Thread: Half cock or safety

Safety with all guns, except lever action where I leave hammer down while hunting.

Originally Posted by rockland

Safety with all guns, except lever action where I leave hammer down while hunting.

Not really true with a BLR as the hammer is not lowered onto the firing pin but held 5mm or so above. If you drag the hammer back and let it go before it’s fully cocked/engaged it will fall back to that 5mm above position.
If you have you pull the trigger at the same time it will strike the firing pin. Don’t know if this would fire the round as I’ve never had the nerve to test if.
But the above is just to say that not all firearms are made the same