Posted: 4/2/2003 10:49:27 AM EDT
| How come so many revolver holsters leave the trigger guard open? I know reveolvers tend to have heavier trigger pulls, but this just seems a little weird to me. |
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I'm not certain if this is correct, but I believe it may be that since you cannot fire a revolver in the holster, the trigger guard is left open for access to the trigger early in the draw process. When I say you can't fire a revolver in the holser, I mean if the cylinder is prevented from rotating by the grip of the holster, pulling the trigger will not raise the hammer because the cylinder must rotate at the same time. This is just a guess. Kent |
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Before there was the DA revolver, there was the SA revolver, and it could not be fired by a simple pull of the trigger until the hammer was cocked. After the Civil War, the old military holsters were often cut down for better and faster access, and as the west was settled, new designs built for speed still had no need for a covered trigger guard with the newer cartridge revolvers (SA). Holsters for DA revolvers simply followed the older patterns and users did not, for a long time, demand anything else. Double action revolvers were, for years, almost never actually fired DA except in extreme close quarters by LEO's trained with older methods up through the 1960's, and the idea was that the open triggerguard made for a pistol which could be fired more quickly in emergency "quick draw" situations. Today, the covered triggerguard is "safer" when drawing the weapon, but it can create a problem (Bang!)if the user forgets and keeps the finger on the trigger as they reholster...which the open triggerguard design would not...bottom line...safety is between the ears. |