Editing Colt Single Action Army (section)

===Commercial===

Colt continued to provide instructions specifying the revolver was to be carried with all six chambers loaded and with the hammer on the safety notch from 1874 to at least 1945. In 1898, the advertisements for the Single Action Army, [[Colt 1877|1877]], and M1878 all instructed: "These Revolvers should be carried with the hammer resting in the Safety Notch."<ref>{{cite web |title=Colt's Manufacturing Company 1898 Catalog | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttohvVvNG4E}}</ref> Colt's advertisements in the 1920s through 1945 (after which the first generation Single Action Armys were discontinued) instructed that the revolver "May be carried cocked with the hammer in the safety notch."<ref>{{cite web | title = The First Generation Colt Single Action Army|date=September 4, 2019 |url=https://gunsmagazine.com/guns/handguns/the-first-generation-colt-single-action-army/}}</ref>