Non-1911 Full size SAO

[Morgo]

Specifically, Beretta made a limited run of single action pistols modeled after the 92 and 96 series; called the Steel I in either 9 mm or 40 S&W respectively. Great solid steel guns; but pricey these days. Beware buying one; some are SAO, some are SA/DA.

From Wiki: "Steel I (2004) Nickel-plated carbon steel, single-action-only, collector's model. [Edit: Both single-action-only and single/double-action variants exist. Also used and desirable for competitive shooting because of its steel frame (for added weight and strength), the frame-mounted safety and/or Vertec-style grip-frame that are all found to be desirable features in a competition gun.]

The Steel I is one, they also made the Combat and also the Stock.

 

[JTQ]

The Centennial is the only Beretta single action currently in the US catalog http://www.beretta.com/en-us/92-fs-centennial/

 

[boricua9mm]

Smith and Wesson...

Take a look at a model 745. If you are after something a bit more refined, there's the 945. A lot of people mistake it for a fancy pants 1911, but it's not at all.

If you are well-heeled, there's always the SIG P210.

 

[Flechette]

One of the best, if not the best, non-1911 SAO pistols on the market is the Walther PPQ

I thought the PPQ more as a partially-cocked pistol like a Glock rather than a SAO where the hammer or striker is fully cocked and the trigger only serves to release the striker or hammer.

 

[mesinge2]

I thought the PPQ more as a partially-cocked pistol like a Glock rather than a SAO where the hammer or striker is fully cocked and the trigger only serves to release the striker or hammer.

From what I understand from the article I read in Handguns Magazine the PPQ's trigger is fully "cocked" but is a two-stage trigger. The exact language from page 20 is " ... the action completely pre-charges the striker"

 

[ny32182]

As mentioned, many of the Witness/Tanfoglio models are single action only. But even for the DA/SA versions, and I assume also for the CZs they are based on, the only thing you have to do physically to make them SAO is remove the interrupter. Then there is nothing to push the hammer back when it is down.

If you want the trigger to be truly "good" in the sense of little takeup, and light break, and little over-travel, that is also very doable, but requires a bit more work.

Probably something reasonably similar is going on with the SAO Sigs, though I have never messed with one of those.

If you just can't pull a double action, the answer to that is practice.

 

[C0untZer0]

I'm not sure what a Browning Hi Power could evolve into that it wouldn't cease to be a Browning Hi Power, but I do think that if companies can make $400 1911s then companies could make $400 BHPs


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