Which do you prefer and why? I personally am a big fan of double/single action with no safety and only a decocker, or a DOA because I think safeties could get in the way if I ever need to use the gun in defense.
Your opinions?
I prefer SA, then Striker fired DAO.
SA- 1911, and 1911's only. There are other SA guns out there. But I hate safety levers on pistols with a passion. With the proper, firm, grip; the 1911 safeties are easy to flick off and shoot without any thought.
And then there is that 1911 trigger. Better than most of my rifle triggers.
By far the finest pistols I own, but not the most often carried. Too bad the production 1911's I own/owned all get spanked baddly by my Glock across the board. (performance, relibility, corrosion resistance, carry ergos)
But a Semi-custom personally customized a little, or a full custom, with a good hard finish is a much nicer weapon than my Glock. But that's at $2000+. My Dan Wesson out shoots my G23, my Kimber CDP deosn't.
DAO- I like the Glock trigger the best. At least it shoots the best. At a bench it feels terrible, but ironicly, it shoots quite competitively. The Kahr DAO trigger is a bit safer and smoother, but lacks the shooting performance of the Glock.
Keltec and J-frames have a DAO trigger that's too long IMO.
My Glock 23 and Kahr p380 spend more time on my hip than my best 1911. But the 1911 is more often carried at night and weekends anyways.
DA/SA
My P95 and the 92fs type I've tried had the worst DA trigger I've ever sampled, followed by the worst SA trigger pull ever. An enigma? How can one gun have two incredibly poor triggers.
That slow DAO first pull really slows my 1st shot from a draw. If that shot even hits my target. That terrible first pull is why I'll never shoot a DA/SA seriously ever again. I use my p95 for training newbs only now because it's easy on the hands. Then I step them up to a more evolved weapon system.
Usually too big and heavy, with odd safeties. SIG's seem to have allmost OK triggers, but I haven't seen one run well enough to form a good opinion.
Except for mouseguns, I'm 1911 and Glock only.