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vb. to uncock, let down the cock of (a firearm)
Wikipedia
Decock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Pierre Decock (born 1959), Luxembourgian historian and writer
- Roger Decock (born 1927), Belgian cyclist
- Yvan Decock (born 1941), Belgian sprint canoeist
Usage examples of "decock".
He followed the guy outside, his smoking pistol still leveled at him, but a small crowd had formed out in the alley, so he had to lower the gun and decock it.
She pulled out her holster and put that on, slipping in the spare magazines and then, after a moment's thought, racked a round into the chamber of the H&K and used the decock lever to drop the hammer safely.
I heard Marino decock his pistol as we reconvened in deep shadows near the porch.
She decocked the pistol and holstered it, buckling it in place, then ran to the edge of the roof, jumping down and landing in a roll.
McLanahan reloaded his weapon in the barrel, chambered a round, decocked the action, ejected the magazine, put the sixteenth round back in the magazine to fill it completely again, then holstered and secured the weapon.
It was double action, with a twelve-round magazine, a decocking lever to silently lower a fully cocked hammer, and ambidextrous safety and magazine release catches.