Recent content by Thomas_81

Well that's good to hear. I really wish I could handle one myself, but I don't have massive hands, so I doubt it would cause me a problem if it didn't cause you one. :cool:

Nice report and pics. It's sooooo odd that you never fired the pistol in Double Action though!!! :neener: Do you have an opinion on which one is nicer to shoot, between this and the XDM? The only thing about this gun that still has me a bit aprehensive, is the safety lever. I think I...

But there are things that are universal, and the most univseral/simple explanation should be offered when applicable. (edited to include your quote) The fact that the trigger can cock the hammer/striker, is a universal explaination for how a Double Action trigger functions. If I knew...

No, I am not. You are simply hung up on the wording, despite the constant attempts on my behalf to clarify my point. If I had replaced words like "most" with "a lot of", or "will" to "have to", I doubt you would even be participating in this discussion. Have I said anything at all, in...

This again. The problem is, that people are reading one sentence, taking it completely out of context, and ignoring what my only real point has been this whole time. Exactly. So it stands to reason, that all basic/common/simple rules and functions, should be explained with those types of...

So, you are saying a random newb should be expected to go, "Oh, that's how it works. Well, that is how he is saying it works, but he probably has a reason to over-simplify it. Let me go find a random manual in a PDF file online." That's a little ridiculous, especially when said person doesn't...

If you buy a gun, or any potentially dangerous tool, and don't read the manual, you are probably stupid...but that is a completely different issue.

I did. It helped. Thanks for posting it.

lol. I get all that, perhaps that wasn't the best way to describe what I was thinking. I understand it's usefulness, and why it's important to a lot of users, my beef was really all about the information, and how it is conveyed to people with no previous experience.

For an experienced owner who does carry, none of this applies, because you already know the various basic functions of the weapons you may be researching. I am simply talking about how this is typically explained to a novice...even on this board, stickied at the top of the page... If I am a...

So, due to the fact that the trigger can perform the action of cocking the hammer/striker under a specific circumstance, the pistol is considered DA/SA for that reason alone, and not necessarily because this is a primary function of the trigger under "normal" operation? Makes sense, but I...

they always say that the first shot is double action? As stated in my other thread, I am a newb when it comes to semi autos, but how is that true? When you load a magazine, you have to rack the slide and chamber the round for anything to happen when you pull the trigger. When you do that, is...

Great looking gun.

Super nice WB. How does it feel in the hand? Is it similar to anything else?

We are currently being burried under snow here, so I understand all that. As far as waiting, I have plenty of time. I don't plan to make a purchase for at least a month or so.