As already indicated, find someone who can test-fire your sixgun. Better yet, find a mentor, who knows his way around a DA sixgun. It can be REALLY difficult to learn DA sixgunning by reading about it, and trying stuff on your own. Seriously.
I am thankful for Debbie Lokey and Phil Bankston, two of the best old-school sixgunners in my little corner of the world. I am also grateful for what I read, written by Bill Jordan, Mas Ayoob, Jim Cirillo, Tom Ferguson, Bill Clede, and Col. Jeff Cooper. Yes, the king of the 1911 had some good advice about DA sixgunning!
Edited to add: A mentor can let you, perhaps, shoot his slicked-up sixgun(s). A slick sixgun is easier for a beginner to use in DA mode. Once you are no longer a beginner, you will be able to shoot well with a normal factory pull.
Edited to add: More modern masters of DA, who have written on the subject more recently, include Jerry Miculek and Ernest Langdon.
I am thankful for Debbie Lokey and Phil Bankston, two of the best old-school sixgunners in my little corner of the world. I am also grateful for what I read, written by Bill Jordan, Mas Ayoob, Jim Cirillo, Tom Ferguson, Bill Clede, and Col. Jeff Cooper. Yes, the king of the 1911 had some good advice about DA sixgunning!
Edited to add: A mentor can let you, perhaps, shoot his slicked-up sixgun(s). A slick sixgun is easier for a beginner to use in DA mode. Once you are no longer a beginner, you will be able to shoot well with a normal factory pull.
Edited to add: More modern masters of DA, who have written on the subject more recently, include Jerry Miculek and Ernest Langdon.
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