Question: de-cocking Ruger P345

[dkd83]

My brother-in-law picked up a Ruger P345 and asked me whether they had a de-cocking mechanism.

I checked it out and after cocking the pistol (unloaded) I moved the safety lever from fire to safe and the hammer fell but harder than I expected it to.

For those that have experience with this pistol: Does this actually serve, by design, to de-cock the pistol?

Thanks

[shaftbass]

According to this: http://stevespages.com/pdf/ruger_p345_manual_safety.pdf - page 17 - yes, that is a decocking/safety lever.

[dkd83]

Hey all I hunted around and found an online manual for the P345. Should answer all of my questions.

[Guest Phantom6]

How 'bout that?

[dkd83]

Thanks Reef....must have found the same PDF at nearly the same time..

[Guest Hyaloid]

The pistol has been released in both "Manual safety" and "Decocker" models.

I believe you can tell by the serial number... at one point I found a link detailing the numbers, but it is late, and I am lazy...

[Guest GlocKingTN]

I had a P93 with a de-cocker, and when released, it sounded just like you pulled the trigger. So that sounds right!