How can I tell if my 1960s single six has had the transfer bar safety upgrade? I don't know what to look for. Can someone explain what it looks like?

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Originally posted by meptampa:
How can I tell if my 1960s single six has had the transfer bar safety upgrade? I don't know what to look for. Can someone explain what it looks like?

Compare it with a new model?? It is the little god-damit that you can see moving up the hammer slot as you cock the hammer

If original and unaltered, the hammer will have four distinct positions (from fired to cocked): Down, safety, half-cock, cocked. The transfer bar conversion only has "down" and "cocked".

On the original, the hammer is placed in half-cock in order to rotate the cylinder for loading and unloading. On the revised version, opening the loading gate allows the cylinder to rotate.

It still has four hammer positions, but it also has a plate that moves up to the firing pin as the hammer is pulled back. Is it possible that it has the safety and still has the four position hammer? Maybe I should just leave it in hammer position #2 = safety.

Does the hammer have a two-step face with the upper portion protruding about .10" further forward than the rest of the hammer?

Yes, the hammer has a two-step face to it, with the top of the hammer extending the furthest toward the cylinder.

If it has the two-step face, it has to be the New Model or an altered Old Model.