Steven's 15A Question

Another question about one of my Dads older .22s, probably silly but I dont have any experience with single shot bolts.

So when a round is chambered and the gun is cocked, if you pull up on the bolt it drops the firing pin decocking the gun. Will this set off the round?

We were wondering about a way to make the gun safe again once cocked without firing.

Pat Riot said:

Doesn’t this model have the “cocking knob” that you pull to cock the rifle after chambering a round?
Couldn’t you just hold the knob, pull the trigger and slowly allow the knob to move forward until it’s no longer cocked?

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Yes it does but the darn thing has a lot of tension and not much to hold onto. It slipped out of my grip a couple of times trying to cock it.

When I discovered that lifting the bolt handle automatically decocked it I figured that would be a better way to go IF it doesn't set the round off.

Hopefully someone will chime in that knows.

That, is a good idea.

Thanks.