Bob Wright
Hawkeye
This concerns a Wrangler, but applies to all Single Actions so far as I know:
I have always handled my Single Actions in the following manner when loading, unloading or just checking to be sure it is clear:
After loading, or ejecting, or examining the revolver, I close the loading gate, cock the hammer, then ease the hammer down; when loading I place my thumb between hammer and frame as I release the trigger until the hammer is forward some distance and my finger well off the trigger.
It has been noted that Ruger's instruction manual is contrary to this and advises to close the loading gate then rotate the cylinder by hand until it is locked by the locking bolt. I got into a slight brouhaha about this on the Single Action page on Facebook. The writer there said the hammer and action will lock up if there is an attempt to cock the hammer with the cylinder not in the locked position. The revolver in this instance was a Wrangler.
Does anyone know if this is indeed a peculiarity of the Wrangler? Is the action different from other Single Actions?
Bob Wright
I have always handled my Single Actions in the following manner when loading, unloading or just checking to be sure it is clear:
After loading, or ejecting, or examining the revolver, I close the loading gate, cock the hammer, then ease the hammer down; when loading I place my thumb between hammer and frame as I release the trigger until the hammer is forward some distance and my finger well off the trigger.
It has been noted that Ruger's instruction manual is contrary to this and advises to close the loading gate then rotate the cylinder by hand until it is locked by the locking bolt. I got into a slight brouhaha about this on the Single Action page on Facebook. The writer there said the hammer and action will lock up if there is an attempt to cock the hammer with the cylinder not in the locked position. The revolver in this instance was a Wrangler.
Does anyone know if this is indeed a peculiarity of the Wrangler? Is the action different from other Single Actions?
Bob Wright