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I don't think you'll find anyone suggesting they trust a safety, half cock, or half bolt open in the way you suggest.
I do think this is the most absurd and misguided example of entirely missing the...

Can you stick the Rem 700 bolt in backwards and use the groove in the receiver and turn the bolt handle to re-cock? You can with a Tikka. I only own a Christensen Arms Rem 700 clone not an actual...

Many an unsuspecting hunter has found their Sako or Tikka bolt in this position. If you don't know how to re-cock it it can be quite the handful... they seem to be a special kind of hard to re-cock....

Yes I agree, in all cases something must hold the firing pin in the cocked position. What that is or how it is achieved is irrelevant to its status as cocked.

That's comforting, I still wouldn't recommend using it, haha.

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...

I have owned a M70 it's no different than any other cock on opening rifle.

Don't worry about it won't be the first or the last soon to be multi page thread on half-cock. The continued theme to me is it's widely misunderstood and many are using are really unstable position...

You misunderstand the meaning of cocked. The firing pin is cocked no matter whether it is retained by the sear or not. The M70 and most of our modern rifles are based off the Gewehr M98 a "cock on...

No it's not. After firing, when you lift the bolt handle that action is compressing the firing pin spring and cocking the firing pin. Cock on closing is like a Lee Enfield type action.

If your firearm has a half cock feel free to use it. But don't try and convince me this bolt half closed bullshit is a half cock. It is not.
Your M70 is a cock on open action. It's fully cocked as...