DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER SAFE HANDLING

1. Open the cylinder.

2 Visually and physically inspect each chamber to ensure that the revolver is unloaded.

3 Remove the firearm safety device. If the firearm safety device prevents any of the previous steps, remove the firearm safety device during the appropriate step.

4. While maintaining muzzle awareness and trigger discipline, load one dummy round into a chamber of the cylinder and rotate the cylinder so that the round is in the next-to-fire position.

5. Close the cylinder

6. Open the cylinder and eject the round.

7. Visually and physically inspect each chamber to ensure that the revolver is unloaded.

8. Apply the firearm safety device, if applicable.

NOTE: Simply spinning a revolver to an empty chamber does not unload it or make it safe. The cylinder rotates to the next chamber before the hammer falls.