SAFETY: please think about no-fire/delay-fire ...

[jerro95]

Hey thanks for the reminder. I Have a revolver and I will always keep this in mind as well as the others who may fire my gun. Moral of the story is to ALWAYS KEEP THE GUN POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION!!! and always pay attention to what is happening.

[MurdaJ]

This is urban legend and has to be false. Everyone who doesn't understand CA Roster blames Roster for everything.

The S&W NightGuard revolver series began production/issuance in 2009 - this was about a decade after DOJ testing vagaries were worked out, and prob somewhere about the same timespan after S&W moved to transfer bar safeties and removing 'spur' hammers with firing pin on them.

Whatever problems these guns may have had, they didn't have to do with the drop test.

[Now, qualifcation for CA Rostering testing does include a operation test: CA actually does apparently want your gun to actually work and not fail.]



The time delay may even have been closer to 15 seconds, not sure.

A modern Ruger SA wheelgun is indeed easy to index cylinder - open loading gate, free-spin to right position, close loading gate, ensure cylinder is latched.

It's second-nature to me.

In your OP you mention "moving to aim position and almost beginning to cock"

Wouldnt that mean you indexed the unfired chamber to fire next, meaning it wasnt aligned with the barrel when the hangfire happened? Or did you mistakenly index the unfired round aligning it with the barrel, which would have ended up with dropping the hammer on an empty chamber after cocking, a mistake that just so happened to be fortunate for you?

[ericcrosby]

Hi, Thank you for sharing the information Bill.