Watch "The Shootist" with him. Maybe John Wayne can convince him.
A single action dilemma
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Paul B
Hunter
Many years ago now when I was still living in Nevada, my hunting partner and I were on a private ranch getting permission to do some pheasant hunting after we finished helping with branding the cows the following morning. It was fairly late in the evening and one old bucjaroo who had worked on the ranch for many years was allowed to live on the plach with only a few light chore to pay his keep. He commented on the SuperBlackhawk on my hip and told me he hoped I didn't have a shell under the hammer. I told im it was one of the new models that was safe to have all six chambered loads and he got a bit angry. So I showed him by tapping the hammer with a stout stick but he still wasn't convinced. I'm guessing the old boy was somewhere deep in the 80 year old category. Then I unloaded the gun and showed him how the the transfer bar worked to prevent that type of accident but he still wasn't convinced so when I reloaded the gun I did load one, skip one routine to keep the peace. He was happy after that.
It wasn't too long after that that I loaded my new model Rugers exactly the same way as my Colt SAAs and old model Rugers. That way I wouldn't mess up when loading one of the old style revolvers. Besides, ;ike someone mention it makes boxes of 50 and 100 come out even on a range session.
Paul B.
It wasn't too long after that that I loaded my new model Rugers exactly the same way as my Colt SAAs and old model Rugers. That way I wouldn't mess up when loading one of the old style revolvers. Besides, ;ike someone mention it makes boxes of 50 and 100 come out even on a range session.
Paul B.
For over 100 years there have been many patents concerning firing pin safety. All have been variously praised, and cursed, and some seem to have worked better than others.
As that wise old sage, popeye, taught us, ya pays ya moneys and ya takes yer choices.
Even the rohm rg 38 had a transferbar safety!
As that wise old sage, popeye, taught us, ya pays ya moneys and ya takes yer choices.
Even the rohm rg 38 had a transferbar safety!
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
Some day, one day what can happen will happen.
Bob Wright
Bob Wright
Bite your tongue Vito!
Uncle Howie
Buckeye
I can't seem to download it on my phone, but this link should give you the gist of it!
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Yes, thats the one i remembered.
It says 1980.
crstrode
Single-Sixer
Mind yer business. He's lived longer than you and will do just fine.
Uncle Howie
Buckeye
I'm of the opinion that unsafe firearms handling by my shooting partner… IS my business! Firearms safety is everyone's business.
OP
If he is handling a firearm I am going the other way as fast as I can. If he shoots himself accidentally it would be bad but if he injured someone else it would be much worse.
I wouldn't let my 1st wife's father handle any of my firearms after watching him wrist flip the cylinder on a Smith and Wesson revolver and I am going to stay clear of my friend if he is handling one of his single action revolvers.
Collateral damage is always to be worried about. Most would worry more about those others than the primary possible cause.
Did anyone else notice that the gun looks more like a Colt? The 3 screws don't have slots!
Historical representation; its the old colt theyre talking about, over 100 years of working around its foibles and the irrationality of the average man. "Couldnt happen to me..."
OP
Exactly my point. It's everyone else who is in danger. Safety is the important factor
Sorry but regarding the safe handling of a firearm it is one's business to help others. I often see unsafe practices at my club and the old Range Safety Officer in my takes over. Not in a over bearing busy body way, but in a friendly suggestive way. My club has a couple over zealous types that come off both as Safety Narcs and as "Mind Your Own Business" types. It's all in the delivery. I also want myself and family to leave the range the same way I entered it.....no holes and all our blood in our body not spilling out onto the deck.
I wouldn't feel right if I didn't mind others business if it would prevent harm to them or others. Most often a "thanks, I didn't know" is a given. Yes, the "mind yer business" types are there also. Cranky bull headed coots. Nobody can tell them anything. I've been muzzled too many times by them. I usually pack up when they arrive and don't unpack if they are already there. A clear conscience is better than a heavy mind in my book.
I've had a bullet go trough the brim of my cover back in the day while walking up t a shooter after calling "any saved rounds or alibi's", and was sprayed with dirt when a knucklehead sent a burst down the rifle range firing line that impacted in front of me. I will address safety when I can, from experience of "it can happen to you".
OP
Does this also extend to drunk drivers? They are another hazard to everyone around them and more likely to hurt someone else instead of themselves
Of course it's a Colt. More to the point it is a 1st generation. Bill Ruger wanted you to know that his revolver was better and safer than his competitor's.
I think it was more like Bill Ruger's Lawyers wanted that ad..as a continuing effort to keep the lawsuits to a minimum, along with the Marketing Department thinking lagging sales would be boosted if they could make the New Models somehow more attractive to 3 Screw Guys.
The whole "Burying Money" folklore is preposterous at best. While it may be entertaining, as is a good western...about gunslingers, Imagine if you will the bill/note fouling up the cylinders rotation..yeah, you gonna need some $ for a PineBox and a Hole..
The whole "Burying Money" folklore is preposterous at best. While it may be entertaining, as is a good western...about gunslingers, Imagine if you will the bill/note fouling up the cylinders rotation..yeah, you gonna need some $ for a PineBox and a Hole..
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