Serowbot wrote on 12/05/21 at 08:05:15: " ... Of course a single action revolver can go off without pulling the trigger.
That's why the firing pin block was invented.
Bumping the hammer or catching it on something can put enough pressure on the primer to fire.
Cowboys had the habit of keeping one chamber empty to prevent this.
Excellent SPIN Grasshopper !
A S/A firing, When Broken,
OR When Dropped,
OR When Something Hits The Cocked Hammer, very hard!
'Could' fire without pulling the trigger.
(Which was not even remotely the case here)"...Cowboys had the habit of keeping one chamber empty to prevent this..."Yes, yesterday, AND today !
And, Anybody that uses, hunts with, carries, a 'non transfer bar' S/A.
Tell us all what many called it, 100 (+/-) years ago.
(Ruger)"...The early models of the Blackhawk still operated the same way as the Colt, in that the hammer was half-cocked to load and unload and that the firearm was not safe to carry with all six chambers loaded due to the hammer resting upon the sixth chamber.[10] In 1973, in order to eliminate accidents occurring from the hammer jarring against a round loaded in the sixth chamber, Ruger introduced the New Model Blackhawk. The New Model Blackhawk did not require the hammer to be half-cocked for loading and unloading, and it employed a transfer bar mechanism which prevented the cartridge under the hammer from being fired without the trigger being pulled. The New Blackhawk was seen as limiting firearms accidents and legal liability. Ruger then began offering a retrofit program, offering free transfer bar conversions to earlier variants of the Blackhawk. ..." Tell us all,
WHY, Ruger did that !
The point remains.
Baldwin PULLED THE TRIGGER !Unless the firearm was damaged/broken
which NO ONE has ever stated.