This topic has been on my mind lately given that we’re in a comment period where the USPSA BoD is soliciting comment on a bunch of rulebook and equipment changes. This might be a good time to write my AD.
What are the hive’s thoughts on proposing the rules be changed to allow TDA guns that are not equipped with a decocker to lower the hammer to half-cock at Make Ready? Specifically this would modify the Special Conditions in App D4 and D7, and not make it a bump to Open if somebody does it (deliberately or inadvertently). Put them on par with decocker guns that put the hammer at half-cock.
The word I got from behind the curtain was it has been proposed (twice) but was not included in the list of proposed rule/equipment changes bc some felt that it would create a more advantageous DA trigger pull (not by anybody in NROI).
I cannot determine a noticeable difference in DA trigger pull between hammer fully down and at the half-cock with my el cheapo analogue pull gauge. My contention is the decocker guns can already do it, but the main reason I would be in favor of using the half-cock for all TDAs is for safety reasons, and half-cock may reduce (not eliminate) the chance of a non-firing pin blocked gun going off if it is dropped just right on the hammer.
Thoughts?