I am new to this forum. I just posted this message in "general gun discussion" and will post it here too. I have rimfire rifles, shotguns, and rimfire revolvers for hunting small game and for target shooting, my primary interests. I have two snubnose revolvers in 38 sp for self-defense. I don't know much about pistols as I have always preferred revolvers. I am considering getting a pistol in 9mm at some point, and like the look of the CZ pistols. I have a few very basic questions: (1) do all pistols have a slide which needs to be pulled back to chamber a round before you can fire? I consider that extra step a minus in terms of the possible need for immediate firing in self-defense. I would be more interested in pistols that don't have this. Also when I tested a couple pistols (a Glock and a Walther I think) at one range, the slides were hard to pull. (2) When I look at the descriptions of some CZ pistols, some are described as "single action/double action" which confuses me because I don't see that they have an external hammer like revolvers which can be cocked. What do Single Action/Double Action mean in terms of the way the pistol is fired? (3) Also some of the CZ's are described as "decocking versions" (CZ75 BD). What does that mean?
WHo's a pistol expert out there?
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WHo's a pistol expert out there?
Riverblue