Post by "DoubleAction" on Feb 20, 2015 21:04:51 GMT -5
......Loading The Colt Single Action Army Revolver : This was a lesson learned, by reading from Old Western Cowboy Actor "Harry Carey, Jr"....about 25 years ago :
....The lock work of the Colt Single Action six shooters have never changed in the way they have manufactured in over 100 years, and neither has the method by which they are to be decocked or loaded.
....No gun slinger of the six shooter is worth his salt until he learns how to properly load and decock his Colt Single Action Army. I'll try to make this quick.
....After checking and rechecking the cylinder to make sure the firearm is unloaded.
....Place only five cartridges, preferably Dummy Rounds of Dummy Snap Caps off to the side; No more than five.
....First begin by bringing the hammer to half cocked, loading position, start by loading one round in the first chamber, then skip chamber 2, rotate to chamber 3 and load, rotate to chamber 4 and load, rotate to chamber 5 and load, rotate to chamber 6 and load. Close loading gate, cock hammer to rear, press trigger, and slowly lower the hammer. The hammer should now be resting on that empty chamber.
...If the hammer is cocked, without firing, and needs to be brought back around to the empty chamber, the hammer needs to be cocked six times in order to bring the empty chamber to be rested again on the empty chamber. One can practice this by using dummy cartridges and a long pencil, eraser first, down the barrel to check the position of the cylinder.
...Although many handgun manufacturers have made great strides and attempts to develop idiot proof systems for a one size fits all society, we are still forced to back track a time when people actually learned from their mistakes ( if they lived so long) and the mistakes of others; I prefer the learning process of the later.
....Although Bill Ruger contributed to the development of the transfer bar on the Single Actions Revolvers, the Double Actions Revolvers was already using this transfer bar system.
....The lock work of the Colt Single Action six shooters have never changed in the way they have manufactured in over 100 years, and neither has the method by which they are to be decocked or loaded.
....No gun slinger of the six shooter is worth his salt until he learns how to properly load and decock his Colt Single Action Army. I'll try to make this quick.
....After checking and rechecking the cylinder to make sure the firearm is unloaded.
....Place only five cartridges, preferably Dummy Rounds of Dummy Snap Caps off to the side; No more than five.
....First begin by bringing the hammer to half cocked, loading position, start by loading one round in the first chamber, then skip chamber 2, rotate to chamber 3 and load, rotate to chamber 4 and load, rotate to chamber 5 and load, rotate to chamber 6 and load. Close loading gate, cock hammer to rear, press trigger, and slowly lower the hammer. The hammer should now be resting on that empty chamber.
...If the hammer is cocked, without firing, and needs to be brought back around to the empty chamber, the hammer needs to be cocked six times in order to bring the empty chamber to be rested again on the empty chamber. One can practice this by using dummy cartridges and a long pencil, eraser first, down the barrel to check the position of the cylinder.
...Although many handgun manufacturers have made great strides and attempts to develop idiot proof systems for a one size fits all society, we are still forced to back track a time when people actually learned from their mistakes ( if they lived so long) and the mistakes of others; I prefer the learning process of the later.
....Although Bill Ruger contributed to the development of the transfer bar on the Single Actions Revolvers, the Double Actions Revolvers was already using this transfer bar system.
