# Russian Roulette actual odds of shooting yourself 1-60? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 22, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-actual-odds-of-shooting-yourself-1-60/511026 "2009-09-22T00:02:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 43
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-actual-odds-of-shooting-yourself-1-60/511026/43 "2009-09-23T02:20:43Z")
I just finished an experiment where I loaded one chamber of my Ruger Super Redhawk .44 magnum with a live round, spun the “well-oiled” cylinder, and pushed the cylinder back into place gently (without snapping it). I DID NOT PULL THE TRIGGER OR AIM THE WEAPON AT ANYTHING WHICH COULD BE INJURED, I MERELY NOTED WHERE THE BULLET ENDED UP. I numbered the chambers from 1-6, with 1 being in-line with the barrel, and proceeding counter-clockwise from there as it would appear with the gun pointed at a target. That is, if you point the gun at a target, 1 is in-line with the barrel, 2 is the first cylinder to the right, etc. I did 200 clockwise spins, and tried my best to move the cylinder up without turning it. The results. ```auto Position Times 1 (barrel) 20 (0.100) 2 25 (0.125) 3 35 (0.175) 4 (bottom) 38 (0.190) 5 41 (0.205) 6 (death) 41 (0.205) ``` My gun beat the odds of 0.167. It’s obviously cursed. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-actual-odds-of-shooting-yourself-1-60/511026)._