okay im sure you guys read my post in the other thread about this very technique but it was pertaining to a pt145pro.
i got attacked, pretty badly called stupid in not so many words.
HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
if you want to do this, uncock the millpro series and have the full mag capacity and plus the one in the chamber. her is wxactly what you do, let me explain this carefully, and after that i honestly would say if you are gun savvy then YES I RECOMEND you do THE FOLLOWING!!
no first off i do this every single day at work, i get there and get my pt145, i have done this every single day for the last 5 months.
the only thing with this method is you CANNOT CHAMBER A ROUND FROM THE MAG AND DO THIS, YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY PUT THE FIRST ONE IN, OR THE SHELL WILL BE HELD MY THE EXTRACTOR AND NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE IS PRETTY MUCH GUARNTED, or at least 1 in 6 times, and with live rounds i cant chance that.
STEP#1;
Take mag out, make sure you have it full, and leave it out of the gun.
Step#2
rack the slide a couple times to make sure it is safe at this point.
Step#3
Lock the slide back with the slide lock/slide stop lever.
Step#4
Manually place you 11th round in the chamber.
Step#5
once the 11th round in in the chamber, carefully pull back on the slide to release it from the slide stops hold and ride the slide forward till it stops. it will stop with the ejector not grabbing the case rim, in other words the slide will not fully shit because it is being stopped from closing fully by the extractor pushing up against the chambered round.
Step#6
now just ever so slightly pull the slide back from resting against the chambered round, and pull the trigger to reset the action, you will get a feel for this after you do it many times.
Step#7
now the trigger is reset, and the slide is still trying to close but cant becasue the extractor is not going over the case rim, now just give the rear of the slide a little tap and<VOILA! it will snap shut and you will have your 10+1 capacity, and be in double action(long deliberate trigger pull)
by doing it this way, there is absolutely no chance that the shell can be ignited by the firing pin striking the primer, becasue theshell will the in front of the extractor and no were near the breech face, someitme you have to push pretty hard to get the slide closed after you reset the trigger, so only if you let the slide slam home and let the extractor engage the shell will this be potentially dangerous.
if yo do it as i outlined the procedure, you will have 100% reliability with this method of "decocking" a taurus generation 3 millennium pro pistol.
i have done this with my pt145, and pt745, and my wifes .40 and .380 millenium pro's
if you try this with the shell being held by the extractor up against the breech face you are plain foolish. but if you make sure the shell is not held up to the breech face by the extractor, then you hae a goo almost quarter of an inch between the breechface and primer.
to take it FWIW, newbs, i really wish you guys get some experience under your belt before altering the mode of carry manually like this with any gun at all, even if it has a decock, you still need to be as cautious as decocking a revovler.
anyone that is familiar with the 24/7 or millpro pistol design (one of the best designs of any poly framed gun ever, even HK and sigs, really you cant get all these features in those other guns costing 5 times as much) you know for a fact this is a perfectly safe procedure granted the usualy firarms safety is practiced.
again i do this every single morning 6 days a week, for the last 4 or 5 months. nver an issue. i now just leave it as is, with the round chambered, and the gun in double action made, as i realized after doing this over and over to the same round day in and day out, it was putting some little nicks in the case rim, so i leave it locked in the case now and put it on when i get to work. its a family buisness, and i will die protecting my family, but i do alot of hard work and i am that much more confident having the gun on me loaded but "uncocked"