What does “Cocking the gun” actually do in movie scenes. Why wouldn’t you just pull the trigger?
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The old classic-for-movies semi-automatic pistol was the Browning 1911. To prepare the gun to fire you pull back the slide and release it. Pulling back the slide cocks the hammer, releasing it loads a round in the chamber.
There’s a “de-cocking” lever that safely lowers the hammer. In that condition, round loaded but hammer down, it’s fairly safe to carry. It has to be cocked to fire, but you can do that one handed versus the two-handed action to load a round.
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