Hi,
On a thread I read last night it seemed that the overall consensus was that you couldn't de-cock a 77 unless it was not functioning normally(I'll use uncock from now on, de-cock makes me think of Americans de-planing etc.)

I thought I read about this sequence on a different forum but I think I may have misunderstood instructions to reset the safety.

This worked on my 77 and 97 but it may not be safe on yours:

1.Safety must be on, if not pull back underlever to reset, and put underlever back up.
2.Pull trigger and hold down.
3.Open underlever all the way.
4.Release trigger-should now be floppy.
5.Hold underlever back as far as it will go and take up tension.
6. Still holding stock and underlever firmly, push in safety, spring will release, return underlever back into place.

I would say that I don't do this any more as a regular thing as- the first half of the sequence blocks the anti-bear trap slide against the trigger sear, I got the impression that my one did seem to get worn from doing this.
Also using the safety as a trigger takes more pressure than usual and makes it click fairly loudly- although this may be specific to my trigger, I have remade the sears and the shapes are no longer standard. ( the sequence still worked when the trigger unit was untouched)
However- there have been times when I really wanted to uncock rather than fire, and this has done it.

Does anybody else use this sequence an a regular basis- any long term problems / reasons not to do it found?