Cocking piece difference in No1 and No4 etc

[jmoore]

I don't understand, all you have to do is press the trigger and flip the bolt handle down if you don't want to dry fire it...

Just for safety, when you raise the bolt handle to decock and the assembly moves rearward, check under the extractor for brass before pulling the trigger and lowering the bolt handle. It doesn't take any more time, and you don't get a surprise the next time you check the weapon...

[browningautorifle]

You guys have got to be kidding...I'm talking about empty rifles.

[jmoore]

"Empty" weapons are the most dangerous ones! Good grief...

[scoombes]

Alright, without the head beating against the wall symbol, let me know if I am correct in my paraphrasing:
the appropriate way to decock with a live round in the chamber is to lift the action?
The bolt will then come back to meet the rest of the action in an uncontrolled manner and fling the round out OR by adding back pressure to the bolt and easing the round out from the ejector?

If for some reason the round was not ejected but rather just came straight back while still seated near the striker, there will be no discharge due to the half cock mechanism?

Am I correct?

Judging from some of the replies about misfires etc I must not have been the only one to think that uncocking the action back to the half cock position was the appropriate way.

[Peter Laidler]

Scoombes. You are not correct. You are dangerously wrong. There is NO need, EVER to deliberately de-cock, half cock or whatever you are thinking of with your rifle.

If you have a missfire, unload and eject the round. If you want to simply unload, then just unload. If it's loaded and you want to make the rifle safe, then just put the safety to SAFE.

never, never but NEVER manually de-cock/half-cock the rifle

[P-07ShortLee]

Maybe I missed it, or misunderstood the post name, but what is the difference between the late WW1 slabsided knob and the later WW2 knobs?

[jmoore]

Alright, without the head beating against the wall symbol, let me know if I am correct in my paraphrasing:
the appropriate way to decock with a live round in the chamber is to lift the action?
The bolt will then come back to meet the rest of the action in an uncontrolled manner and fling the round out OR by adding back pressure to the bolt and easing the round out from the ejector?

If for some reason the round was not ejected but rather just came straight back while still seated near the striker, there will be no discharge due to the half cock mechanism?

Am I correct?

Judging from some of the replies about misfires etc I must not have been the only one to think that uncocking the action back to the half cock position was the appropriate way.

Sorry if my post wasn't more complete!

If you see brass (of any sort) on a rifle you wish to de-cock- EJECT that round- check the mag for more rounds, and THEN decock.

Sometimes brevity is dangerous, too...