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Originally Posted by scooter123
I don't know of ANY double action revolvers with a safety
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Originally Posted by AZretired
Those of you who marked that you carry a fully loaded Revolver, "With the Safety on", just what revolver do you carry?
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Gotta remember that the term "safety" is ambiguous for firearms. What is the result they are preventing from happening? In essence most safeties (employing various means), are disabling the ability of the firing pin from unintentionally hitting the primer and discharging a round.
Often overlooked because they are not conspicuous features on revolvers, but there are built in safeties that are automatically "on" by default, to prevent the hammer from hitting a loaded chamber, without using the trigger.
These aren't my photos... credit goes to 500 Magnum Nut.
If you're using an S&W they are here:
And then there are the Ruger transfer bar safeties:
