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12/21/2013 8:22:23 PM EDT
When you decock a Sig what keeps the hammer from contacting the firing pin ?
12/21/2013 8:23:24 PM EDT
[#1]
The decocking mechanism.
12/21/2013 8:38:55 PM EDT
[#2]
I have a coworker who responds that way also. Annoying.
12/21/2013 8:49:02 PM EDT
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There is an intercept notch when the hammer is decocked using the decocking lever.  The hammer is physically blocked from contacting the firing pin.  Even if you were to drop the pistol on the hammer, it would not fire.  When the pistol is then cocked, the block moves out of the way, allowing the hammer to drop on the pin.

There is a slight difference in older (pre-1994) classic series SIGs, where by the hammer rests at a slightly different position, but essentially the same effect.
12/21/2013 8:51:53 PM EDT
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There is an intercept notch when the hammer is decocked using the decocking lever.  The hammer is physically blocked from contacting the firing pin.  Even if you were to drop the pistol on the hammer, it would not fire.  When the pistol is then cocked, the block moves out of the way, allowing the hammer to drop on the pin.

There is a slight difference in older (pre-1994) classic series SIGs, where by the hammer rests at a slightly different position, but essentially the same effect.
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When you decock a Sig what keeps the hammer from contacting the firing pin ?


There is an intercept notch when the hammer is decocked using the decocking lever.  The hammer is physically blocked from contacting the firing pin.  Even if you were to drop the pistol on the hammer, it would not fire.  When the pistol is then cocked, the block moves out of the way, allowing the hammer to drop on the pin.

There is a slight difference in older (pre-1994) classic series SIGs, where by the hammer rests at a slightly different position, but essentially the same effect.


Exactly this.
12/22/2013 3:03:51 AM EDT
[#5]
Except,  if a fully cocked hammer is struck, a properly maintained gun will still not fire because the firing pin safety is still engaged. This safety is only deactivated by the whole process involved when you pull the trigger.
12/22/2013 4:58:43 AM EDT
[#6]
Take a SIG that you know is unloaded.

Check it again.

Push the hammer down with your thumb; nothing happens, the hammer is positively blocked.

Now pull the trigger while the hammer is down and push the hammer down with your thumb once again.

12/22/2013 5:44:25 AM EDT
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Exactly this.
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When you decock a Sig what keeps the hammer from contacting the firing pin ?


There is an intercept notch when the hammer is decocked using the decocking lever.  The hammer is physically blocked from contacting the firing pin.  Even if you were to drop the pistol on the hammer, it would not fire.  When the pistol is then cocked, the block moves out of the way, allowing the hammer to drop on the pin.

There is a slight difference in older (pre-1994) classic series SIGs, where by the hammer rests at a slightly different position, but essentially the same effect.


Exactly this.


I believe only the older spur hammer P220 didn't have this...the P226, P228 and forward always had the safety intercept notch...

Bill
12/22/2013 6:06:49 PM EDT
[#8]
Thanks Guys, I think I could live with a Sig maybe pick up a 226 or a 227. I'm having a tough time breaking away from H&K.