action revolver

You can certainly fan a double-action revolver. You run the risk of ruining the timing on the cylinder. The fanning of the hammer is more of a movie thing and not common practice. This means that lowered hammer is not resting on the cartridge and no bump will cause the gun to fire. Many astronauts and cosmonauts were accomplished musicians and brought their talents to orbit.

This works with single-action guns, which do not reset the hammer automatically, and some triple action guns, which can fire in both single and double action. Fanning greatly increases the fire rate of the gun in-game, and can be done with most revolvers, as well as one pistol and a rifle. To Fan-the-Hammer, hold [F] while firing, or shoot while not aiming.

Fanning the Hammer decreases accuracy, and the gun is impacted by recoil far faster. The most accurate fanned guns are the Model3 Revolver and Volcanic Repeaters, having very little recoil, and only a small accuracy decrease while fanned. The Wild West Wiki Explore. General 3 Answers What are the strongest guns in the game? Side Quest 11 Answers Beaver locations? Side Quest 8 Answers. Ask A Question. Browse More Questions.

Keep me logged in on this device. Forgot your username or password? User Info: DrDuckman DrDuckman 11 years ago 1 So I just noticed that the PC does not actually fan the double action revolver in game and I wonder, can you actually fan a double action revolver in real life?

Would it not give you any speed advantage compared to normal shooting? I know you can manually cock the hammer in a double action to make the first trigger pull lighter I figure there is bound to be some revolver enthusiasts in this forum, so I might as well ask. User Info: flemw flemw 11 years ago 2 No real advantage, you can pull the trigger as fast if not faster then you could fan User Info: Wess Wess 11 years ago 3 Yes, you can fan a double action.