CraigC said:
That's one of the things I like best about the Mernickle. With an SA, you really need the hammer and trigger exposed and there's really no reason not to.
i respectfully disagree.
i've had problems with holsters that expose hammer or trigger.
ie: back 40 years ago all holsters i owned exposed those parts, yet i've had SAs pulled out of the holster, horseback, when a juniper limb caught inside the trigger guard, ripping the firearm out and flipping it into the dirt.... and i've had ropes catch of the hammer and cock the weapon... also once had the hammer get cocked when my elbow hit it... and had it happen when hit while unloading a saddle... sh*t happens, even in the city going to a friendly BBQ.
my wife is a day-rider, moving & branding cattle while horseback for neighboring ranches, usually in the wilderness. she's been buckarooing for over a quarter century. she carries a 45LC SA daily. problems like i described have happened to her so often that she'll now only carry in a full-flap or sparks-style holster.
i originally described this problem to milt sparks back in the seventies, so he built me a couple of custom models with both covered. seems he liked the idea so much that the next year almost every holster he made had these features. the HSR holster i posted above is a direct descendant of them.
another reason for covering the trigger guard is to prevent newbies from using their forefinger to lift the weapon out. i've even seen seasoned SA users do this and when asked if that was safe, they claimed it was because the weapon can't be trigger-cocked. yet if they used the same technique some other time when wearing a DA, they might well shoot themselves in the foot.
so while having those triggers and hammers exposed is "nicer looking" and more traditional, its not as safe, in my opinion.
that's why i won't use a Mernickle.
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