Greetings,

I have a number of 3rd gen. SW's including the 4566tsw. I also have a number of other brands including several CZ's which are DA/SA without a decocker and with a manual safety (like the 1911). These can be carried cocked and locked or hammer down on a loaded round.

The owner's manuals supplied with the non-decocker pistols (the 75B and 75B compacts and 2011 Rami) and also the on-line manuals both show how to safely decock the pistols from the SA mode to the DA/SA mode. Thus there is at least one major manufacturer who puts the manual decocking process in writing. I have decocked thousands of times with no problems.

This being said I still consider the standard decocker like on the SW 3rd gens (and Sigs and Beretta, etc.) safer than manual decocking and much prefer this setup.

best wishes- oldandslow