Do you think there's an advantage to DAO?

[logical]

Whether it is an advantage depends on many factors that are different for each of us. For me, all my CCW autos and revolvers are "DAO" and thats always been my preferance.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Regardless of how well someone can shoot DAO or SA/DA or SAO I like to think of the DAO trend of today to be brought on by the litigious natrure of our police departments and their training budgets. It is really easy to teach someone how to pull the same trigger everytime and not have to go into the intricacies of SA/DA or SAO with safety levers. As well as, if the trigger is harder (or longer in the case of Glocks since their triggers are still pretty light) to pull then I guess it is harder to accidentally pull (whatever that means) and, once again, "I guess" can hold up in court that a particular department did everything in their power with the hardware chosen to prevent accidental discharges or some blah and blah.

 

[Rexster]

When decocking a revolver, rather than use just the thumb, better to pinch the tips of the support hand's index finger and thumb together, in front of the hammer nose, when decocking. This totally captures the hammer, so it is less likely to get away, until the trigger has been released. Of course, some sixguns have sharp edges there, so this may not be the most comfortable way, but it is much more sure than using just the thumb on top of a bobbed, semibobbed, or small-spurred hammer. It may also be problematic with very small weapons, especially if the user has thick thumbs and fingers.

I have practiced this, dry, with my spurless SP101 and Speed Six, and also with a bobbed-hammer S&W N-frame I used to use as a duty sixgun. I don't recall ever feeling the need to cock these weapons while they were loaded.

 

[230therapy]

Yes, very much so.

Double action is faster in revolvers. Source: Ed McGivern's Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting

In semi-autos, it's all about deploying the gun under pressure. By "pressure", I mean under a violent confrontation with possible contact between the participants.

Everyone says they can work the safeties on their guns, but then proceed to flub it in force on force. I've seen it happen in Tueller drills too...it's more common that one would think. If you were ahead of the reaction curve, the flubbing just cost you that difference in time. In those instants, the bad guy can catch up and start putting rounds on target. Put bullets into the bad guy first! This is what double action is for.

If double action is for "safety", then the wrong people are in charge. Triggers are used to ignite primers; they are not "vertical safety levers".

 

[tipoc]

I think folks have attempted to explain some of the benefits and drawbacks of each. From there it is a matter of preference and experience.

tipoc