hoardingthemanual
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I have just begun my SA/DA journey. A S&W 1076. Lovely pistol. It’s too big for me to IWB carry. I hope to find a shoulder holster for it.
Step 1 - DA/SAI have just begun my SA/DA journey.
If you are proficient with DA/SA pistols striker fired pistols are a piece of cake. Those that learn to shoot with striker fired pistols seem to turn out to be the ones that are trigger snobs because they never became proficient with a DA trigger pull. It is the first shot that counts most so you better be able to make an accurate first shot with a DA pull if you are going to own one.
Step 1 - DA/SA
A popular gun on the Walther board is the P5. The decocker is right under the right thumb, so it is really easy to return to DA without shifting the grip. It also has an easy DA stroke.
Have to wonder if thumbing the hammer on the draw stroke doesn't make more sense than struggling with the long DA pull?
Moon
The decocker is right under the right thumb, so it is really easy to return to DA without shifting the grip.
It is definitely a factor for me but behind several other things. I really appreciate it for when I am running drills at the range. I can develop a system to get ready for each draw that won't tempt me to take potentially dangerous shortcuts if the decocker is in a good place. I don't prioritize speed as much as being able to do so with only the firing hand and not twisting my hand on the grip.I do wonder, if we aren’t talking competition or duty, what ease of decocking rates for folks here.
I certainly understand easy to use safeties, but the decocker always struck me as a “whatever” issue for CCW.
For me, if a old school DA/SA hammer fired autoloader has a decocker it might not have a manual safety lever. Since I tend not to prefer safety levers on my SA/DA pistolas, then I'll take the decocker version.
For me, if a old school DA/SA hammer fired autoloader has a decocker it might not have a manual safety lever. Since I tend not to prefer safety levers on my SA/DA pistolas, then I'll take the decocker version.
When I bought my old P94 (my only DA/SA) I really didn't know crap about pistols other than I wanted one. A safety seemed like a good idea. After practicing with it & carrying it for some time I realized I would have preferred it did not have one. Of course then it was too late.
Some folks say with a DA/SA the solution is to chamber a round, use the decocker, holster the pistol then take the safety off. I actually did that for a while. My Ruger has an ambidextrous safety. I was out hunting one day & had just finished coming up the tree & getting my climber situated the way I wanted it. I did a quick check of all my stuff & realized the safety I had left off on the P94 was now on. That experience convinced me that even if I don't feel a safety is necessary & I choose to carry with it off I should still train to disengage it when coming up on target. Safeties don't always stay in the position we leave them in.
Nice touch on the CZ pistols is that they lock the safety off when the hammer is down. Normally I am in the camp of if it has a safety, train the safety. My CZ with a safety is the exception to that.Safeties don't always stay in the position we leave them in.
Nice touch on the CZ pistols is that they lock the safety off when the hammer is down. Normally I am in the camp of if it has a safety, train the safety. My CZ with a safety is the exception to that.
I like DA/SA options because I don't like putting pre-tensioned striker guns with short trigger strokes in my waistband. I have a 3rd Gen S&W 908 that is my regular rotation and I picked up an HK P2000sk LEM last year to mitigate the heavy DA pull. The HK is nice but obviously chunkier than the 908 which is single stack.
I picked up a S&W SW99c AS (Walther P99c AS) this year which I intend to carry de-cocked so this is a striker version of a DA/SA. I like it but it's also thicker than a single stack since it's Glock 26 sized.
I think there's a definite market for a thin single stack DA/SA with modern P365-style extra-compact magazine stacking. I'm surprised nobody has made on yet.
I'm not sure how well they would sell but I would be interested.
For me, if a old school DA/SA hammer fired autoloader has a decocker it might not have a manual safety lever. Since I tend not to prefer safety levers on my SA/DA pistolas, then I'll take the decocker version.