Thread: The Colt Official Police versus the S&W Model 10, Battle of the Service Revolvers!
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Old 03-20-2013, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Lou_NC View Post
Not to hijack this thread, but does anyone know the reason why the cylinder release latch on a S&W is activated by a forward motion of the thumb (toward the muzzle), and on a Colt it is activated toward the shooter?

I bought a Colt King Cobra from a co-worker a few years ago and could never get used to the "backwards" cylinder release. I ended up trading it for a S&W 610 and never looked back!

Thanks,
Lou

Lou, It's just a traditional design thing. Colt designed theirs first and I'm sure S&W didn't want to copy them. On Rugers you push the latch straight in.
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