Thread: Half cock or safety

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

hammer is held in full cock position by sear on a hammer gun...unless you have trigger pulled

..yes spring is indeed under tension when modern bolt is in that position but the striker is prevented from DROPPING by bolt body UNTILL handle is turned therefore hanging that brick/hammer/striker in the air ready to drop..the leg on angle sort of thing.....when I release my bolt springs for storage,I rotate the striker into the fired position I cannot do that without ROTATING the striker/end of bolt....

Yes I agree, in all cases something must hold the firing pin in the cocked position. What that is or how it is achieved is irrelevant to its status as cocked.