^Voth, Al. Dropping the Hammer. BigGameHunt.net. Carbon Media Group. 11 January 2010 [11 June 2016]. (原始内容存档于2017-06-17). Any discussion about hammer guns and in what condition they are safe to carry invariably turns to the half-cock or safety notch.
^Campbell, Dave. How to Load a Single-Action Revolver. American Rifleman. 22 April 2011 [12 June 2016]. (原始内容存档于2018-03-05). This technique—load one, skip one, load the remaining chambers and come to full cock, then lower the hammer on an empty chamber—will work for any single-action revolver, regardless if it is a five-, six- or eight- or nine-shot cylinder.