
Originally Posted by
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.