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Now you guys have me thinking back... I've been shooting Blackhawks so long I'm trying to remember how that went. What was it? Load one, skip one, load four?
I see the reason for that, but I don't see the need. Just load five and roll the cylinder to the right spot, full-cock, then lower the hammer on the empty hole.Originally Posted by Zombie Steve
Yeah, some people are downright wiggy about that. It depends on the GUN, not the concept of danger. Many revolvers are prefectly safe with all cylinders loaded, that's what the transfer bar is for, nearly all modern ones are like this. But many revolvers AREN'T safe to carry fully loaded, because they have a firing pin spur right on the hammer that will rest right on the primer, and it's not just old guns, many modern ones are like this as well, like my Uberti shown above.I was in my late teens before I had the guts to load 6 rounds in any revolver. Granddad thumped me upside the head as a kid if I loaded 6 in my Frontier Scout. It took quite a bit to get me over that early training ... Anyway, while I've thought it'd be cool to carry the Bisley Vaquero in that El Paso Saddlery rig I got, I'll probably stick with a 1911 for that.
Just like many folks piss themselves at the mention of carrying a 1911 cocked and locked, yet millions more know it's perfectly safe. IMO, it all boils down to the individual firearm and the individual human in control of it, and how well that human knows and understands that firearm. The safest gun in the world in the hands of an idiot, well......
All three of my BP revolvers (one Uberti, two Piettas) are also best carried as 5-shooters, although one of the Pietta 1851 Navies has pins between the nipples where the hammer can be placed at full-rest halfway between chambers and carried fully loaded. I know the other 1851 doesn't have those pins, not sure about my Walker, but I doubt it.
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