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Says right on the box it's a 7 shot. That's pretty normal ca0acity for a revolver.
Yes, for a revolver that is inline with most others. I was speaking compared to all types of firearms, not strictly just revolvers. Most modern fuillsize semi-automatic pistols for example carry over 15 rounds in a magazine.
7 rounds just isn't a lot of ammo to heat up a gun. ~~Especially if you are using black powder like this would have as smokeless powder hadn't been invented yet. You'd need an exceptional cartridge to make a firearm hot in that few black powder shots.~~ see below comment.
You actually have it completely backwards. Black powder ammunition heated up gun/rifle barrels much faster than modern powders. The length of time it took for the much more inefficient powder to finish burning off caused the barrels to absorb more heat from each shot.
If you'd like to test this, you can still pretty easily find black powder shotgun loads. Put just 6 shots through one with modern powder and touch the barrel. Then do the same thing after it cools off a bit with 6 rounds of black powder shells. You touch the barrel after that you might want to have some burn cream and bandages on you.