Leaving your pistol in condition one

[TX_RGR]

Well, here it is, post 100. I wonder if I am still to be called a "member." It's like reading something from Beeline. Anyway...

I have a CZ 97B. It has a manual safety, pin block and drop down safety as well. I like to carry it cocked and locked manual safety activated. My question is, do any of you forsee any damage or wear long term as a result of leaving a pistol in this condition?

 

[michael t]

Well it doesn't hurt a 1911 and I see no reason it would hurt yours.

 

[Majic]

You can treat a 97 just like you would a 75.

 

[Seraph]

TX, hold what ya got. Condition One is good to go.

 

[TX_RGR]

Thanks for the replies, gents. This the only firearm I keep with one in the chamber, but because of its construction, I don't really worry about safety issues. Was curious about any possible long-term effects. There is so much stuff out there that is misleading or incorrect. I read that you can weaken your springs, or some such thing. Okay, I'm gullible.

 

[mikikanazawa]

I read that you can weaken your springs, or some such thing.

Weakening springs by leaving them compressed for long periods is nonsense - for a properly heat-treated spring. (That is to say, if it's not properly heat treated, it's not a spring but rather a coil of wire.)

Number and speed of cycles is what wears a spring.

You can park a car for years and start it right up. The valvesprings have been compressed for years, but they still hold the valves shut!

Then take a new engine, rev it too high and suddenly your low-mileage valvesprings won't do squat.