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I've kept my 1851 Navy loaded before. being smaller and easier to carry than either of my ARs or my little .22 I've taken it out into the woods in case I ran into something. But I always had a cylinder unloaded. Recently, however, a friend of mine did a "stress test" on my caps. They dropped the hammer from half cock, let the hammer rest on a capped nipple, and smacked the hammer with their hand. none of the caps went off.
Secondly, we took a cap by itself and placed it on the wooden table. We smacked caps with a mallet and mashed them with the butt of a knife. The results were the caps being crushed without going off or embedding themselves into the wood of the table.
Lastly, my friend ( I was unwilling to partake) griped my revolver by the barrel and hit the table with the grip of the gun and then proceeded to holster it and intentionally fall down to show the gun wouldn't go off just because I stumble sometimes.
I use a covered holster to protect the gun from moisture and for retention whenever I find myself at a weird angle.
I've carried the gun around before but I always kept the cylinder under the hammer unloaded and have avoided much of the more unstable areas where I've found myself slipping and falling before.
Based on this "stress test" I want to try using the safety pins on the cylinder and having a sixth shot. Do you feel this is a sound course of action and/or have any advice?
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