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With your fingers outside of the trigger guard and a firm hold on the
grips, place the thumb of your non-shooting hand on the hammer
spur. Draw the hammer fully rearward until it is cocked as shown in
(Figure 16). The revolver will now fire when the trigger is pulled.
Never touch the trigger until you are ready to fire. To fire, pull the
trigger rearward. After firing, you must fully remove your finger from
the trigger guard and manually fully cock the hammer to be ready to
fire another round.Keep your finger off the trigger and outside the
trigger guard until you are ready to fire again.
WARNING: Always keep the barrel pointed in a safe
direction!
FIRING
WARNING: During firing always keep the barrel
pointed in a safe direction. Always keep your
fingers away from the area between the cylinder and
the barrel during firing.
Your Model 3 Schofield fires only in single action, in which the
hammer must first be manually cocked and the trigger is pulled.
(Figures 16 & 17). Single action trigger pressure is significantly
less than the Double Action trigger pressure required by other
types of revolvers. As with any handgun, exercise great care in
handling the Schofield when it is loaded and fully cocked.
FIGURE 18
FIGURE 16
FIGURE 17
Decocking (or uncocking):
If you decide not to fire and your revolver is in the fully cocked
position, you must follow these instructions to safely decock the
revolver to the safety/carry condition.
• Remove your trigger finger from the trigger guard and place
your trigger finger between the cocked hammer and the frame
of the revolver. (Figure 18).
• Push back the frame mounted latch and rotate the barrel fully
open. (Figure 19)
FIGURE 19
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