Have to pull the hammer all the way back for the cylinder to fully rotate to the next cartridge and go into full battery. The hammer won’t fall unless the trigger is pulled.
Just wondering though if the loaded chamber was coming into position for the hammer to fall without pulling the trigger; wasn’t there a picture of him pointing the gun in one hand while his left hand was away from him? If so, that hammer had to have been cocked over the live chamber as he pulled the trigger.
Yes, but if you don't bring to even half cock and the hammer slips out of thumb, cylinder reverses. There should never have been even blank in that aligned cylinder, much less a live round.
I despise Baldwin, but this is on the armorer.