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Originally Posted by franzas
No one carries a revolver in single action. Nor does anyone carry with the lock engaged.
If anyone is going to argue that the lock would prevent a ND, then they might as well admit they were going to use their revolver as a melee weapon.
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Did I say anyone carries cocked or locked? No. That's just the rationale for deleting the lock on hammerless models. It's way easier to to have an AD with a cocked revolver than one that's DAO.
The premise for the lock is for storage to prevent a kid (or idiot) from cocking & firing the gun he found it dads sock drawer.
Has the lock prevented any ADs? I can't know, but seriously doubt it.
PDs were issuing DA only revolvers for decades before the lock for the same reason. Under duress,it's much easier to have an AD with trigger that breaks very easily.
Whether it was a legitimate concern for the PDs, or just PR, I can't say..