HammerBite
Member
I have a problem with double-action-only semi-automatics.
It seems to me that the hammer must follow the slide as it goes back into battery, yet the gun doesn't double. Does the hammer just fall to a half-cock notch, and, if so, doesn't that batter the daylights out of the notch and the sear? I am assuming that the hammer would build up more momentum falling to half-cock than it does falling to full-cock in a single-action gun.
I need someone to explain how these things work and why they don't beat themselves to death.
I'll take answers from anyone, not just Old Fuff.
It seems to me that the hammer must follow the slide as it goes back into battery, yet the gun doesn't double. Does the hammer just fall to a half-cock notch, and, if so, doesn't that batter the daylights out of the notch and the sear? I am assuming that the hammer would build up more momentum falling to half-cock than it does falling to full-cock in a single-action gun.
I need someone to explain how these things work and why they don't beat themselves to death.
I'll take answers from anyone, not just Old Fuff.