http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_BDM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;surprise_i'm_armed wrote:What's a BDM?
Also, can you enlighten the viewers at home on the semantics or
actual differences between a "safety" and a "de-cocking lever"?
A decocking lever drops the hammer slowly from full cock to a "safer" position. The weapon will fire if the trigger is pulled, but as a double-action trigger rather than a single-action trigger.
A safety (if it is working properly) will not allow the weapon to fire if the trigger is pulled (or you attempt to pull the trigger). Some, probably most, safeties prevent the trigger from moving; at least one that I know of (Marlin 30-30 lever action) allow you to pull the trigger, but block the hammer from hitting the firing pin.