Hunter2011
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When I finish shooting my CZ452 .22LR rifle, I keep open the bolt, pull in the trigger, and push the bolt forward. This effectively de-cocks my rifle, saving my firing pin from slamming into the breech of my rifle, and allowing me to store the rifle with a firing pin spring that is totally at rest. I just prefer it this way, even though a spring does not wear out by keeping tensed.
I then thought why not do this with my Taurus pistol? I will feel much more comfortable to carry it chambered if the first shot could be DA. Then the firing pin spring would be at rest as well, and I can ignore the external safety. Just pull the trigger. The following shots will then be in SA mode.
But as I tried it, with a empty chamber, I realized that you cannot pull the trigger if the slide is pulled back manually as far as it could go. Why is this feature to not be able to pull the trigger, with the slide being pulled back, built into pistols? Surely the gun can't go off if you pull the trigger on a slide that is pulled back fully? I really thought that I might be able to de-cock my pistol in this way: Keep the slide pulled back, pull the trigger, let the slide back slowly. This should effectively have de-cocked my pistol.. Can a gunsmith mod my pistol to be able to do this perhaps?
I then thought why not do this with my Taurus pistol? I will feel much more comfortable to carry it chambered if the first shot could be DA. Then the firing pin spring would be at rest as well, and I can ignore the external safety. Just pull the trigger. The following shots will then be in SA mode.
But as I tried it, with a empty chamber, I realized that you cannot pull the trigger if the slide is pulled back manually as far as it could go. Why is this feature to not be able to pull the trigger, with the slide being pulled back, built into pistols? Surely the gun can't go off if you pull the trigger on a slide that is pulled back fully? I really thought that I might be able to de-cock my pistol in this way: Keep the slide pulled back, pull the trigger, let the slide back slowly. This should effectively have de-cocked my pistol.. Can a gunsmith mod my pistol to be able to do this perhaps?