blume357 said:
I have to disagree, but to each their own, I really like the decock function. When I first started using one I would still hold the hammer and drop it down while using the decock lever instead of the trigger... after a few years I finally just started using the lever and letting the hammer fall on its own.
The only guns I recall reading that this shouldn't be done with were the Walther PP/PPK/etc. series. Apparently the decocker's firing pin block could break after many, many hammer strikes and allow the gun to fire when being decocked. Most other designs better protect the firing pin during the decock operation.
That said, I also eased the hammer down while operating the decocker on the Ruger P-series, Sigs, etc. I have owned and/or handled.
