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Old November 18, 2009, 08:44 PM   #8
James K
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In a percussion revolver of the Colt type, the hammer stop is the frame. Ideally, the hammer will never touch the nipples even if the cylinder is all the way back. In most repros (and a lot of originals) that is not the case, but that is the way the gun should be set up.

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