do you let the firing pin down when storing guns ?
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In answer to your question. Yes, I release tension on the firing pin spring when storing guns. For bolt and hammer rifles it's easy to do without "dropping" the pin on an empty chamber. For shotguns I use snap caps. I think they make them for rifle cartridges as well.
Originally posted by barnett77859 View Postdo you let the firing pin down when storing guns ?
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If they are being stored then yes, unloaded and hammer down. If they are staged for defense rifles are stored hammer down with a charged mag in, pistols staged for defense are loaded, round in the chamber.
1911's should NEVER be stored or carried with the hammer down in a round if in the chamber. JMB would have put a decocker on them if he wanted us to do that.
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I do the only time I have one cocked is if it on my person. I have one shotgun loaded and one pistol loaded but not cocked. I’ve been in plenty of engagements it doesn’t take much time to cock. It actually takes longer to figure out what is going on than it takes to rack a bolt. Plus I have little ones and by the off chance they can get into the safe I don’t want them going off because it seems to be a stretch to 1 get in the safe 2 put the correct bullets in the correct rifle 3 figure out how to cock it and shoot. Rather than them just having to figure out a safety. I trained with Israeli Troops for a year and they never keep a round in the chamber.
I HAD a friend that always kept his stuff loaded with a safety on and one day another person went to move his truck for him and his deer rifle had slid across the bench seat when he pulled up, so when the other guy went to open the door, the rifle (Winchester model 70 .270) fell out on the ground and went off shooting a hole through the door frame. The guy who owned the gun never came back to the ranch by request.
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