Traditions 1873 Single Action Revolver - Manuale (Pagina 32)

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The term "Single Action" means that the hammer of your revolver
must be manually drawn fully rearward, or "cocked", before firing
each shot. In the process of cocking your revolver, you should
note that there are three separate hammer positions, each one
having its purpose.
B ASIC S AFETY AND “A T REST ” C ARRYNG P OSITION
Draw the hammer backward of about 1 /
4
“and you will feel the
hammer “clicks” into its safety notch. (if you listen carefully, you
can hear it). In doing this you are engaging its normal internal
safety notch. Your revolver must be in this “at rest” position
whenever you are not actually shooting (see fig. n°1).
For instructions how to activate the two manual safeties of our
versions of Single Action, see pag n°29, section
“INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USE OF THE MANUAL SAFETIES”.
L OADING /U NLOADING (H ALF C OCK ) POSITION
Draw the hammer back to the next second-notch position (you
can also hear this click if you listen carefully). In doing this, you
actually disengage the cylinder of your revolver and allow it to
freely rotate in the direction of the loading gate. This permits you
to load or unload your revolver when you open the loading/unloa-
ding gate on the right rear side of the frame (see fig. 2).
F IRING (F ULL C OCK ) POSITION
Draw the hammer fully rearward to its full-cock notch. Make sure
it clicks into this rearmost position. Your revolver is now ready to
fire (see fig. 3).
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ANDLING WITH SAFETY MANUAL
1 1
2 2
3 3
C AUTION :
NEVER ATTEMPT TO FIRE YOUR REVOLVER IN ANY POSITION EXCEPT THE FULL-COCK POSITION. ATTEMP-
TING TO PULL THE TRIGGER IN THE SAFETY POSITION OR HALF-COCK POSITION WILL STRAIN THE
MECHANISM AND POSSIBLY MAKE IT UNSAFE. (IT MIGHT EVEN BREAK IF YOU ARE STRONG ENOUGH).
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