Thread: Half cock or safety

Mickey sorry you're incorrect but I do admit we are arguing semantics around the definition of cocked. You are referring to a hammer gun being held in the half cock position by the sear.
A bolt out of a rifle has a cocked firing pin in it (unless you de-cock it of course). If inserted into the action and closed, without depressing the trigger, it will be held in the cocked position by the sear. The sear is not needed to be "cocked" it just functions to hold it in that position until you fire.