With me it depends on the gun. On one which the hammers can be Gently Lowered I do so. I it requires the hammer be dropped sam as in firing, ie snap caps etc I leave them cocked. nmy Lefevers for instance with the three position safeties I can simply hold the triggers as a close the gun & the hammers ride down gently. I find it hard to believe this is more stressful & is going to shorten their life more than leaving them fully cocked. I also have a couple of guns with two position automatic safeties on which the lever returns to center when opened. On these I push the safety off, hold the triggers & close the gun, releasing the triggers as soon as the sears are clear so the safety can be functioned. I've been doing this for a long time & haven't had a mainspring to break yet. Did have a coil mainspring go soft once a long time ago.
