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S&W 12-2 with safety
I found this gun for sale on a table at Las Vegas Antique Show. Smith and Wesson developed the gun with a safety on the right side at the request of the French.
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Is that cylinder release actually on the right side of the frame, or is the picture printed wrong?
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S&W developed the gun with a safety on the right side of the frame for the French. S&W used a cylinder release button for the safety.
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Heard of that variation but have never actually seen one. What were they asking?
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I've read that some sort of
safety was installed on
Victory models for the
British in WWII.
I also remember seeing a
prototype safety for a
Ruger Security Six, a lever/switch
protruding up from the left
side of the hammer.
Makes me think S&W got
the IL idea from Ruger but
used a key lock system.
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The 12-2 was done in 1965 before Ruger was producing double action revolvers.
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a revolver with a safety is flat our heresy...just saying.
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a revolver with a safety is flat our heresy...just saying.
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It is for the French . . . just sayin'
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While I know it to be redundant, this was to keep the weapon from firing when it was dropped to the ground.
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While I know it to be redundant, this was to keep the weapon from firing when it was dropped to the ground.
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Same things that keeps every other one from firing. The hammer black and the hump on the rebound slide that blocks forward movement of hammer until trigger is back
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............and the price was???
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Same things that keeps every other one from firing. The hammer black and the hump on the rebound slide that blocks forward movement of hammer until trigger is back
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It was a joke...referring to the firearms French lineage. I suppose I missed the mark...
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I got it then, as in never fired and only dropped once...  ...Ben
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Safeties on European revolvers is nothing new.
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Last time Angela Merkel went thru customs coming into France they went thru the standard questions..when they got to " occupation?" She said " no, just visiting".....
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