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===Original U.S. Army=== The original instructions for operation of the Single Action Army, both by Colt and the [[United States Army Ordnance Corps]], specifies the loading of all six chambers and carrying the revolver habitually with the hammer cocked in the safety notch. [[File:Colts Revolver Nomenclature Springfield Armory (U.S.) (1874). Description and Rules for the Management of the Springfield Rifle, Carbine, and Army Revolvers, Caliber 45. U.S. Government Printing Office.jpg|thumb|Original loading and operating instructions for the Single Action Army from the 1874 US Army Ordnance Department's Manual<ref name="Manual" />]] Specifically, the 1874 U.S. Army Ordnance Manual, ''Description and Rules for the Management of the Springfield Rifle, Carbine, and Army Revolvers, Caliber .45'', state "bring the hammer to the safety notch; keep it there until the Pistol is to be fired." as part of the loading instructions.<ref name="Manual">{{cite book |last1=Springfield Armory (U.S.) |title=Description and Rules for the Management of the Springfield Rifle, Carbine, and Army Revolvers, Caliber 45 |date=1874|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref> [[File:Colt ad circa 1920s.jpg|thumb|A Single Action Army advertisement {{Circa|1920s}}-1930s, note the instruction in the bottom left reading "May be carried cocked with the hammer in the safety notch"]]
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