've successfully used a double strike trigger action many more times than I've had to clear a fouled pistol.
On a center fire cartridge? What kind of numbers are we talking? What gun and what ammo? If I was getting light strikes on a center fire more frequently than the other much more common types of stoppages I would be getting my gun fixed (or replaced) or getting ammo that worked. It would be monumentally stupid to use ammo known to be unreliable or a gun known to be unreliable for self defense. All guns of course can have stoppages but using something you know to be problematic is different.
I can't see how anyone can argue that pulling the trigger a second time is slower than racking the slide and/or swapping mags.
Read again, closely, and you will see that no one actually argued that. Rather, what was stated was that if your semi auto goes click in lieu of bang, pulling the trigger again is wasted time. There are various reasons that you may have gotten a click. A light primer strike is far down the list on likelihood (one that will go of with a second strike would it seems have to be even further down the list). Pulling the trigger again simply is unlikely to cause a bang in the vast majority of cases. What that means is not that pulling the trigger again was slower than properly clearing the stoppage. Rather, it means that pulling the trigger again is most likely to be wasted time. Time you could have spent getting the gun back in the fight. To say it another way pulling the trigger a second time and then doing a tap rack bang is slower than simply doing a tap rack bang. In sum it is wasted movement and time, that is why people in the know do not bother with it.
Clearing a gun in the midst of being attacked is greatly overrated. If your gun malfunctions during an altercation, it instantly become a club.
I must admit that the second part of that state while true does not seem to support the first part one bit. Rather, it speaks to the importance of being very proficient at clearing stoppages and getting your gun back in the fight. Out of curiosity how long do you think it takes a decently proficient shooter to clear a malfunction? The answer to this question is obviously that it depends on the exact malfunction and how you clear it. Even a double feed that requires stripping the mag can be cleared rather quickly and a tap rack bang can be executed very very quickly indeed (quicker than I get the impression you realize) and that club is now a gun again.
If the man wants a double strike what does it matter to any of us?
It doesn't really. That said trying to help someone make a fully informed decision is not a bad thing. If his sole reason for wanting to get a different gun really isn't going to avail him anything then he might want to know that. There are many subject areas where I do not even know what the real issues and concerns are, I appreciate people telling me so that in the end my needs and desires are met.
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