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android wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

android wrote:So, My pistol is DA/SA with a decocker.

I have verified at the range that I can press the decocker and let the hammer fall on a loaded round and the weapon will not fire. But I suppose I could also thumb the hammer and ease it down also. Anybody care to share methods and reasons?

Thanks,
Andy

When you ease the hammer down slowly, are you pulling the trigger just a little bit to release the hammer? On a loaded chamber? Not too smart.

Of course not. No, the choice are either just press the decocker and let the hammer fall or press the decocker and thumb the hammer down. Why in the world would I put my finger on the trigger if I'm not planning on shooting something?

Fair enough. Sorry I misunderstood your question. I thought you were asking whether or not to use the decocker to lower the hammer. In that case, my answer would be to just use the decocker the way it was designed, and let the hammer fall.

android wrote:So, My pistol is DA/SA with a decocker.

I have verified at the range that I can press the decocker and let the hammer fall on a loaded round and the weapon will not fire. But I suppose I could also thumb the hammer and ease it down also. Anybody care to share methods and reasons?

Thanks,
Andy

When you ease the hammer down slowly, are you pulling the trigger just a little bit to release the hammer? On a loaded chamber? Not too smart. When you pull the trigger, even just a little bit, you may also be deactivating any transfer bar mechanism which keeps the hammer from striking the pin. Conversely, decockers are designed to leave the transfer bar in place as the hammer is dropped.

I have a DA/SA USP Compact, and when lowering the hammer, I always use the decocker — even when I know the chamber is empty and there is no magazine in the gun. I figure that if I just do it one way only, then there is no possibility of a negligent discharge from lowering the hammer. Who cares if it makes a loud "Clack!" Nobody is listening except me, and I'm only doing it at home. Besides, that's the way the gun is engineered and it is hard to believe that the manufacturers would engineer a feature into the gun which is bad for the system.

Just something to think about...