Noob here as you can tell from my question.
Okay confused on Double Action and Single Action.
1. As I understand it SA used to refer to revolvers only.--Not the case anymore.
2. The mechanism required you to manually cock the hammer back THEN pull the trigger and that it would not function in any other way? Is that correct? Why is that? Does the sear not engage the hammer automatically?
3. Okay and so as it applies to auto's and revolvers today (or modern side arms). What are the differences between an SA auto and a DA auto? And an SA revolver and DA revolver?
4. Does an SA auto only function with the hammer cocked at any and all times--it's locked back no matter what?--Or am I again misunderstanding something?
5. And does a DA auto just simply mean you can function it in two ways?--That is until the first round is fired?--whereupon no matter what it's DA?
So does that make the trigger pull then a DA or SA pull?
6. So is that in this way with a DA auto you can choose to carry it hammer down or cocked?
7. And the Glock issue . . . Does this not then bring up a third category of "semi double action" since the hammer is held halfway in between hammer down and fully cocked?
:banghead: Argh I am SO confused on this. It seems like it should be pretty simple and straight forward. Tell me if I asked too many questions or if I should have just simply asked; what's the difference between SA and DA. LOL
Thanks if you can make sense of this garbled mess then you're genius.
Okay confused on Double Action and Single Action.
1. As I understand it SA used to refer to revolvers only.--Not the case anymore.
2. The mechanism required you to manually cock the hammer back THEN pull the trigger and that it would not function in any other way? Is that correct? Why is that? Does the sear not engage the hammer automatically?
3. Okay and so as it applies to auto's and revolvers today (or modern side arms). What are the differences between an SA auto and a DA auto? And an SA revolver and DA revolver?
4. Does an SA auto only function with the hammer cocked at any and all times--it's locked back no matter what?--Or am I again misunderstanding something?
5. And does a DA auto just simply mean you can function it in two ways?--That is until the first round is fired?--whereupon no matter what it's DA?
So does that make the trigger pull then a DA or SA pull?
6. So is that in this way with a DA auto you can choose to carry it hammer down or cocked?
7. And the Glock issue . . . Does this not then bring up a third category of "semi double action" since the hammer is held halfway in between hammer down and fully cocked?
:banghead: Argh I am SO confused on this. It seems like it should be pretty simple and straight forward. Tell me if I asked too many questions or if I should have just simply asked; what's the difference between SA and DA. LOL
Thanks if you can make sense of this garbled mess then you're genius.