That is not correct. USPSA allows you to use the decocker. The hammer only needs to go down all the way for safety-equipped guns.
Interesting. I guess I stand corrected. The first match I shot was with a decocker. The various ROs had me manually decock the hammer all the way down. After that match I switched to shooting my SP-01 manual safety pistol. This was a level 1 club match so sounds like they didn't know the rules.
Can someone else confirm?
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The ROs were wrong. You are allowed to use the decocking lever to lower the hammer.
IAW Appendix D4. (Production) under special conditions item number 1 states, “only Double action, Double/single action, and Safe action/Striker fired handguns are allowed, and must be in the approved list. When in the ready conditions specified under 8.1, a gun with an external hammer must be hammer down. A hammer is considered to be in the “hammer down” position when the hammer is placed there by pulling the trigger while manually lowering the hammer (manual decocking) or
by activating the decocking lever if present. Manually decocking to the half-cocked position is not allowed and will result in the competitor being moved to the Open division”.
