An Authority On...?

[stickmaker]

Just a bit of mussing, here. I'm reading a writer's reference book on firearms. The author is generally knowledgeable, but occasionally makes easily avoided gaffs. Like stating the Apollo astronauts carried guns to the Moon.

Elsewhere, he repeatedly states that with *one* exception (the Webly Fosbery) no revolvers have safeties.

One of the first firearms I owned was a cheap .22 LR revolver _which had a safety_.

Ironically, the gun was so poorly made that with the hammer cocked and the safety on, if I pulled the trigger really hard it would fire anyway!

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[donsimpson.livejournal.com]

Who's the author?

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

Michael Newton. The book was published in 1990, but I only recently acquired it.

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

In a later chapter the author states that "dum-dum" bullets are banned by the Geneva convention.

No. The Geneva Conventions (note the capitalization and pluralization) dealt with the treatment of prisoners of war and similar matters:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Conventions

The Hague Convention of 1899 dealt with ammunition (and much other stuff):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Conventions_of_1899_and_1907

[(Anonymous)]

Waitaminnit! Revolvers have no safeties? What about half cock, or transfer bars, both made to prevent accidental firing. Aren't those, by definition, 'safeties?'

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

No. Those are safety measures, but not manual safeties.