Do they make revolvers with a manual safety these days?

Question

I want to carry a revolver for many reasons. Reliability is one of those reasons. I am, however, put off by the fact that the revolvers I have seen from the big companies lack a manual safety. Are there any good revolvers made today that come with a manual safety?

Answer 1

No. They don't come with safteys. Oh c**p, more fodder for the anti's...

Answer 2

Importantly, whenever you carry a loaded gun on you, you should carry the gun in a proper-sized holster - this will prevent the trigger from being accidentally depressed or the hammer getting pulled back while your walking around, bending over to pick something up, etc., a good holster provides more safety from accidental discharge while carrying a gun, concealed or open-carry, than any external safety would.

Revolvers have never commonly had external safeties on them because the safeties haven't been widely desired by consumers since an external safety is of no real use when target shooting and is a liability in a panic situation.

If you want revolvers with effective "safety" features, the following are common:

You can get a revolver with a fully enclosed hammer, this is effectively an internal safety that will prevent the hammer from being accidentally pulled back or struck.

You can get a single-action revolver that requires the hammer to be pulled back before the pulling the trigger does anything.

Many modern revolvers automatically come with internal transfer bars that prevent the firing pin from striking the primer if the gun is dropped or otherwise struck.

Some revolvers, like the NAA mini's, have little slots in between the chambers of the cylinder that the hammer rests in when the gun is not c-----d, this functions like an internal tranfer bar preventing an accidental discharge if the gun is dropped.

Answer 3

S&W used to sell a revolver with some kind of grip safety but I'm pretty sure it is out of production.  Start there.  Someone may still have one for sale.  Other than that the only revolver with a manual safety I am aware of is an old cowboy revolver my Dad owned that had a frame mounted manual safety.  One of my brothers got this gun after Dad passed away and now I don't know what happened to it.  Bros passed away also.  I guess one of his kids got it.

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Answer 4

Why do you need a manual safety on a revolver? You say reliability is a major concern so why put in another variable? Keeping it simple, especially for self defense is key. With a double action revolver, just point and pull the trigger.

Answer 5

For many, many years revolvers only had one safety. Do not pull the trigger with the hammer cocked and they will not go off. Now some real bright feller had the idea to put into the GCA '68 law that imported firearms must have a safety. So, when revolvers were imported they were fitted with a hammer block safety.

My son just bought some import .22 that looks like a Peacemaker and it has a hammer block safety.

You don't need a revolver if you require a manual safety.

Answer 6

My heritage rough rider single action revolver  in .22Lr/.22mag has a hammer block safety on the left side that keeps the hammer from falling on a loaded chamber. Other revolver makers like Rossi, Charter Arms, Ruger, and Taurus use what is called a transfer bar safety that engages a firing pin block that attempts to prevent an accidental discharge if the hammer falls if the gun is dropped, and only disengages when the trigger is depressed. some carry revolvers like my Taurus CIA  (Carry it Anywhere) have no external hammer and can only be fired with a long pull of the trigger, so it can be safely carried with a full cylinder of .38 specials.

Answer 7

I can't recall seeing a revolver with a manual safety. The accidental discharge of a quality revolver borders on the insane. You really have to s***w it up to make an unsafe play. Safety and reliability are really two positives bordering on equal.

Answer 8

Very few, if any revolvers are made with a safety because the

long double action trigger pull or the need to **** the hammer

make them unnecessary.

This was considered such a 'plus' in a defense weapon, that

autoloaders like the Glock, are now being built this way for

law enforcement.

Answer 9

There are conversions you can get for a revolver but it costs like $100 and only can be applied to S&W revolvers.

Answer 10

Yes. It's called a "hammer." If you're that safety conscious, what you want is a single-action revolver. Problem solved.

Answer 11

A modern on will have a transfer bar inside so you can carry it fully loaded because they fireing pin does not rest on the primer.  Having no safeties is a selling point, it makes things much harder to mess up it a tense situation.

Answer 12

Revolvers do not have manual safeties. The hammer not being Pulled back is the best you'll get. If you are looking for a safety feature on a revolver, Look into a single action revolver, The hammer has to be manually pulled back in order to fire the weapon as apposed to a double action revolver that only requires the trigger to be pulled in order to fire.

Answer 13

Smith and Wesson has a hammer lock/block that uses a hex s***w just above the cylinder release. However, most modern handguns have a variety of internal safeties that prevents accidents from happening.

Nothing can guarantee a person will not get accidentally shot if safe handling is not followed. The trigger pull on a typical revolver double action will be about 12 pounds and it would be difficult to accidentally fire under that much weight. However, when the hammer is back, only about 3 pounds are needed to fire it.

Kahr firearms used to have a model that actually used the cylinder release as a safety. I really cant recall the model but it was a revolver and I think it was in .357 Magnum.

Answer 14

I don't know where eveyone got the idea that guns should have safety switches on them.

You seem to think a manual safty is some sort of important device.  If anything, it is a placebo.  Asking for one on a revolver is about as useful as asking for a revolver where the serial number starts with a 7 because everyone knows 7 is a lucky number.

It is a very rare revolver that has a safety, and even then, most of them are grip safeties.

Besides, many safeties can only be engaged once the hammer has been cocked, you are afraid of a safetyless revolver even with it's big long hard double action pull, but you are fine with a 'cocked and locked' setup, where firing is just a flick of the thumb away, and a defacto hair-trigger because the gun is already cocked?  That's just stupid in my opinion.

Besides, it is much more likely that a safety will be bumped off than it is that you (or something stuck in your pocket) will be able to accidentally overcome the 12 pound long double action trigger pull

Smith and Wesson is making a limited run of it's old Model 40, which has the grip safety

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/s...

See that bar on the back of the grip? the gun cannot fire unless it is depressed.  Still, as soon as the gun is in your hand, the safety is off and the gun is ready to fire.

Want to look at a much more relevant safety feature of the gun, yet one not labeled a 'manual safety'?  See the hammer? Oh wait, YOU CAN'T.  The hammer is totally enclosed, so no accidental snag, and it can't catch on anything, and for each and every shot you will need a long and hard and deliberate trigger pull, because there is no other way to **** the gun.