Motor-Head paused with the hammer resting on his right shoulder.
Gavin asked, standing to the side with his heavy hammer resting easily upon his shoulder.
He had reloaded the half-empty single-action revolvers before they left their violated sanctuary, and both carried five rounds of bird shot with the hammers resting on an empty chamber for safety.
Starting in 1999, Colt began manufacturing a version of the Single Action Army revolver with a modern transfer bar safety, allowing it to be carried with the hammer resting on a loaded chamber.
The centavo, one centavo, and five centavo coins depict a Filipino man kneeling against an anvil, with a hammer resting at his side.
His six-shooter was in his right hand, the hammer resting on an empty shell.
Prior to 1973, the Single Six was produced without the transfer bar mechanism, making it less safe to carry with all six chambers loaded, and with the hammer resting on a loaded chamber.
Beyond the workbench that served as a sales counter for the smithy stood the smith, watching carefully, his ropy-muscled arms flexing slightly as he waited, his hair and loose shirt soaked with sweat, his hammer resting on a massive anvil.