Carrying Double Action Revolver Cocked?

[jsaranczak]

Be careful when holstering the weapon.
Ya don't want the hammer getting caught on something, and then possibly becoming snagged and/or released on a loaded chamber.

Look for a holster with a top strap.
One that will keep the hammer secure when carrying.

Thank you louie, I know hammerless revolvers are big with carry, I assume this is the reason why.

[sprrdhawk44]

Be careful when holstering the weapon.
Ya don't want the hammer getting caught on something, and then possibly becoming snagged and/or released on a loaded chamber.

Look for a holster with a top strap.
One that will keep the hammer secure when carrying.

Almost all modern revolvers have a transfer bar to prevent this from happening. It's the reason you can safely carry a modern revolver fully loaded, while you'd want to carry an antique revolver hammer down on an empty chamber.


That's not to say that you shouldn't be as safe as possible in all aspects of firearms handling.

[unclejumbo]

Thank you louie, I know hammerless revolvers are big with carry, I assume this is the reason why.

No. Hammers snag on everything. Try drawing your unloaded revolver from under a concealment garment. See how many times the hammer catches your cover.

[stainless]

Way back in the olden days lots of people would carry a wheel gun with the hammer over an empty chamber. No chance in hell of the hammer hitting a primer.

[jsaranczak]

No. Hammers snag on everything. Try drawing your unloaded revolver from under a concealment garment. See how many times the hammer catches your cover.

Luckily this revolver will be for open carry, but I can imagine it would be a pain to draw from concealment

[mauser]

Do not shove it up your butt to carry it.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/...in-butt-765912

"The gun, deputies reported, was test fired and found to be operational."

(But it had a real shitty trigger.)

[forby]

You would be better off carrying a stick of dynamite with a lit 3 foot fuse.

Snip off the end just in time if you don't need it!!!!!!!!!!


Seriously though....... I wouldn't carry that way. Besides, the sound of you pulling the hammer back is enough to scare the crap out of a bad guy!!

Pulling a revolver from your holster means your mad. Cocking the hammer means your really FUCKING mad!!!

[ray h]

I didn't read all of the replies but I agree with the ones I have read, DO NOT carry with the revolver cocked, and as someone else said, do not practice self defense by cocking it.
The purpose of a double action revolver is specifically so you don;t have to carry it cocked and you don't have to cock it to shot it. If you're going to do that stuff, you may as well have gotten a single action revolver.

[Exbiker]

I have a GP100 I bought from a member. Great shooter, has the springs changed and in the cocked position I think a gust of wind could fire it. D/A it is incredible.

[God's Country]

One of the stranger threads in a while.

If I didn't know better I would suspect........never mind.