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Anonymous
Hey everyone, new pistol owner here. I recently picked up an SR9 from a local gun show, however it is my first handgun. Due to some recent strange activity around the neighborhood I decided that we need to start using this gun as a home defense weapon. Since I have never used a handgun in this fashion, I had a few questions for the experts....
I don't have any kids or anything to worry about. Just me and the wife, who is all for using this as a self defense tool.
Firstly, is safe to keep an SR9 chambered while "semi-cocked" ?(gun semi-cocks itself when you chamber the first round). I always thought that weapons such as a glock or the sr9 are considered "safe-action", meaning that they cannot fire unless the trigger, and small trigger insert are pulled. What happens if the gun is bumped or dropped in this configuration? Is there potential for a misfire even though the striker is only semi-cocked?
Secondly, does this configuration put any wear on the springs that operate the striker or anything else?
Also, just a general question..... In general, is it best to keep a striker fired weapon like the sr9 semi-cocked or not cocked at all. I would image that for just general storage, the non-cocked configuration would be best, but what do you think?
I don't have any kids or anything to worry about. Just me and the wife, who is all for using this as a self defense tool.
Firstly, is safe to keep an SR9 chambered while "semi-cocked" ?(gun semi-cocks itself when you chamber the first round). I always thought that weapons such as a glock or the sr9 are considered "safe-action", meaning that they cannot fire unless the trigger, and small trigger insert are pulled. What happens if the gun is bumped or dropped in this configuration? Is there potential for a misfire even though the striker is only semi-cocked?
Secondly, does this configuration put any wear on the springs that operate the striker or anything else?
Also, just a general question..... In general, is it best to keep a striker fired weapon like the sr9 semi-cocked or not cocked at all. I would image that for just general storage, the non-cocked configuration would be best, but what do you think?