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    toproperty.
    7.NEVERLEAVEALOADEDREVOLVERUNATTENDED.
    Someone,especiallyachild,mayfireitandcauseinjury,
    death,ordamagetoproperty.
    8.ALWAYSINSTRUCTCHILDRENTORESPECTFIREARMS.
    Ifyouteachyourchildrentoshoot,teachthemtotreatand
    usetherevolverproperly,andalwayssupervisethemclosely.
    Alwaysstresssafetysothatyourchildrenwillnotfirethe
    revolverwhenitisunsafetodoso.
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    RANGECAUTIONS
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    9.ALWAYSBESUREYOURBACKSTOPISADEQUATEto
    stopandcontainbulletsbeforebeginningtargetpracticeso
    thatyoudonothitanythingoutsidetherangeshootingarea.
    THINK!WhatwillyouHITifyouMISSthetarget?
    10.ALWAYSPUTAKNOWLEDGEABLEANDRESPONSIBLE
    PERSONINCHARGETOMAINTAINSAFETYCONTROLWHEN
    AGROUPISFIRINGONARANGE.Obeyhiscommandsso
    thatdisciplineismaintainedtoreducethelikelihoodof
    accidents.
    11.ALWAYSCARRYYOURREVOLVEREMPTYWITHTHE
    LOADINGGATEOPENWHILEONARANGEuntilpreparing
    tofire.KeepItpointingtowardsthebackstopwhenloading,
    firingandunloading,toeliminatetheriskofinjury,death,or
    damagetoproperty.
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    LOADING/UNLOADINGCAUTIONS
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    12.ALWAYSBESUREBARRELBOREANDCYLINDER
    CHAMBERSARECLEAROFOBSTRUCTIONS.Cleanafouled
    revolverimmediatelysothatitwillfunctioncorrectlyand
    safely.
    13.ALWAYSUSEONLYCLEAN,DRY,ORIGINALHIGH
    QUALITYCOMMERCIALLYMANUFACTUREDAMMUNITION
    INGOODCONDITIONWHICHISAPPROPRIATETOTHE
    CALIBEROFYOURREVOLVER.(Seepage4.)Gunand
    ammunitionmanufacturersdesigntheirproductswithinex-
    actingengineeringsafetylimits.Handloadsaresometimes
    outsidethoselimitsandcanbesounsafeastoblowupthe
    cylinderandframeandcauseinjury,death,ordamageto
    property.
    14.ALWAYSEXERCISEEXTREMECARETOKEEPMUZZLE
    POINTINGINASAFEDIRECTION,WELLCLEAROFYOUR
    BODY,PARTICULARLYWHENUNLOADINGREVOLVERS
    THATDONOTHAVEEJECTORRODS.
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    SHOOTINGCAUTIONS
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    15.NEVERDRINKALCOHOLICBEVERAGESORTAKE
    DRUGSBEFOREORDURINGSHOOTING,asyourvisionand
    judgmentcouldbeseriouslyImpairedmakingyourgun
    handlingunsafe.
    16.ALWAYSSEEKADOCTORSADVICEIFYOUARETAK-
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    INGMEDICATION,tobesureyouarefittoshootandhandle
    yourrevolversafely.
    17.ALWAYSWEARANDENCOURAGEOTHERSTOWEAR
    EARPROTECTIONWHENSHOOTING,especiallyonarange.
    Withoutearprotection,thenoisefromyourrevolverand
    othergunsclosetoyou,couldleavearingingintheears
    forsometimeafterfiring,whilethecumulativelongterm
    effectcouldbepermanenthearingloss.
    18.ALWAYSWEARANDENCOURAGEOTHERSTOWEAR
    PROTECTIVESHOOTINGGLASSES.Flyingparticlescould
    damageeyesandcauseblindness;butprotectiveshooting
    glassesshouldpreventsuchinjury.
    19.ALWAYSKEEPANEMPTYCHAMBERINFRONTOF
    HAMMERWITHHAMMERINSAFETYPOSITIONWHENRE-
    VOLVERISLOADEDUNTILYOUAREREADYTOFIRE.This
    willminimizeriskofanaccidentaldischarge.
    20.ALWAYSHOLDREVOLVERBYTHEGRIPANDKEEP
    BOTHHANDSWELLCLEAROF,ANDBEHINDTHECy-
    LINDER.Neverholditnearthecylinderasveryhotgasand
    leadparticlesmaybesprayedoutaroundthecylinder...
    thesewouldInjureyourhands.
    21.NEVERSQUEEZETHETRIGGERORPUTYOURFINGER
    INTHETRIGGERGUARDUNTILYOUAREAIMINGATA
    TARGETANDREADYTOSHOOT.Thiswillpreventyoufiring
    therevolverwhenitispointinginanunsafedirection.
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    22.ALWAVSBEABSOLUTELVSUREOFYOURTARGETAND
    THEAREABEHINDITBEFOREYOUSQUEEZETHETRIGGER.
    Abulletcouldtravelthroughorpastyourtargetupto11/2
    miles...ifindoubt,dontshoot.THINKIWhatwillyouHIT
    ifyouMISSthetarget?
    23.NEVERSHOOTATAHARDSURFACESUCHASROCK,
    ORALIQUIDSURFACESUCHASWATER.Abulletmay
    ricochetandtravelinanydirectiontostrikeyou,another
    personoranobjectyoucannotsee,causingInjury,death,
    ordamagetoproperty.
    24.NEVERDISCHARGEAFIREARMNEARFLAMMA-
    BLEMATERIAL.Flameandsparkseruptfromthefirearm
    whendischarged.Theycouldstartafireorcauseflamma-
    bleliquidsandgasestoexplode.
    25.NEVERFIREYOURREVOLVERNEARANANIMALunless
    ItIstrainedtoacceptthenoise;ananimalsstartledreaction
    couldinjureitorcauseanaccident.
    26.NEVERINDULGEINHORSEPLAVWHILEHOLDING
    YOURREVOLVERasItmaybeaccidentallydischarged.
    27.NEVERWALK,CLIMBORFOLLOWACOMPANIONWITH
    YOURREVOLVERCOCKEDREADVTOFIRE,outofits
    holster,orwiththehammerinanypositionotherthanin
    safetywithanemptychamberinfrontofthehammerto
    minimizeriskofanaccidentaldischarge.Whenhunting,hold
    yourrevolversothatyoucanalwayscontrolthedirectionof
    themuzzle.
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    UNLOADINGCAUTION
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    28.ALWAYSEXERCISEEXTREMECARETOKEEPMUZZLE
    POINTINGINASAFEDIRECTION,WELLCLEAROFYOUR
    BODY,particularlywhenunloadingrevolversthatdonothave
    ejectorrods.
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    MALFUNCTIONCAUTIONS
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    29.FAILURETOFIRE:ALWAYSHOLDREVOLVER,KEEPING
    ITPOINTEDTOWARDSTHETARGETORASAFEOPENAREA
    ANDWAIT30SECONDSwhenrevolverfallstofire.Ifa
    hangfire(slowignition)hasoccurred,roundwillfirewithin
    30seconds.Ifrounddoesnotfire,ejectroundandexamine
    primerinbaseofmisfiredround.IffiringpinIndentonprimer
    islight,misalignedornon-existent,haverevolverexamined
    byacompetentgunsmith.IffiringpinIndentonprimer
    appearsnormal(Incomparisonwithsimilarpreviouslyfired
    rounds)assumefaultyammunition;segregatemisfiredround
    fromotherliveammunitionandemptycases,reloadandcarry
    onfiring.
    NOTE:Disposeofmisfiredroundsinaccordancewithammuni-
    tionmanufacturersinstructions.
    30.NEVERUSEYOURREVOLVERIFITFAILSTOFUNCTION
    PROPERLY,ANDNEVERFORCEAJAMMEDACTION,asa
    roundmayexplodecausingseriousinjury,possibledeath,or
    severedamagetoyourrevolver.
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    CLEANINGANDSTORAGECAUTIONSI
    31.ALWAYSMAKESUREYOURREVOLVERISNOTLOADED
    BEFORECLEANING,STORING,TRAVELING,LAYINGIT
    DOWN,ORHANDINGITTOANOTHERPERSON,sothatit
    cannotbefiredwhenitisunsafetodoso.
    32.ALWAYSKEEPANDSTOREYOURREVOLVERAND
    AMMUNITIONINSEPARATELOCKEDRECEPTACLESOUT
    OFREACHANDSIGHTOFCHILDRENANDUNTRAINED
    PEOPLE,tominimizetheriskofrevolverandammunition
    beingeasilyavailableforloadingandfiring.
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    GUNABU~ECAUTIONSI
    33.NEVERFANYOURREVOLVER.YOUCOULDBREAK
    THEFIRINGMECHANISMANDMAKEREVOLVERUNSAFE.
    Youraccuracywillbereducedandyoumayhitsomething
    otherthantargetaimedat.Alteringthesingleactionmech-
    anismforfanningwouldalsomaketherevolverunsafe;do
    notmakeorattempttomakethisalteration.
    34.NEVERABUSEYOURREVOLVERbyusingitforany
    purposeotherthancollectingorshooting.
    IMPORTANT:DonotdryfireyourColtSingleActionRevolveras
    repeateddryfiringcoulddamagethefiringpin.(Dryfiringissnap-
    pingthehammeronanemptychamber.)
    NOTE:Pleasenotethatwehavechosentousetheword
    SQUEEZEinthisinstructionmanualinsteadofPULLor
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    PRESSwhentriggermovementisdescribed;thisissimplyto
    remindyouoftheneedforagentlesqueezingactiontoachieve
    accuracy.
    SAFETYFEATURES
    ThesafetyfeaturesontheColtsingleactionrevolver,whenproperly
    employed,canminimizetheriskofaccidentaldischarge.
    TriggerGuard
    TheTriggerGuardisametallooparoundthetriggertoprotectitfrom
    damageandtohelppreventaccidentaldischarge.
    HammerPositions
    TherearethreedistincthammerpositionsonaColtrevolver;two,which
    aredescribedbelow,aresafetyfeatures,whilethethird,whichwillbe
    describedlater,istheCOCKEDpositionforfiring.
    HAMMERSAFETYPOSITION-Withthe..!LLLF
    hammerintheSafetypositionthesearend
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    ofthetriggerengagesthefirstnotch(safety~
    notch)ofthehammer.SeeFigure3.Inthis-j
    position,thefiringpindoesnotprotrude.---.
    throughthefiringpinhole,sothatitcannot_~8
    contactammunitioninthecylinder-
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    chambersandthetriggercannotbemoved
    unlessenoughforceisappliedtobreakitor
    thenotch.(Note:Normaltriggerpullis5Ibs.
    maximum,whileexcessiveforceis35Ibs.
    ormore.)
    FIGURE3-
    SAFETYPOSITION
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    TRIGGER
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    &CAUTION:ALWAYSCARRYYOURSINGLEACTIONREVOL-
    VERINTHISSAFETYPOSITIONWITHANEMPTY
    CHAMBERINFRONTOFTHEHAMMER.
    Toputthehammerinthesafetyposition,placeyourthumbfirmlyonthe
    hammerspur,(DONOTTOUCHTHETRIGGER)anddrawthehammer
    backaboutaquarterinch.Whenyouhearaclick,gentlyeaseham-
    merslightlyforward,allowingsafetynotchtoengageandholdhammer
    A
    insafetyposition.
    LhCAUTION:DONOTATTEMPTTOENGAGESAFETYNOTCH
    DIRECTLYFROMHALF-COCKORCOCKEDPOSITIONSun-
    lessyoureleasethetriggercompletelybeforethehammer
    reachesthesafetyposition,asthesafetynotchmaynotbe
    engagedcorrectly.
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    SAFETYPOSITION
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    HALF.COCKPOSITION
    FIGURE4-
    SAFETYANDHALF-COCKPOSITIONS
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    HALF-COCK(ORLOADING)POSITION-WiththehammerintheHalf-
    Cockpositionthesearendofthetriggerengagesthehalfcocknotch
    andthecylinderisfreetorotateforloading,unloading,inspectionand
    furthermaintenance.Seefigure4.Onceinthispositionthetrigger
    A
    cannotbemovedunlessenoughforceisappliedtobreakitorthenotch.
    lhCAUTION:NEVERCARRYYOURREVOLVERINTHEHALF-
    COCKPOSITIONASACCIDENTALDISCHARGEMAYBE
    POSSIBLEIFREVOLVERISSUBSEQUENTLYDROPPED,MIS-
    HANDLEDORMISTREATED.,liLLT
    FIGUREs-
    HALF-COCKPOSITION
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    ToplacethehammerinHalf-Cockposition(DONOTTOUCHTHE
    TRIGGER)putthumbfirmlyonthehammerspuranddrawhammerback
    aboutthreequartersinchfromSafetyposition.Whenyouhearaclick
    gentlyeasehammerslightlyforwardallowingHalf-Cocknotchtobeen-
    gagedtoholdhammerinHalf-Cockposition.
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    IMPORTANT:Ifyoudrawthehammertoofarbackanotherclickwill
    beheard.Thisclickiscausedbytheboltengagingthecylinderwhich
    willnotbefreetorotatewhenhammerisloweredintoHalf-Cockposi-
    tion.IfyoufindthecylinderlockedDONOTFORCEIT.Simplyreturnthe
    hammertotheSafetypositionanddrawitbackagainintotheHalf-Cock
    positionasdescribedinthismanual.
    TheSafetyandHalf-Cockpositionsalsoservetoarresttheforward
    movementofthehammerandpreventaroundbeingfiredshouldyour
    thumbaccidentallyslipfromthehammerspur.Thissafetyfeatureis
    effectiveprovidedYOUDONOTTOUCHTHETRIGGER.
    IMPORTANT:TheSafetyandHalf-Cocknotchesinthemechanismare
    designedtopreventthetriggerfrombeingpulled,soDONOTFORCE
    THETRIGGERWITHHAMMERINSAFETYorHALF-COCKPOSI-
    TIONS.Themechanismcouldbedamagedbysuchaction,rendering
    therevolverunsafe.
    WhenyounolongerwantthehammeratHalf-Cock,placethumbfirmly
    onhammerspuranddrawhammerbackslightlytodisengageHalf-
    Cocknotch.Insurethatemptychamberremainsinfrontofhammer.
    Squeezetriggeronlylongenoughtoallowhammertomoveforwardand
    clearHalf-Cocknotch,thenreleasetriggercompletelysothatSafety
    notchcanbeproperlyengaged,andlowerhammer,controllingits
    movementwithyourthumb,intotheSafetyposition.Practicethisaction
    withanemptyrevolvertoassureproperfeel.
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