It's not my method in the sense that I probably would not bother unless I'm not going to shoot the gun for a month or so. For some reason, I have compassion on vee and flat springs but not on coils; maybe this is misguided if they both take a "set" compressed. I have never made the mistake of pulling triggers on an Elsie while cleaning barrels. Apparently I always put it away cocked. I wouldn't want plastic or brass in the chambers for any length of time for obvious reasons. I haven't had the extractor jumping experience with my el cheapo snap caps. I also have heavy brass ones (in case I need to take a photo of a gun avec les accoutrements in the library LOL) but the pistons began to stick over time. I took them apart, polished, deburred, put back together and haven't used since.
jack
