woodfiend
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I prefer DA/SA like the Sig Sauer or SFA like the Glock. If it needs to be shot, IT NEEDS TO BE SHOT. I would only just put the DA/SA decocked.
Yikes! Good Luck!
The safest thing to do would be to take the 1911, drop the magazine, disable the safety, and then rack the slide to remove the chambered bullet.
That's how I'd do it, as I'm not gonna even try lowering the hammer on it.
so let's say you have a 1911 for hd that you keep cocked and locked. you'd have to decock it every time it went to the range. is this a pain? have people here actually had ADs while decocking 1911s? wouldn't something fancy like a six 226 x-five (sao) have a firing pin safety that would prevent AD while lowering the hammer? again, please forgive the newbie questions
so let's say you have a 1911 for hd that you keep cocked and locked. you'd have to decock it every time it went to the range. is this a pain? have people here actually had ADs while decocking 1911s?
Semi autos loaded keep the mag springs under compression. That's not a good idea. If you're "cocked & locked" in most actions (DOA would be an exception), you have the striker springs compressed. Bad news for the same reasons compressing mag springs are bad news.
You want to store a loaded gun for self defense -- LOCKED up if it's "unattended." Get a double action revolver. No spring compression.
Baloney.Semi autos loaded keep the mag springs under compression. That's not a good idea. If you're "cocked & locked" in most actions (DOA would be an exception), you have the striker springs compressed. Bad news for the same reasons compressing mag springs are bad news.
...i was going to ask if it was a big hassle getting used to two different trigger pulls on one gun. do people really have significant trouble learning it?
That's what snap caps are for, lots of DA pulls with a DA/SA gun, along with, the right gun to use at the range. I really stand by my Sigs, as their frame mounted decockers allow one to maintain a proper 2-hand grip while decocking after any shot, easily, and quick, while practicing full mag DA shots at the range to "learn what the DA pull feels like, with understanding and accuracy, so IF the time ever were to come that you had to make a quick, DA pull/shot, and then, if needed, a few quick SA follow-up shots.
Yes, you would have to decock. Most DA/SA guns are designed to be carried with the hammer down on a loaded chamber.so, say you have something like a sig p226 da/sa. you put the mag in and rack the slide to chamber a round, doesn't that cock the hammer too? would you then have to use the decocker in order to experience a da trigger pull?