![]() ![]() The rule “five beans in the wheel” is as old as the revolver. A brisk blow to the hammer spur will almost certainly cause the revolver to fire. The interface between the notch and the thin tip of the sear is not very robust. The purpose of the safety notch is (we hope!) to catch the hammer should it slip while being cocked. And no, keeping the hammer in the “safety notch” is not an option. A blow to the hammer spur can cause the cartridge to fire. If there’s a live cartridge in the chamber under the hammer, the firing pin is pressing on the primer. The firing pin of the Colt SAA attaches to the hammer. Throughout the nearly 150 years of its existence, it’s been common knowledge to keep an empty chamber under the hammer whenever the revolver is loaded. The Colt Single Action Army was introduced in 1873 and with only occasional breaks has been in production to the present day. ![]()
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