Can I uncock the hammer?

[Onthedecline]

Maybe this is a dumb question, but is there a way to uncock the hammer on an S&W 686 without pulling the trigger? I have tried to figure out how to do it when dry-firing, but to no avail. Google isn't helping either.

I doubt this situation would ever arise when the weapon is loaded, but none the less, it would be a good thing to know how to do. Thanks!

 

[jjbduke2004]

Grab hammer with thumb, gently squeeze trigger, use thumb to slow hammer, gently lower. As a fail-safe, use your other hand between the hammer and frame, might hurt, but won't go off.

 

[CIGuy]

Look at the hammer, does it actually have the "spike" of the firing pin or is it a model that uses a transfer bar? If it is the transfer bar, hold the hammer back and carefully squeeze the trigger just enough to release the hammer. Once the hammer is released, let go of the trigger so it goes forward. This will then let the transfer bar block the hammer from striking the firing pin, then lower the hammer the rest of the way.

 

[lx1x]

practice first with unloaded gun!

 

[Onthedecline]

practice first with unloaded gun!

Good advice

Thanks everyone, I will try.....with the gun unloaded.

 

[fivepointstar]

actually kinda of a neat idea, a decocker on a revolver

 

[Mdeng]

actually kinda of a neat idea, a decocker on a revolver

Until it malfunctions and causes the gun to fire. I truly hate decockers. One of my old Beretta's malfunctioned and fired when decocking several years ago. Luckily I was following all the safety rules. Gun was pointed down range and no one was injured. It did give me a little prejudice against decockers though.

 

[Jim Sr]

Those of us that shoot black powder revolvers, (RUGER® OLD ARMY®) know the drill!

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[K31]

Point is a safe direction first.

 

[rseymorejr]

Point is a safe direction first.

this is good advice, always.

 

[Schwabe]

insert gun ... pull trigger ...

 

[ProShooter]

I was teaching a class just the other day where I was describing the de-cocking procedure for revolvers....

One of the students (a young lady, nurse) came up on a break and said that she was taking the class by court order since she did exactly the wrong thing with de-cocking and BOOM!

She said that she almost wanted to cry as I was doing the demo. If you own a revolver with an external hammer, de-cocking procedures should be considered basic training and need to be practiced.

 

[K31]

My wife's an expert on de-cocking.

 

[Crxflippr]

My wife's an expert on de-cocking.

Lorena?

 

[Jester1341]

as of now i only have one gun with a de-cocker....dont ever use it. i dont really see a point to them.

john

 

[rseymorejr]

de-cockers make me nervous

 

[Jester1341]

i'm not really nervous, since the beretta 92 i have actually rotates the pin that the hammer strikes with the decocking lever.... i just dont see a point with an expossed hammer.

john

 

[Ethan83]

Most revolvers won't drop the hammer without the cylinder shut? Seems like that would be both the easiest and safest.

 

[GNLaFrance]

Smith & Wesson came out with the first swing-out cylinder revolver, the Hand Ejector, in 1896.

 

[lotofpez]

I had a hammer slip out from under my finger once when I was de-cocking a relover. Can't remember if my hand was sweaty or why it slipped I just rember that it did.