07-28-2020, 08:36 PM
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On 7/26/2020 at 1:01 PM, heavyhorse said:
Although I personally don't favor revolvers esp for the first-timer. Hold it wrong you can lose a finger. Drop it it's likely enough to go off that the old-timers used to keep the hammer on an empty chamber.
Drop-fire? No. Most any revo you can buy today--and going back over thirty years, really--uses a transfer bar. As to losing a finger ... well, not all of one. and I'm pretty sure that if you read the manual, it will tell you about that hazard. And revos are practically immune to two of the three critical malfunctions: failure to feed, failure to fire, and failure to eject.
Anybody buying any firearm should study its operation carefully. Learn to strip and clean it and inspect its operation, use proper lubricants, and practice with it.