[img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] I cannot even imagine being on horseback with a revolver that had only the half-cock holding the hammer away from that primer......yeek! [img]/forums/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] When the Colt Python first came out, the California Highway Patrol adopted it because it could do so well against "machinery". It could shoot through the fender of a vehicle and hit the engine hard enough to break something important. [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]