I am new to this forum. 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. (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?
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