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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
I wouldn't want this thing around with that trigger gaurd.  |
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
Well, it is DAO, but, still...  |
Those modifications were so it could be carried and fired from inside a coat pocket, the long coats with deep pockets from that firearm's heyday. Smooth grips, bobbed hammer, rear sight notch and front sight blade were to reduce snagging on pocket material. Some of them even had all the sharp angles of the frame and cylinder radiused. It saved wear and tear on the pockets too.
The cut out trigger guard was so pocket material wouldn't keep you from squeezing the trigger even if material got wadded up; or, stretched out alongside the guard, The bobbed hammer didn't actually make the revolver DAO. The trigger could still squeezed slightly to raise the hammer far enough for it could be thumb cocked SA style; however, it was intended for just DA use.
With today's style of coats and their smaller pockets, the safety tradeoff of a cut out trigger guard isn't worthwhile.