On 12/31/03 8:42 AM, "Henry Schaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bob Woolley writes:
>
>> Ask Clayton Fowler why he did not carry his replica Colt revolver with an
>> empty chamber under the hammer, a standard practice for revolver users for
>> well over 100 years now.
>
> A quibble. This only is standard practice for the old revolvers (such
> as the original single action revolvers.) It is not considered
> necessary for modern revolvers with a safety block for the hammer.
I know, but I didn't want to further complicate the form of the question.
Since it is still standard practice for the kind of revolver in question, I
thought the modern exceptin wasn't relevant. If I were teaching a class for
students who were going to be carrying revolvers, it would be different.
--
Bob Woolley
St. Paul, MN
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Society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that
in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps
his eyes open, can take his revenge upon the most powerful.
--Mario Puzo
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