Can you safely cock the hammer back in order to fire the first shot in SA mode? Not talking about under defensive stress conditions, but like while walking along a trail and cocking it in order to pick off a varmint or something.

the only way I know to safely cock the hammer on a CS9 with a factory bobbed hammer, is to work the slide.

of course you would put a live round on the ground.

dry fire practice to get that first round shot placement

or send to SW for install and fitting of a spurred hammer (if they are interchangeable)

There are threads on here about installing a spurred hammer on the CS9, if you search for them. It kind of breaks up the clean, no-snag lines, though.

Thanks, gentlemen.