Question about cocked and locked for long periods of time.

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Originally Posted by sdmc530

The wear only happens when you compress and decompress springs, so if you have your gun in whatever condion you choose your not wearing anything out really I guess. When you are not carrying gun do you unload it or do you leave it in a "condition" while in storage?

Yep I did say one thing and do another, but I just choose to carry in 2. Not saying its better. My opinion is if I am carrying a gun, how many times am I really going to pull the hammer back? Probably never? So not having the hammer cocked keeps the spring from being under pressure while not in use, so condition 2 has all its components in a resting state as if it were unloaded and in a safe.


I think in the end we are over thinking all of this. Springs are pretty cheap and a maintenance part in the end so I believe a person should carry the gun heck use the gun any way he feels comfortable with and not worry about a spring he may have to replace in 4,000 rounds instead of 6,000 rounds.

Again just my opinion I am by no means an expert. AND I am not most people but yest most carry in 1.

Hello and I appreciate your responses but I am not talking about carrying the firearm. It sits in the safe and comes out at night for HD duty. I do not want to unload the gun before it goes in the safe just to re-load it at night, as this promotes bullet setback in the rounds when done often enough.

I'm seeking info regarding leaving it permanently Cocked and Locked, going C&L into safe, and coming out C&L ready for whatever goes bump in the night. I just want to know there's no way that hammer can fall onto the firing pin and discharge the weapon when left C&L for extended periods of time. That's all really.

I agree about maintenance and parts, it's all part of of owning a mechanical device (like a car) that needs inspection and attention from time to time.

Thank you again for contributing to this thread.