Revolver opinion

[donsignalli]

Carry with the cylinder full, or minus one under the hammer?

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[donsignalli]

Double action of course

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[ray1970]

Most modern revolvers are perfectly safe to carry fully loaded due to most designs using some type of transfer bar system.

[Mazin]

A good quality revolver, very good holster and loaded. You have very few rounds before reload with a revolver and I wouldn't want to handicap my self by taking a round away in a defensive situation.

[rondog]

Yeah, depends on the revolver. Some are perfectly safe, some not. And age isn't necessarily a factor. My Uberti Colt SAA clone isn't old, but NFW I'd carry that one with one under the hammer! Not the way the firing pin rests right on the primer.

[wreave]

Most modern double action revolvers, i.e. those that are appropriate for CC, are designed to be carried loaded. You could take a hammer to the back of the, uh, hammer, and not discharge the weapon. A Colt SAA replica would obviously not qualify.

[Irving]

What is the fear when carrying a revolver? That the hammer will be pushed into the back of the round if it is bumped? Is there something similar to a firing pin block in place inside a revolver?

[Inconel710]

Irving - my understanding is that if the firing pin is part of the hammer (single action army) then it is not safe to carry with the hammer down on a loaded chamber. Newer single actions and most double actions have the hammer separate from the firing pin so that if something were to hit the hammer while it was down, it would not transfer the force to the firing pin and cause an unintended discharge.

[spleify]

Always carry loaded on a good gun.

[rondog]

This here is a photo of my Uberti Cattleman, which is a new-made clone of the Colt Single Action Army. The firing pin is part of the hammer, and you'll notice that at full hammer-rest that pin would be touching the primer. Any drop on that hammer, or even a good whack, and she's going BOOM! You could carry the gun safely with the hammer on the first notch, but I'm not carrying that one anyway. Got many other pistols for that purpose.