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Old January 3, 2013, 01:45 AM   #13
Lost Sheep
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Originally Posted by bacardisteve
Keep it like it is. The old three screws are very desireable unconverted. No real trick to loading it just load five and spin the cylinder till the empty chamber is lined up under the hammer. If your just shooting at the range load 6 the only thing the transfer bar does is prevent the gun from firing if its been dropped hard.
OR if something gets dropped on it. I knew a guy in the Air Force with a 44 caliber groove down the back of his calf. He was wearing such a gun in his holster when cinching a saddle, the stirrup fell off the pommel and hit the gun's hammer. BANG. Ouch.

If you are going to carry the gun around, especially in an open-top holster, that is the only way to carry, with an empty round under the hammer. If you are going shooting (at a range or in a gunfight) load six. Just don't leave the hammer down on a live primer.

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