Leaving the 15-22 cocked?
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ChattanoogaPhil
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Gun unload and chamber empty, pull back on the charge handle to move the bolt back about a quarter inch or so, then pull the trigger.
bulldozerd8t
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I was shooting with a friend and he noticed I leave my weapons cocked. He believes you need to uncock your weapons, relax the springs. I am 51 yrs old now and I have never worried about it. He dry fire 22 rimfire weapons, I told him that is harder on them than leaving them cocked. After the debate he is going to do his way and I am going to do it my way, It hard to teach an old dog new tricks. 
team sidewinder
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I would have to agree with Bulldozer8t that keeping any weapon cocked isn't going to do any harm even over long periods of time.
Phubar
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+1, why dry-fire or leave cocked when you can gently release the firing pin?
chuck s
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Good firearms safety practice usually specifies weapons are stored unloaded and uncocked. Won't hurt the rifle or springs either way. Nor is there a convenient way of determining the M16-type (and their clones) weapons are cocked or not, the days of external hammers on rifles are long gone other than a few nostalgia lever action and pump types.
I decock all mine. But it's not about the springs.
-- Chuck
I decock all mine. But it's not about the springs.
-- Chuck
jonrobertd
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Well the easy way to tell if my 15-22 is cocked is to flip the safety, if it goes to "safe" its cocked. Same thing on some of my other rifles too, hummm.....
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shouldnt they be on SAFE anyway? hummmm
Uncocking ensures you have to clear the action before handling the weapon...
I was always taught 1) Guns are ALWAYS loaded; even when they are obviously NOT loaded 2) Do not EVER point a gun at anything you dont intend to KILL 3) mechanical safety devices are there for a reason--use them-- but dont RELY on them 4) the ONLY safe direction is DOWN ( either down range or down at the ground)
Hobie1
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works for me
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Such an easy solution.
BTW, Redbull.. you can't put a 15-22 on safe unless it's cocked.
Hobie
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Such an easy solution.
BTW, Redbull.. you can't put a 15-22 on safe unless it's cocked.
Hobie
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mine seems to go into the SAFE position whether cocked or not...
Then you have a problem.
JCKoLnturn
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I would fix that ASAP before someone gets hurt.
photoracer
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Dry firing is a standard training regimen for competition shooters no matter what the caliber of the gun. And using snapcaps is a pain in the *** for those purposes. As long as the hammer in a rimfire does not hit the breechface then using snapcaps is not a real issue. Replacing a firing pin or FP spring is small price to pay for getting really good.I was shooting with a friend and he noticed I leave my weapons cocked. He believes you need to uncock your weapons, relax the springs. I am 51 yrs old now and I have never worried about it. He dry fire 22 rimfire weapons, I told him that is harder on them than leaving them cocked. After the debate he is going to do his way and I am going to do it my way, It hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
chuck s
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Note the position of the selector in the Semi or Fire position is no indication if the rifle is cocked or uncocked. In the Safe position it should be an indication it's cocked. Should being the operative word.
If the plastic M&P15-22 selector been forced onto Safe with the rifle not cocked it may become possible to fire the rifle in the Safe position. These are steel in the 5.56mm versions and won't do this, but the plastic M&P15-22 version can wear enough to allow enough trigger movement when cocked to release the hammer.
-- Chuck
If the plastic M&P15-22 selector been forced onto Safe with the rifle not cocked it may become possible to fire the rifle in the Safe position. These are steel in the 5.56mm versions and won't do this, but the plastic M&P15-22 version can wear enough to allow enough trigger movement when cocked to release the hammer.
-- Chuck
Dragon88
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You've forced the selector to SAFE while uncocked too many times, and you need to get it fixed.
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I keep all my AR style rifles cocked in the safe.
If the SHTF I just slap in a mag and drop the bolt and I'm ready to rock n' roll.
-Masta
If the SHTF I just slap in a mag and drop the bolt and I'm ready to rock n' roll.
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CPTBeaker
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S&W will send you a new safety selector. The old one can't be fixed.
E-mail or call Kelley Rathman at S&W:
Smith & Wesson
Customer Service
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Retail Export Support
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800-331-0852 X 3766
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Tell her your what your safety does, you will have a replacement in short order.
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