Sunray
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"...my hand bumped the hammer..." If it goes bang by bumping the hammer in your sleep, there's something wrong with it.
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wildburp
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Nothing wrong with my hand. Bump (with a hand connected to an arm like mine) the hammer of a classic SAA resting near a primer and your hand will go boom too. I remember the tingly feeling near the root of my right thumb (which struck the hammer) before pulling my apnea mask off and smelling the burnt powder.
Near as I can estimate (was asleep at the time), I must have deflected the hammer about a quarter inch while rolling over with a flailing right arm. The discharge bent the tea cup hook, and the gun today points in a safer direction with the hammer resting on an empty chamber. I did not want to fool with destiny by bending the hook back, so I just cleaned the barrel and soiled chamber and hung it back on my trusty bent tea cup hook, ready for the next home invader.
wb
Near as I can estimate (was asleep at the time), I must have deflected the hammer about a quarter inch while rolling over with a flailing right arm. The discharge bent the tea cup hook, and the gun today points in a safer direction with the hammer resting on an empty chamber. I did not want to fool with destiny by bending the hook back, so I just cleaned the barrel and soiled chamber and hung it back on my trusty bent tea cup hook, ready for the next home invader.
wb
Harve Curry
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Saftey with Colt SAA and exact copies:
New comers and people reading this post should know right off to
"Never load more then 5 in any Colt SAA or copy of a SAA".
The SAA is one of the safest firearms to carry and fastest to bring into action IF you know what you are doing. Anyone who has not adopted these standard practices of use should empty it and put it away till they do.
The problem with loading six is, settiing the SAA aside, in a drawer, nightstand, or whatever, is that it gets forgotten. Someday you or someone else picks it up or drops it and then bang AD.
A handgunner needs to adopt a way of thinking that is always looking, always checking, even when you know you were the last one to use or touch it. I am always checking mine to be sure the cylinder did not turn, quick glance at the side of the cylinder and be sure that no brass rims are under the hammer.
I do not use the so called saftey notch as this will cause premature wear or breakage of the sear. Put the hammer down on the EMPTY CHAMBER.
This all needs to be 2nd nature.
They make a handgun holder that uses a rod/dowel of plastic, brass, or aluminum that fits down the muzzle into the empty chamber. It holds the handgun and the cylinder so it cannot turn till the user slides it back off.
Much better then a tea cup holder.
New comers and people reading this post should know right off to
"Never load more then 5 in any Colt SAA or copy of a SAA".
The SAA is one of the safest firearms to carry and fastest to bring into action IF you know what you are doing. Anyone who has not adopted these standard practices of use should empty it and put it away till they do.
The problem with loading six is, settiing the SAA aside, in a drawer, nightstand, or whatever, is that it gets forgotten. Someday you or someone else picks it up or drops it and then bang AD.
A handgunner needs to adopt a way of thinking that is always looking, always checking, even when you know you were the last one to use or touch it. I am always checking mine to be sure the cylinder did not turn, quick glance at the side of the cylinder and be sure that no brass rims are under the hammer.
I do not use the so called saftey notch as this will cause premature wear or breakage of the sear. Put the hammer down on the EMPTY CHAMBER.
This all needs to be 2nd nature.
They make a handgun holder that uses a rod/dowel of plastic, brass, or aluminum that fits down the muzzle into the empty chamber. It holds the handgun and the cylinder so it cannot turn till the user slides it back off.
Much better then a tea cup holder.
I have a habit of long standing...
When I load ANY revolver that's not being used as a weapon I load 5 and rest the hammer on the last chamber. Of course when I carry or keep a revolver loaded for personal protection it has a "safe" safety and all of the chambers are filled. Why? Because I often use older single and double action guns that don't always have the kind of mechanical safeties that are found on post-World War Two revolvers. A consistant habit helps prevent something unexpected. Won't I need that last shot? Well in the course of plinking, playing and desert walking I haven't so far.
Needless to say, ANY revolver that depends on the hammer being held by the trigger being engaged in a notch is carried with the hammer down on an empty chamber. Always, and without exception.
When I load ANY revolver that's not being used as a weapon I load 5 and rest the hammer on the last chamber. Of course when I carry or keep a revolver loaded for personal protection it has a "safe" safety and all of the chambers are filled. Why? Because I often use older single and double action guns that don't always have the kind of mechanical safeties that are found on post-World War Two revolvers. A consistant habit helps prevent something unexpected. Won't I need that last shot? Well in the course of plinking, playing and desert walking I haven't so far.
Needless to say, ANY revolver that depends on the hammer being held by the trigger being engaged in a notch is carried with the hammer down on an empty chamber. Always, and without exception.
dogngun
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Wildburp:
First, thanks for posting this.
I'm sure you knew you would get some flak, but it's important to keep this old information fresh.
I have been shooting and sometimes carrying various SAA revolvers, among otrher handguns, for over 35 years. I still have an old favorite, a .44 mag JP Sauer from the 1960's, that I carry in very bad weather-it's finish has gone long ago, but it's still tight as a drum and a fine shooter. It's a "5 shooter"- it has a frame mounted firing pin, but no transfer bar, so the pin would rest on the primer of a 240 grain .44 mag JHP if I were to load all six. (Makes me nervous just thinking about it.)
FWIW, there is a story about no less a sixgunner than J.B. Hickock dropping a fully loaded Navy Colt on the floor of a bar while gambling, causing a hole in the ceiling and a graze to his leg. I understand he loaded only five chambers after this incident.
Merry Christmas.
Mark
First, thanks for posting this.
I'm sure you knew you would get some flak, but it's important to keep this old information fresh.
I have been shooting and sometimes carrying various SAA revolvers, among otrher handguns, for over 35 years. I still have an old favorite, a .44 mag JP Sauer from the 1960's, that I carry in very bad weather-it's finish has gone long ago, but it's still tight as a drum and a fine shooter. It's a "5 shooter"- it has a frame mounted firing pin, but no transfer bar, so the pin would rest on the primer of a 240 grain .44 mag JHP if I were to load all six. (Makes me nervous just thinking about it.)
FWIW, there is a story about no less a sixgunner than J.B. Hickock dropping a fully loaded Navy Colt on the floor of a bar while gambling, causing a hole in the ceiling and a graze to his leg. I understand he loaded only five chambers after this incident.
Merry Christmas.
Mark
FWIW, there is a story about no less a sixgunner than J.B. Hickock dropping a fully loaded Navy Colt on the floor of a bar while gambling, causing a hole in the ceiling and a graze to his leg. I understand he loaded only five chambers after this incident.
I doubt it. He carried his C&B Navy Colts with the hammer resting between chambers - something you couldn't safely do with the later model 1873 S.A.A.
However it is a matter of documented historical record that Wyatt Earp was the principal in such an incident:
"Last Sunday night (January 9th) while policeman Erp was sitting with two or three others in the back room of the Custom House saloon, his revolver slipped from its holster and in falling to the floor the hammer which was resting on a cap, is supposed to have struck the chair causing a discharge of one of the barrels. The ball passed through his coat, struck the north wall and then glanced off and passed through the ceiling. It was a narrow escape and the occurance got up a lively stampede from the room. One of the demoralized was under the impression that some one had fired through the window from the outside." (Wichita Bacon - Jan. 12, 1876)
this was absolutely a learning post..ive been on the kick this week about a SAA style revolver..been going back and forth on the Ubertis/Berettas and the new Vaquero..Ive read that some you need to do the ole half cock to load and some dont like the Ruger. I keep reading about only loading 5 and thought why do this its a single action if its not cocked its not gonna go off..well shows ya how much i new about the SAA. didnt know it could be fired with the hammer only partially cocked like that. I was wanting the tradtional SAA with none of the newer guns safety features, now im going to go back and rethink that.. :banghead:
Sniper X
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Sounds funny to me, not funny ha ha but funny in the sence it seesm more like the trigger lit off a round than the hammer being bumped. I have a couple saa clones, both Ubertis and neither has ever done a AD and I load 6. But being a .45 1911 guy I don;t carry them so don;t have a bunch of experience with saa clones. I also suggest a different gun for home defense anyway. SA is clumsy in a sleep fog situation, and lends itself to an AD better than a lot of other better self defense guns. I suggest a .357 mag modern revolver for some like you.
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