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Cosmoline said:
So why would it constitute a liability to have a hammer on a CCW piece?

I think it really comes down to personal preference. Some of us like the option of single action.
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No professional would send a shot SA back in the day.. not before "those" days though.. (the days before those days-read huge lawsuits). So since it was a liability and it was trained against and was lame/contrary, why confound/compound the issue with.. anyway nevermind
 
I think he is referring to the accidental discharge potential of having the revolver in SA mode ( cocked ) not just having the SA mode available.
 
Well just as an update. She didn't really like the hard trigger pull of the DA revolvers so we did some training on working the action on a small semi and now she can do it without too much trouble. She has decided on either a S&W bodyguard 380, or Ruger lcp, or Taurus tcp.
We will probly go with the Ruger. I have a Bodyguard and I like it. I'm not so sure about the Taurus. She did keep commenting on how "cute" the little .25's were but I made sure we just kept on walking.
 
Hammerless are obviously less likely to snag. Still, while I understand most defense work will be close and fast, thus double action, I like being able to thumb the hammer back and fire single action should the need arise.

I know there are some "bobbed" hammers that allow you to catch it with your thumb after you've started it back with the trigger, but trying to do that anywhere buy a nice peaceful range just doesn't seem reasonable.
 
I think it really comes down to personal preference
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Very true. I'm fine with 642 style hammerless, but I think having the option of a single action shot makes sense.
 
So why would it constitute a liability to have a hammer on a CCW piece?
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It really doesn't. Statements like that are the product of post service revolver gun rag writers and the imagination of those that hold that "new is always better."

LEOs have carried DA/SA hammered revolvers for well over a century. When I started back in the 1970s, we furnished our own service weapons and they had to meet strict guidelines. Our agency, like most others of the day, only allowed S&W or Colt revolvers, four inch barrels, in either .38 or .357. Even today, the DA/SA revolver is a common back-up or off duty approved firearm and is still authorized duty use in some departments.

Some of the more popular DA/SA semi-autos are the Sig and Beretta. Used in the law enforcement community on a large scale and fired exclusively after the first shot in single action mode.

Ask that question among those who carry firearms for a living and you will find that hammered guns (semi-auto and revolver) are not only common, but used on a daily basis.
 
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Yes but in the later days/years of professional carry, no one actually used (policy) the DA revolver SA.. that I know of.. though of course they had hammers.
 
Statements like that are the product of post service revolver gun rag writers and the imagination of those that hold that "new is always better."
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"But I read in magazine and the writer is an expert combat trainer!" It's amazing what folks read in a magazine or on the net so it must be fact.
 
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