knocking the top corner off of the pawl, does not retract the pawl like the power custom part or the ruger part on new vaqueros and the new flattop. it does take away enough of the pawl so it does not engage the ratchet when you drop the loading gate. be carefull when doing this mod, that you dont remove too much metal, or you will have a hand that will not start the cylinder to rotate. hope this helps.