• BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    I don’t handle guns, I just like westerns and play too many video games:

    Don’t you have to hold the hammer while you pull the trigger to decock it? The trigger unlocks it, but because you’re holding the hammer it doesn’t strike the shell?

    So in order to safely disarm you have to pull the trigger, which sure sounds like an accident waiting to happen.

    • Katana314@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Exactly right. It’s possible there are some newer revolver models that have fixed that quirk of design, but that’s been true of all the ones I looked up YouTube videos on.