Colt Single Action Army Revolver Instructions Manual

AWARNING:IF
YOD-DO~OT-RELEASETRiGGER-FULLY
.BEFOREREACHINGSAFETYPOSITION,SAFETYNOTCH
MAYNOTBECOMEFULLYANDSAFELYENGAGED,
/).IRENDERINGITINEFFECTIVEASASAFETYDEVICE.I
illWARNING:IFREVOLVERISDROPPEDONHAMMER,IF
REVOLVERISFANNED,ORIFEXCESSIVEFORCEISAPPLIED
TOTRIGGER-SAFETYANDHALF-COCKNOTCHES
COULDBREAK,CAUSINGACCIDENTALDISCHARGEWHICH
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COULDRESULTININJURY,DEATH,ORDAMAGETOPROP-
ERTY.(Note:Normaltriggerpullis5Ibs.maximum-excisJ
siveforceis35Ibs.ormore.)

SAFETYAND
HALF-COCKNOTCHES
FIGURE6-
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SECTION4FUNCTION
YourColtSingleActionrevolverwillbereadytofirewhenchambersin
thecylinderareloadedwithammunition(seeloadinginstructions),and
hammerhasbeendrawnallthewaybackpastSafetyandHalf-Cock
positionstotheCockedposition.TheActionofcockinglowerscylinder
lockingbolt,rotatescylindertocarryaroundofammunitionintoalign-
mentwithbarrelandhammer,raisescylinderlockingbolttolockcy-
linderandholdshammerunderspringtension.Whentriggeris
squeezed,hammerfallsforwardcausingfiringpintopassthroughthe...

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Toload:
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A1.CAUTION:READSAFETYINSTRUCTIONS(section3)-
KEEPREVOLVERPOINTINGINSAFEDIRECTIONWEll
CLEAROFYOURBODY,ANDDONOTTOUCHTHETRIGGER.
2.DrawhammerbacktoHalf-CockEJECTORROD(NOTON
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STOREKEEPERSOR
positionecyInerISnowreeto
SHERIFFSMODELS)
rotate.)
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t
CYLINDER
.penoaInggaeysWinginglOut
totheright,exposingbackofcylinder
andachamber.Checkeachofsix
chamberstoensuretheyarecleanand
freefromaccumulatedoil.(Cleanif
necessary;seecleaninginstructions.)
4.Useonlyammunitionrecommended...

&CAUTION:INSUREEMPTYCHAMBERREMAINSINFRONT
OFHAMMERANDINLINEWITHBARREL,sothatifhammer
fallsforward,firingpinwillnotstrikeliveroundtocause
accidentaldischarge.
7.KEEPREVOLVERPOINTINGINSAFEDIRECTION.Withthumb
firmlyonhammerspur,drawhammerbackslightlytodisengagethe
Half-Cocknotch.Squeezethetriggeronlylongenoughtoallowhammer
tomoveforwardandclearHalf-Cocknotch,thenreleasetriggercom-
pletelysothatSafetyNotchcanbeproperlyengaged,andlower
A
hammercontrollingitsmovementwithyourthumb,intoSafetyposition....

AlternateLoadingSequence
FollowToLoadsequenceexceptatStep6dothis:
AfterloadingfirstroundasinSteps4and5,leavenextchamberempty.
Thenloadremaining4chambers.Thiswillpositiontheemptychamber
underthehammerwhenyourotatethecylinderandagainseethefirst
chamberyouloaded.
CARRYINGMODES
NOTE:Thispistolmaybecarriedineitherofthefollowingmodes
accordingtoyourneeds:
Mode1:-CYLINDEREMPTY
-Revolvercannotbedischarged.
-UseMode1forstorage,transporting,cleaning,repair,
demonstratinganddrypractice....

UNLOADING
&CAUTION:ALWAYSUNLOADYOURREVOLVERIMME-
DIATELYAFTERUSE,ANDPRIORTOCLEANINGANDSTOR-
A.
AGE,tominimizetheriskofaccidentaldischarge.
illCAUTION:ALWAYSEXERCISEEXTREMECARETOKEEP
MUZZLEPOINTINGINASAFEDIRECTION,WELLCLEAROF
YOURBODY,PARTICULARLYWHENUNLOADINGRE-
VOLVERSTHATDONOTHAVEEJECTORRODS.
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TOUNLOADREVOLVERSWITHEJECTORRODSI
1.Besureyouarefamiliar.withSafetyInstructioninSection3.KEEP
REVOLVERPOINTINGINSAFEDIRECTIONANDDONOTTOUCH
TRIGGER.
2.DrawhammerbacktoHalf-Cockposition.(Thecylinderisnowfreeto...

5.Rotatecylinderclockwisetoalignnextchamberwithejectorrodand
repeatstep4above;repeatuntilallchambersareempty.
6.Closeloadinggate.
7.Withthumbfirmlyonhammerspur,drawhammerbackslightlytodis-
engageHalf-Cocknotch.Squeezetriggeronlylongenoughtoallow
hammertomoveforwardandclearHalf-Cocknotch,thenreleasetrigger
completelysothattheSafetynotchcanbeproperlyengaged.Lower
hammercontrollingitsmovementwithyourthumb,intoSafetyposition.
8.Collectliveammunitionforsafe
storageandemptycartridgecases
fordisposal....

AI
TOUNLOADREVOLVERSWITHOUTEJECTORRODSI
illCAUTION:ALWAYSEXCERCISEEXTREMECARETOKEEPMUZ-
ZLEPOINTINGINASAFEDIRECTION,WELLCLEAROFYOUR
BODY,PARTICULARLYWHENUNLOADINGREVOLVERSTHATDO
NOTHAVEEJECTORRODS.
1.BesureyouarefamiliarwithSafetyInstructionsinSection3.KEEP
REVOLVERPOINTINGINSAFEDIRECTIONANDDONOTTOUCH
TRIGGER.
2.DrawhammerbacktoHalf-Cockposition.(Thecylinderisnowfreeto
rotateclockwise.)
3.Openloadinggate.
4.KEEPFINGERS
AWAY
FROMTRIGGER,alignchamberasshown...

c.Carefullyremovecylindertotherightofframeavoidingcontactbe-
tweentheratchetandloadinggateandcontactwithremaininglive
primers.Takegreatcaretoavoiddroppingcylinderandcar-
tridgesbecauseoneormoreroundsmayfire.
d.Usebasepintoremoveremainingroundsuntilallchambersare
empty.
e.Installemptycylinderandbasepin.
f.OnBlackpowderframerevolversinstallandtightenbasepinretain-
ingscrew.
6.Closeloadinggate.
7.Withthumbfirmlyonhammerspur,drawhammerbackslightlytodis-...

TheNewFrontierisfittedwiththeadjustableColtAccrorearsight.(See
Figure9).Toadjustsight,tumwindage
screw
clockwiseandsight
movestoleft;counterclockwiseanditmovestoright.Tumelevation
screwclockwisetolowersight;
counterclockwisetoraiseit.Poinlof
bulletimpactwillmoveinthesame
direction.Itisrecommendedthat
adjustmentsforotherthanwindage
andelevationbemadeonlyby
A.
experiencedpersons.

L.!..lCAUTIONS:

1.ALWAYSWEARANDENCOURAGEOTHERSNEARYOU
TOWEAREARPROTECTIONWHENSHOOTING,.speclallyon...