Originally Posted by
Sidheshooter
Having grown up around old SAA shooters, I'm reasonably certain that the best made due with rules 1 and 4.
Between the fact that decocking is difficult without fondling the bang switch on one hand, and stuff like the road agent's spin on the other, I'm pretty sure that 2 and 3 were just gleams in a yet-to-be born Colonel's eye (along with high hand and crush grip).
Chambering an SA wheelie with a 9mm convertible cylinder does not a G17 make. Design drives technique, from rapiers to rifles.