Have to say that 'carry six' is contrary to the construction of historical guns, and one I'd really rather avoid. Have had Vacqueros, old and new, and they worked fine. The New at least feels like an SAA, and if you are really determined to carry six, they are the way to go. No additional safeties to set, or monkey motion to set them. Just like a modern revolver.
I've had some SAA clones that had all kinds of silly safeties (to meet the letter of the law), including the two position base pin and the linkage-in-the-hammer. This last is actually pretty neat; the firing pin retreats into the hammer when the trigger isn't pulled. But I wouldn't trust it hammer down on a live round.
Let there be four clicks, as Col Colt intended, and only five beans in the wheel. Unless you're about to face the Dalton gang....
I've reloaded blackpowder in cartridges; it is slow slogging with a dipper (rather than a mechanical powder measure). I've a Richards-Mason '51 Navy conversion by Uberti; it seems to tolerate full charge .38 wadcutters. These are loaded to the old 158 RNL standard. Uberti's literature is less than clear about what to shoot thru' the gun, but I surely wouldn't shoot anything hot.
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