double vs single vs double/single

[jad0110]

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

That's strange. I often reset the trigger of my father's Kahr K9 just a bit too soon (the gun doesn't fire), compared to my DA wheel guns. To my finger anyway, the Kahr feels like it has a longer pull than my J Frame.

Guess I'll have to break out my calipers sometime and find out.

 

[Zerodefect]

That's strange. I often reset the trigger of my father's Kahr K9 just a bit too soon (the gun doesn't fire), compared to my DA wheel guns. To my finger anyway, the Kahr feels like it has a longer pull than my J Frame.

Guess I'll have to break out my calipers sometime and find out.

Could you? I've never bothered to measure. I have a p380 I can measure, my pm9 just got traded.

To be more specific, the Kahr trigger seems to break well before it gets near the frame. While the J-frame needs to be pulled all the way back. To me that means the j-frame needs better trigger finger placement.

If I accidentally stick too much of my trigger finger in, the j-frame is nearly impossible to shoot straight. And under pressure I may make that mistake.

 

[David E]

If I accidentally stick too much of my trigger finger in, the j-frame is nearly impossible to shoot straight. And under pressure I may make that mistake.

Sounds like it's simply a matter of more trigger time with the J-frame.

 

[Sauer Grapes]

I grew up shooting revolvers, so the DAO pistols don't bother me. I can appreciate a SA though. I can pretty much pick up anything and shoot it respectably.
I love a lot of guys at the club that bring their gun to the range and complain about the trigger on their guns as the route cause for poor shooting. I can take their gun [if they offer} and put 5 rounds in the black and then tell um, yeah your right, that has a tough trigger.

 

[30mag]

A Glock is not DAO; it has a shorter reset that a DA/SA SIG, for example. If the shooter lets the trigger go fully forward, it can be shot in a DAO-ish mode, but only as a default.

I thought every pull of the trigger pulled the striker all the way back and let it go. Isn't that a double action? Do I even know how Glocks work?

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I thought every pull of the trigger pulled the striker all the way back and let it go. Isn't that a double action? Do I even know how Glocks work?

The striker is pre-cocked or pre-loaded by the action of the slide. Pulling the trigger accomplishes the last bit of cocking and releases the striker.

 

[David E]

The striker is PARTIALLY pre-cocked or pre-loaded by the action of the slide.

Fixed it for you.

When you fully release the trigger on a Glock, the striker is also released a bit. When you "catch the link," the striker is pretty much in it's fully rearward position.