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Special Interests - Groups & Societies => Frontier Iron => Topic started by: Old Henry616 on July 26, 2023, 05:37:53 PM

Title: Was it safe to carry the S&W Model 3 with all the chambers loaded?
Post by: Old Henry616 on July 26, 2023, 05:37:53 PM

Or was it generally carried with the hammer on an empty chamber like the Colt SAA usually was?

Title: Re: Was it safe to carry the S&W Model 3 with all the chambers loaded?
Post by: RoyceP on July 26, 2023, 06:56:46 PM

The S&W Model 3 can be closed with the hammer resting between cartridges. So you can carry six cartridges.

Title: Re: Was it safe to carry the S&W Model 3 with all the chambers loaded?
Post by: Drydock on July 26, 2023, 09:30:46 PM

You can do the same thing with a cone firing pin Colt.  But in neither case would I consider it "Safe" by todays standards.  It was the #3 and the Richards conversions that showed the Army the need to carry 5.  With the relative ease of reloading no one thought much of it back then.