Funny, I was recently watching one of those British detective shows - Taggart? - in which some know-it-all remarked that the assailant's use of five rather than six bullets was consistent with the fact that the weapon was an old six-shooter, which would never be loaded with more than five bullets (see JohninKansas, above). In fact, that's why I started reading this post.

So, I think I'm a plastic cowboy no longer - the real thing, me - yee-haw! Giddy-up!