Building The Steven's Favorite

[TomG]

(07-13-2012, 12:42 PM)f350ca Wrote: Hense the term "Going off half cocked". Correct me if Im wrong Tom but don't all guns with hammers have a half cock position.

Very few modern guns use a half cock position. Most have some sort of manual or internal safety.

Smith and Wesson uses an internal hammer block to keep the hammer off the firing pin in the down position.

My son's Beretta has some sort of an internal block that actually drops the hammer when you apply the safety. I just about peed my pants the first time I experienced it! I think he actually set me up.

As far as I know, none of the Glocks have a half cock position.

My 1911 has a half cock position, but it is not used as a safety. It's only intended as a fail safe in case the other two safeties malfunction, which is highly unlikely. Besides, when the hammer is down it rests on the firing pin, but being an inertial type firing pin it doesn't actually touch the primer.

The Winchester 94 had a half cock, but I doubt that modern rifles like Ruger's use it.

Tom