bergmen
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I subscribe to Gun Digest (which I will let expire as soon as it runs out). Underneath the magazine title is the phrase "We Know Guns" as if to indicate that they are a trustworthy authority. I have seen some odd letters published that suggest that they really do not know guns.
First was a letter by someone who claimed that he had some old ammo that had primers fail because of "fatigue". I wrote the magazine (which they published in the September 9th issue) indicating that metal fatigue is ..."a dynamic failure of a metal structure that has been (or is being) subjected to physical force within its elastic or plastic state. ... (Primers) can degrade in strength due to other factors such as corrosion or chemical exposure, but they cannot fail due to fatigue."
Then, this month (October 7, 2013) I read another doozy. In a letter titled "Double-Action Defined" it states "When you say 'double action' in regard to a revolver, it means you have two ways to fire the revolver. One way to fire a double-action revolver is...where the long press of the trigger cocks or loads the firing mechanism, then releases it. The second way to fire the revolver is to cock the firing mechanism, then release it with a short, lighter press of the trigger."
I wonder what he would call my DAO (Double Action Only) revolvers? No way to cock those snubbies.
My understanding of "double action" means that two actions occur by pulling the trigger without cocking the hammer first - cocking, then firing (with cylinder rotation taking place during the cocking action). With single action, a single action of releasing the hammer occurs when pulling the trigger (once cocked).
Dan
First was a letter by someone who claimed that he had some old ammo that had primers fail because of "fatigue". I wrote the magazine (which they published in the September 9th issue) indicating that metal fatigue is ..."a dynamic failure of a metal structure that has been (or is being) subjected to physical force within its elastic or plastic state. ... (Primers) can degrade in strength due to other factors such as corrosion or chemical exposure, but they cannot fail due to fatigue."
Then, this month (October 7, 2013) I read another doozy. In a letter titled "Double-Action Defined" it states "When you say 'double action' in regard to a revolver, it means you have two ways to fire the revolver. One way to fire a double-action revolver is...where the long press of the trigger cocks or loads the firing mechanism, then releases it. The second way to fire the revolver is to cock the firing mechanism, then release it with a short, lighter press of the trigger."
I wonder what he would call my DAO (Double Action Only) revolvers? No way to cock those snubbies.
My understanding of "double action" means that two actions occur by pulling the trigger without cocking the hammer first - cocking, then firing (with cylinder rotation taking place during the cocking action). With single action, a single action of releasing the hammer occurs when pulling the trigger (once cocked).
Dan
