Can't say that ALL rotate that direction but every DA revolver I own (Rugers & S&W's) rotate anti-clockwise.
Oh, BTW....GOB, that "little pokey up thingy" you refer to is called a Pawl I believe but under the description in the schematic where it says "Pawl" they have parenthesis around the term "pokey up thingy" so ya done good with your description!
