Cocked & Locked
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Oh really? I don't think so. If I had said that I would delete the post so as to maintain my credibility and expert status.
de-cocking a bodyguard 649
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Oh really? I don't think so. If I had said that I would delete the post so as to maintain my credibility and expert status.
NFrameFred
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Hate to state the obvious, but, the one thing I've not seen so far in all the discussion is (something those of us with experience take for granted) RULE # 1 - Always Keep The Muzzle Pointed In A Safe Direction.
Common sense, right ? But lots of accidents have occurred and people hurt/killed because of a temporary lapse in religiously adhering to that little rule.
Again, Rule # 1 - Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction and Rule #2 - keep your finger off the trigger until you're ready to shoot
Following those two simple rules will eliminate the vast majority of firearms accidents. Those of us who take these things for granted would do well to remember that with the internet a lot of people who seek advice and knowledge with no former training or experience wind up reading in places like this. It never hurts to reinforce the basics for the NOOBS as well as a reminder for us all.
Common sense, right ? But lots of accidents have occurred and people hurt/killed because of a temporary lapse in religiously adhering to that little rule.
Again, Rule # 1 - Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction and Rule #2 - keep your finger off the trigger until you're ready to shoot
Following those two simple rules will eliminate the vast majority of firearms accidents. Those of us who take these things for granted would do well to remember that with the internet a lot of people who seek advice and knowledge with no former training or experience wind up reading in places like this. It never hurts to reinforce the basics for the NOOBS as well as a reminder for us all.
carguychris
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You must have small fingers! This doesn't work for me.
stiab
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No disrespect intended, I'm just curious: Why would someone with almost 13,000 posts reply to a newcomer with such disinformation?
dsf
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I have a 49. I lower the hammer in the same way as any other small framed revolver. I haven't heard of 49 (or 38) owners ventilating theirs or anyone else's feet of late, so it must work just fine.
Back when I was a big city cop instead of a rural deputy, one of my female recruits had a beautiful M49 Bodyguard. Somehow she got it cocked at home, did not want to let anyone to know she had done something foolish, so, she fired it into her toilet bowl. She lived on the 33rd floor of a high rise, the shock wave damaged plumbing for 3 floors below her, and the +p round did a number on her potty. Needless to say, everyone found out about it. Provided for a funny story for the rest of her career.
bk43
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It's called a brain fart and will happen to all of us more often as we get older. Not something to get apoplectic about IMHO. Good advice has been given to and taken by OP.
Bob
stiab
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And how does the newcomer know to listen to the good advise and ignore the bad, unless the bad is identified as such?
Spotteddog
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I LOVE IT AKA!!!!!!!
bk43
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Uuuuuuummmmmm...OK, OP had responded to correct advice posters and posted "problem solved and thanks" more than 24 hours before your post.
Bob
dsf
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I don't think she quite understands what is meant by the phrase "shooting the sh!t".
stiab
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Sorry, as an old timer myself, I don't accept your explanation for the bad info from rburg. I remain curious as originally stated.
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I think a case has been made here for the Chiefs Special Model 637.
AGR_TOYS
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I'm late to this posting. But here goes.
1. Make sure you know where you are pointing this gun at all times, keep pointed in a safe direction. Treat every gun as loaded.
2. It is better to shoot your bed, couch or full basket of dirty laundry than having a bullet wandering around your house or your neighbors. Bullets are equal opportunity destroyers.
3. Block the hammer/ firing pin from reaching the loaded round. A wooden pencil or a rolled up piece of paper in the space between the hammer and frame should prevent discharge. Secure this block in place until you get to a safe place to discharge it or get someone knowledgable to return it to a safe conditon.
4.Unload weapon. Make sure it is unloaded. Point in safe direction at all times. Study the operation of this weapon. Opening and closing the cylinder. Practice cocking and decocking the weapon till you feel safe doing it.
5. Review the rules of gun safety. Know your weapon, you are the key element to gun safety.
6. Find a mentor or class to improve your safety and skills.
7. Remember even the the most knowledgable gun expert slips up. It should work this way can cause you grief. Know your weapon. Point it in safe direction so if the worst happens you have minimized damage.
8. Contrary to my handle guns are not toys, but deadly tools/ pieces of art to be treated with care and respect. Remember guns don't think so you must.
Off soap box.
1. Make sure you know where you are pointing this gun at all times, keep pointed in a safe direction. Treat every gun as loaded.
2. It is better to shoot your bed, couch or full basket of dirty laundry than having a bullet wandering around your house or your neighbors. Bullets are equal opportunity destroyers.
3. Block the hammer/ firing pin from reaching the loaded round. A wooden pencil or a rolled up piece of paper in the space between the hammer and frame should prevent discharge. Secure this block in place until you get to a safe place to discharge it or get someone knowledgable to return it to a safe conditon.
4.Unload weapon. Make sure it is unloaded. Point in safe direction at all times. Study the operation of this weapon. Opening and closing the cylinder. Practice cocking and decocking the weapon till you feel safe doing it.
5. Review the rules of gun safety. Know your weapon, you are the key element to gun safety.
6. Find a mentor or class to improve your safety and skills.
7. Remember even the the most knowledgable gun expert slips up. It should work this way can cause you grief. Know your weapon. Point it in safe direction so if the worst happens you have minimized damage.
8. Contrary to my handle guns are not toys, but deadly tools/ pieces of art to be treated with care and respect. Remember guns don't think so you must.
Off soap box.
HEADKNOCKER
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Just Buy a Centennial & You,ll Never Have to Worry About De-Cocking It!!
500 Magnum Nut
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You squeeze the trigger enough to release the hammer. Then you hold the hammer and remove your finger from the trigger.
Practice doing this while it's unloaded.
Practice doing this while it's unloaded.
akviper
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The rebound is preventing the hammer nose from falling all the way if you let the trigger go forward before gently letting the hammer down. For all the folks that like to "polish" internal parts and screw with springs remember that you can remove enough metal to make the internal safety features useless.
A factory spec revolver should not let the hammer nose or firing pin through the frame unless the trigger is held all the way to the rear. If the hammer slips free while lowering, the trigger should be faster returning to rest and block the fall of the hammer.
A factory spec revolver should not let the hammer nose or firing pin through the frame unless the trigger is held all the way to the rear. If the hammer slips free while lowering, the trigger should be faster returning to rest and block the fall of the hammer.
500 Magnum Nut
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You also have the safe gun handling rules, the one that come to mind is, don't point the gun at anything you don't want to destroy.
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