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Green_Cartographer84 t1_ixq8ynx wrote

Reply to comment by Available-Key-9488 in In Russian roulette, use 5 bullets and pull trigger one time is safer than 1 bullet and pull trigger 5 times. by [deleted]

If you don't spin you're most likely fucked either way, but I'd say you have a slightly better chance with 5 bullets. With a well oiled revolver the weight of the bullets can fall to the bottom, leaving the one clear chamber at the top. With one bullet and no spinning you'd be dead on the 2nd or 3rd shot in this case.

Spinning each time the single bullet has (in a well maintained revolver) a higher than 5 to 1 chance of being at the bottom each time.

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Available-Key-9488 t1_ixv6cb3 wrote

Ok, if we assume the chances are not random, you can be right. I was just looking at it assuming any placement equally likely, in which case 1 bullet with spinning is 5/6 chance of survival in each round which yields approx. 40% survival overall, whereas 5 bullets or 1 bullet without spinning is 17% survival.

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Green_Cartographer84 t1_ixvxcuq wrote

Hahaha, I was just being stupid anyway 🤣

I have heard that what I said is possible, but not like I've ever tested it lol.

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