Colt_cowboy_single_action_revolver Manual

							
Handloadsaresometimesoutsidethoselimitsandcanbeso
unsafeastoblowupthecylinderandframeandcauseinjury,
death,ordamagetoproperty.
14.ALWAYSEXERCISEEXTREMECARETOKEEPMUZZLE
POINTINGINASAFEDIRECTION,WELLCLEAROFYOURBODY,
PARTICULARLYWHENUNLOADINGREVOLVERSTHATDONOT
HAVEEJECTORRODS.
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15.NEVERDRINKALCOHOLICBEVERAGESORTAKEDRUGS
BEFOREORDURINGSHOOTING,asyourvisionandjudgment
couldbeseriouslyimpairedmakingyourgunhandlingunsafe.
16.ALWAYSSEEKADOCTORSADVICEIFYOUARETAKING
MEDICATION,tobesureyouarefittoshootandhandleyour
revolversafely.
17.ALWAYSWEARANDENCOURAGEOTHERSTOWEAREAR
PROTECTIONWHENSHOOTING,especiallyonarange.Without
earprotection,thenoisefromyourrevolverandothergunsclose
toyou,couldleavearingingintheearsforsometimeafter
firing,whilethecumulativelongtermeffectcouldbepermanent
hearingloss.
18.ALWAYSWEARANDENCOURAGEOTHERSTOWEARPRO-
TECTIVESHOOTINGGLASSES.Flyingparticlescoulddamage
eyesandcauseblindness;butprotectiveshootingglasses
shouldpreventsuchinjury.
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19.ALWAYSKEEPANEMPTYCHAMBERINFRONTOFHAMMER
WITHHAMMERINSAFETYPOSITIONWHENREVOLVERIS
LOADEDUNTILYOUAREREADYTOFIRE.Thiswillminimize
riskofanaccidentaldischarge.
20.ALWAYSHOLDREVOLVERBYTHEGRIPANDKEEPBOTH
HANDSWELLCLEAROF,ANDBEHINDTHECYLINDER.Never
holditnearthecylinderasveryhotgasandleadparticlesmaybe
sprayedoutaroundthecylinder...thesewouldinjureyourhands.
21.NEVERSQUEEZETHETRIGGERORPUTYOURFINGERIN
THETRIGGERGUARDUNTILYOUAREAIMINGATATARGET
ANDREADYTOSHOOT.Thiswillpreventyoufiringtherevolver
whenitispointinginanunsafedirection.
22.ALWAYSBEABSOLUTELYSUREOFYOURTARGETANDTHE
AREABEHINDITBEFOREYOUSQUEEZETHETRIGGER.Abullet
couldtravelthroughorpastyourtargetupto11f2miles...ifindoubt,
dontshoot.THINK!WhatwillyouHITifyouMISSthetarget?
23.NEVERSHOOTATAHARDSURFACESUCHASROCK,ORA
LIQUIDSURFACESUCHASWATER.Abulletmayricochetand
travelinanydirectiontostrikeyou,anotherpersonoranobject
youcannotsee,causinginjury,death,ordamagetoproperty.
24.NEVERDISCHARGEAFIREARMNEARFLAMMABLEMATERIAL
Flameandsparkseruptfromthefirearmwhendischarged.Theycould
startafireorcauseflammableliquidsandgasestoexplode.
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25.NEVERFIREYOURREVOLVERNEARANANIMALunlessit
istrainedtoacceptthenoise;ananimalsstartledreactioncould
injureitorcauseanaccident.
26.NEVERINDULGEINHORSEPLAYWHILEHOLDINGYOUR
REVOLVERasitmaybeaccidentallydischarged.
27.NEVERWALK,CLIMBORFOLLOWACOMPANIONWITH
YOURREVOLVERCOCKEDREADYTOFIRE,outofitsholster,
orwiththehammerinanypositionotherthaninsafetywithan
emptychamberinfrontofthehammertominimizeriskofan
accidentaldischarge.Whenhunting,holdyourrevolversothat
youcanalwayscontrolthedirectionofthemuzzle.
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28.ALWAYSEXERCISEEXTREMECARETOKEEPMUZZLE
POINTINGINASAFEDIRECTION,WELLCLEAROFYOURBODY.
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29.FAILURETOFIRE:ALWAYSHOLDREVOLVER,KEEPINGIT
POINTEDTOWARDSTHETARGETORASAFEOPENAREAAND
WAIT30SECONDSwhenrevolverfallstofire.Ifahangfire(slow
ignition)hasoccurred,roundwillfirewithin30seconds.Ifround
doesnotfire,ejectroundandexamineprimerinbaseofmisfired
round.Iffiringpinindentonprimerislight,misalignedornon-exis-
tent,haverevolverexaminedbyacompetentgunsmith.Iffiringpin
indentonprimerappearsnormal(incomparisonwithsimilarprevi-
ouslyfiredrounds)assumefaultyammunition;segregatemisfired
roundfromotherliveammunitionandemptycases,reloadand
carryonfiring.
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NOTE:Disposeofmisfiredroundsinaccordancewithammunition
manufacturersinstructions.
30.NEVERUSEYOURREVOLVERIFITFAILSTOFUNCTION
PROPERLY,ANDNEVERFORCEAJAMMEDACTION,asaround
mayexplodecausingseriousinjury,possibledeath,orsevere
damagetoyourrevolver.
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31.ALWAYSMAKESUREYOURREVOLVERISNOTLOADED
BEFORECLEANING,STORING,TRAVELING,LAYINGITDOWN,
ORHANDINGITTOANOTHERPERSON,sothatitcannotbe
tiredwhenitisunsafetodoso.
32.ALWAYSKEEPANDSTOREYOURREVOLVERANDAMMU-
NITIONINSEPARATELOCKEDRECEPTACLESOUTOFREACH
ANDSIGHTOFCHILDRENANDUNTRAINEDPEOPLE,tomini-
mizetheriskofrevolverandammunitionbeingeasilyavailable
forloadingandfiring.
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33.NEVERFANYOURREVOLVER.YOUCOULDBREAKTHE
FIRINGMECHANISMANDMAKEREVOLVERUNSAFE.Yourac-
curacywillbereducedandyoumayhitsomethingotherthan
targetaimedat.Alteringthesingleactionmechanismforfanning
wouldalsomaketherevolverunsafe;donotmakeorattemptto
makethisalteration.
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34.NEVERABUSEYOURREVOLVERbyusingitforanypurpose
otherthanshooting.
IMPORTANT:DonotdryfireyourColtSingleActionRevolveras
repeateddryfiringcoulddamagethefiringpin.(Dryfiringissnap-
pingthehammeronanemptychamber).
NOTE:PleasenotethatwehavechosentousethewordSQUEEZE
inthisinstructionmanualinsteadofPULLorPRESSwhentrigger
movementisdescribed;thisissimplytoremindyouoftheneedfora
gentlesqueezingactiontoachieveaccuracy.
SAFETYFEATURES
ThesafetyfeaturesontheColtsingleactionrevolver,whenprop-
erlyemployed,canminimizetherisKofaccidentaldischarge.
TriggerGuard
TheTriggerGuardisametallooparoundthetriggertoprotectit
fromdamageandtohelppreventaccidentaldischarge.
HammerPositions
TherearethreedistincthammerpositionsonaColtCowboyrevolver;
two,whicharedescribedbelow,aresafetyfeatures,whilethethird,
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whichwillbedescribedlater,istheCOCKEDpositionforfiring.
iliCAUTION:ALWAYSCARRYYOURSINGLEACTIONREVOLVER
INTHISFULLYFORWARDPOSITIONWITHANEMPTYCHAMBER
INFRONTOFTHEHAMMER.
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Hammerdown(orrest)position-withthehammerdownandthe
triggerforward,thetranferbarisnotinterposedbetwwenthe
hammerandfiringpin.
itCAUTION:DONOTATTEMPTTOLOWERTHEHAMMER
DIRECTLYFROMHALF-COCKORCOCKEDPOSITIONSunless
youreleasethetriggercompletelybeforethehammerreaches
position,assoonastheHalf-Cockpositioniscleared.
FIGURE2-HALF-COCKPOSITION-EXTERNAL
HALF-COCK(ORLOADING)POSITION-Withthehammerinthe
Half-CockpositionthesearendofthetriggerengagestheHalf-
Cocknotchandthecylinderisfreetorotateforloading,unloading,
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inspectionandfurthermaintenance.Seefigure3.Onceinthis
positionthetriggercannotbemovedunlessenoughforceisapplied
tobreakitorthenotch.
.&CAUTION:NEVERCARRYYOURREVOLVERINTHEHALF-COCK
POSITIONASACCIDENTALDISCHARGEMAYBEPOSSIBLE
IFREVOLVERISSUBSEQUENTLYDROPPED,MISHANDLED
ORMISTREATED.
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HALF-COCKNOTCH
FIGURE3-HALF-COCKPOSITION
ToplacethehammerinHalf-Cockposition(DONOTTOUCHTHE
TRIGGER)putthumbfirmlyonthehammerspuranddrawhammer
backuntilyouhearaclick.Gentlyeasehammerslightlyforward
allowingHalf-CocknotchtobeengagedtoholdhammerinHalf-
Cockposition.
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IMPORTANT:Ifyoudrawthehammertoofarbackanotherclickwill
beheard.Thisclickiscausedbytheboltengagingthecylinder
whichwillnotbefreetorotatewhenhammerisloweredintoHalf-
Cockposition.IfyoufindthecylinderlockedDONOTFORCEIT.
Simplyreturnthehammertothefullyforwardpositionanddrawit
backagainintotheHalf-Cockpositionasdescribedinthismanual.
TheHalf-Cockpositionservestoarresttheforwardmovementof
thehammerandpreventaroundbeingfiredshouldyourthumb
accidentallyslipfromthehammerspur.Thissafetyfeatureis
effectiveprovidedYOUDONOTTOUCHTHETRIGGER.
IMPORTANT:TheHalf-Cocknotchmechanismisdesignedto
preventthetriggerfrombeingpulled,soDONOTFORCETHE
TRIGGERWITHHAMMERINHALF-COCKPOSITIONS.The
mechanismcouldbedamagedbysuchaction,renderingthe
revolverunsafe.
WhenyounolongerwantthehammeratHalf-Cock,placethumb
firmlyonhammerspuranddrawhammerbackslightlytodisengage
Half-Cocknotch.Insurethatemptychamberremainsinfrontof
hammer.Squeezetriggeronlylongenoughtoallowhammerto
moveforwardandclearHalf-Cocknotch,thenreleasetrigger
completelysothatyoulowerhammer,controllingitsmovementwith
yourthumb,intothefullyforwardposition.Practicethisactionwith
anemptyrevolvertoassureproperfeel.
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&!WARNiNG:
IFREVOLVERISmWP-PEc-ONHAMMER,
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REVOLVERISFANNED,ORIFEXCESSIVEFORCEISAPPLIED
!TOTHETRIGGER-HALF-COCKNOTCHCOULDBREAKI
ICAUSINGACCIDENTALDISCHARGEWHICHCOULDRESULTINI
INJURY,DEATH,ORDAMAGETOPROPERTY.(Note:Normall
triggerpullis5Ibs.maximum:-excissiveforceis35Ib~.~r_more).1
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FIGURE4-RISKOFMECHANISMDAMAGE
IMPORTANT:
Ifyoususpectexcessiveforcehasbeenappliedto
thetrigger(35Ibs.ormoreappliedonaplaneparalleltothebarrel)
orifrevolverhasbeendroppedorhasotherwisereceivedasharp
blowwhichmayalsodamageorbreakthenotch-havethere-
volverinspectedforsafefunctioningbyacompetentgunsmith.
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SECTION4FUNCTION
YourColtSingleActionrevolverwillbereadytofirewhenchambers
inthecylinderareloadedwithammunition(seeloadinginstruc-
tions),andhammerhasbeendrawnallthewaybackpastHalf-
CockpositiontotheCockedposition.TheActionofcocking
lowerscylinderlockingbolt,rotatescylindertocarryaroundof
ammunitionintoalignmentwithbarrelandhammer,raisescylinder
lockingbolttolockcylinderandholdshammerunderspringten-
sion.Whentriggerissqueezed,hammerfallsforwardcausingthe
energyimpartedtotheprimerignitesit,inturnignitingthemain
chargewhich,inburning,rapidlygeneratesextremelyhighgas
pressuretodrivethebulletdownthebarrel.Riflinggroovesinthe
barrelimpartstabilizingspintothebulletsothatitwillfollowamore
accuratepathtothetarget.
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&CAUTION:TOMINIMIZERISKOFUNINTENTIONALDAMAGE,
LOADLIVEAMMUNITIONINTOREVOLVERONLYWHENYOU
AREABOUTTOSHOOT.
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ili1.CAUTION:READSAFETYINSTRUCTIONS(section3)-KEEP
REVOLVERPOINTINGINSAFEDIRECTIONWELLCLEAROF
YOURBODY,ANDDONOTTOUCHTHETRIGGER.
2.DrawhammerbacktoHalf-Cockposition(Thecylinderisnow
freetorotate).
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