Gotta say, I have been watching those old John Wayne movies. Muzzle discipline was non existent in those days, it seems. A miracle there weren’t more accidental discharge injuries.
Single action revolvers. Can’t fire by just pulling the trigger.
Yep, old revolvers and .45/70 rifles back then had hammers which had to be back for them to fire. Do what you want with them until you heard the “snick,snick”, then all bets were off.