To: Dan from Michigan
"The Texas farmer suffered brain damage in 1994 after he was shot in the head when a gun given to him as a birthday gift fell from his waistband and discharged... The gun, a replica of the classic Colt cowboy revolver made famous in movie Westerns, was manufactured in the early 1990s by Heritage Arms. The gun maker had good reason to know it was unsafe."What a moronic statement. It has been well known for over 160 years, since Sam Colt invented the revolver, that you always have the hammer over an empty chamber. You load five in a sixshooter.
6 posted on
12/14/2003 8:40:56 AM PST by
Inyo-Mono
("Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready." - Theodore Roosevelt)
To: Inyo-Mono
It has been well known for over 160 years, since Sam Colt invented the revolver, that you always have the hammer over an empty chamber. You load five in a sixshooter. I've never bought a revolver. Do they include that advice in the manual for the gun?
To: Inyo-Mono
What a moronic statement. It has been well known for over 160 years, since Sam Colt invented the revolver, that you always have the hammer over an empty chamber. You load five in a sixshooter. On NAA revolvers, the cylinder is designed so that the hammer may be lowered between cylinders. Anyone know when that feature was invented? Seems like an obvious improvement to increase a gun's usable capacity with minimal extra cost and no downside that I can see.
25 posted on
12/14/2003 12:29:29 PM PST by
supercat
(Why is it that the more "gun safety" laws are passed, the less safe my guns seem?)
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