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Load only five of six chambers?
That was a prickish comment. I think defferently than you about a sixth round, and you suggest it's because I can't shoot? Why the personal insult? Maybe you should spen less time acting like you're afraid of other people's opinions, and more time acting your age. This has been a friendly... -
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Load only five of six chambers?
When not on the farm I carry a Glock or Baretta myself. As for the sixth round, like they say, "better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it". -
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Load only five of six chambers?
I agree, but this goes with anything. A few years ago, a little girl fell on a pencil and stabbed herself in the heart. Thankfully, she lived. People hurt them selves with all sorts of things. -
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Load only five of six chambers?
CAS is also a "game". "Games" have rules. -
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Load only five of six chambers?
Who's arguing? As far as I'm concerned, this is just a conversation. Again, this was started with the 1873 .45, as there were no safety notches/pins th place the hammer on. -
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Load only five of six chambers?
That saying actually came from the use of flintlock guns. So did "a flash in the pan" If they had been carried in holsters, they would not have been dropped. :wink: -
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Load only five of six chambers?
Again, carelessness. Holsters were not meant to be hung from a tractor. Had the poor fellow been wearing the holster, the whole incident wouldn't have happened. This is my point, when you do things you are not supposed to do with firearms, holsters, etc...you're asking for an accident. That's... -
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Load only five of six chambers?
Please tell me where I advocate carrying the hammer on a live cap. I have said a few times I put the hammer on the safety notch/pin. -
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Load only five of six chambers?
How does the cylinder turn, in a snug fitting holster, that covers the hammer spur? Just curious. -
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Load only five of six chambers?
Heck, it still happens. I remember reading about a D.C. policeman, that was chasing a "suspect". The cop jumped over a fence, and when he landed (on his feet) his service weapon (Glock 9mm) went off (it was in his holster) shooting him through both legs. He recovered, just fine, however. :applause: -
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Load only five of six chambers?
From everything I have ever read on this, it always seems to be in reference to the 1873 Colt, as it had no safety notches/pins. -
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Load only five of six chambers?
Right, but you said "Sam Colt was making the guns for war" in your previous post. He didn't make all guns for war. He made them for "private" carry also. The gun you happen to mention to prove your point, just happened to come out right at the start of a war, hence the large amount of military... -
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Load only five of six chambers?
Sam Colt sold more guns to the civilian market than the military. More 1849 pocket revolvers (little five shot .31) were made than any other percussion Colt. 1851 navy was a close second. -
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Load only five of six chambers?
Sounds like carelessness to me. I mean, accidents happen, sure (I shot a hole through the roof of my porch about eight years ago, my own carelessness :redface: ) but there's always a reason. I don't mean to anger anyone, everyone has their own way of doing things, but Sam Colt didn't design the... -
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Load only five of six chambers?
Putting the hammer down on a live cap is kinda asking for an accident. The point is to put the hammer down in the spaces between the nipples where they are supposed to go. Use a holster that reaches above the hammer (or a flap holster) and there are no problems. As I said before, these guns... -
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Load only five of six chambers?
FWIW, I've been shooting C&B revolvers for fifteen years. I carry them in the woods, on horseback, I use them as my "farm guns". Basicaly, I do not just shoot paper with them. I always load six in a C&B revolver and use the space between the caps for the hammer, as was intended. If you have a... -
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.44 Navy Colt
During the Civil War, the cavalry (army) used pretty much every type of revolver around, both .36 and .44cal. The "army"/"navy" names mean nothing as to who used them. Colt made one or two prototypes of a .44 "navy" but that's all. -
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Walker Colt-Good, Bad, and Ugly
Can't find the source at the moment, but it was recorded that once (only once) during the Mexican war, a Texas ranger armed with a Walker, shot a Mexican soldier at "well over a hundred yards". That incident provoked Texas ranger John "RIP" Ford to comment that the Walker could shoot almost as...