natedog
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All right, I'm going to try and analyze the different pistol action types:
1. Single-Action (SA)
Single action was the original firing mechanism for a pistol. There's usually a manual safety and/or a grip safety. The pistol is supposed to be carried "cocked and locked" (round chambered, hammer back, safety engaged).
2. Double-action/ Single action (DA/SA)
Some were uncomfortable with having a hammer back on a live round, and there were many negligent discharges by poorly trained soldiers, so DA/SA was developed. The pistol is carried with the hammer down on a live round, and the first trigger pull brings the hammer back and drops it on a round. Each subsequent pull is in single action. Usually there is a decocker/manual safety that will drop the hammer and prevent the trigger from being pulled.
3. Double-action only (DOA)
Some didn't like the fact that DA/SA have two trigger pulls, so they opted just to have one pull (albeit long and hard) rather than two pulls. Pistol is carried hammer down. The only safety is the long, hard trigger pull.
Is all this right? Now this brings me to my main point of my post- I simply don't understand DAO pistols with light, short triggers (SIG DAK series or HK LEM). The safety on DAO pistols is the long heavy triggers, so what do you gain in having a super light DAO pull over single action?
1. Single-Action (SA)
Single action was the original firing mechanism for a pistol. There's usually a manual safety and/or a grip safety. The pistol is supposed to be carried "cocked and locked" (round chambered, hammer back, safety engaged).
2. Double-action/ Single action (DA/SA)
Some were uncomfortable with having a hammer back on a live round, and there were many negligent discharges by poorly trained soldiers, so DA/SA was developed. The pistol is carried with the hammer down on a live round, and the first trigger pull brings the hammer back and drops it on a round. Each subsequent pull is in single action. Usually there is a decocker/manual safety that will drop the hammer and prevent the trigger from being pulled.
3. Double-action only (DOA)
Some didn't like the fact that DA/SA have two trigger pulls, so they opted just to have one pull (albeit long and hard) rather than two pulls. Pistol is carried hammer down. The only safety is the long, hard trigger pull.
Is all this right? Now this brings me to my main point of my post- I simply don't understand DAO pistols with light, short triggers (SIG DAK series or HK LEM). The safety on DAO pistols is the long heavy triggers, so what do you gain in having a super light DAO pull over single action?