Handgun safety 1905 style

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The CSSA facebook page has this antique ad on it, kind of makes you hair stand on end doesn't it? Seems the alleged safety was claimed because the gun would only discharge if you pulled the trigger, lol. Other 'safety' ads ads show the guns being whacked on the trigger with a claw hammer so I'm pretty sure that was it.

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Big Bad said:
The CSSA facebook page has this antique ad on it, kind of makes you hair stand on end doesn't it? Seems the alleged safety was claimed because the gun would only discharge if you pulled the trigger, lol. Other 'safety' ads ads show the guns being whacked on the trigger with a claw hammer so I'm pretty sure that was it.

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Doesn't make my hair stand on end. Of course, i don't have much hair. - dan
 
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Maybe the IJ was considered 'safe' cause it had a factory 75 lb trigger pull. :p

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Back in the early 60's I had a friend whose dad was an OPP officer. His dad found one of the younger boys playing with his loaded service revolver. Rules were simple back then you just didn't touch dad's gun. The dad figures the only reason that there was not an accident/incident was because the young boy bit not have the strength to pull the trigger double action. It could have been real bad if he had cocked it first which I assume those S&W revolvers were capable of. No more loaded guns in that house hanging on the coat rack. That was back in the days when the officer took his car and firearm home with him in order to answer calls that came in on the Bat Phone in the middle of the night.
 
When I was in single digits, a friend's father had a war era .455 cal Webley Mk 6 that we used to play with up in their furnished garret. It was always unloaded of course and to #### the hammer back we would have to brace it on the edge of a table and throw our whole weight on it, after which we could with a great deal of effort squeeze off a dry fire. I also remember how monstrous big and heavy the thing was, but now when I see one they seem like mere toys!
 
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When I was in single digits, a friend's father had a war era .455 cal Webley Mk 6 that we used to play with up in their furnished garret. It was always unloaded of course and to #### the hammer back we would have to brace it on the edge of a table and throw our whole weight on it, after which we could with a great deal of effort squeeze off a dry fire. I also remember how monstrous big and heavy the thing was, but now when I see one they seem like mere toys!
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...also with a 75 lbs trigger. Laugh2
 
There's a certain logic to the old 75 pound "trigger safety" - it's like a stress meter. If you're facing a life and death situation, you'll have enough adrenaline going to give you the strength to shoot the gun, if you're not, you might, or might not, unless you mean it - so it's safe. Simple really.
 
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