Some years ago I found a P93 (much like the 95 but with an alloy frame) with a DAO configuration at a gun show. I rather liked that pistol quite a bit and found the DAO pretty easy to use. It did have a long take-up but the DAO pull, while heavier than the SA pull on DA/SA pistol, was a bit shorter and lighter than the DA pull on a DA/SA pistol. I think that was because racking the slide to chamber a round (or upon firing a round) sort of "pre-set" the hammer and trigger mechanism. You could see the hammer set back just a bit and the trigger also. However, the pistol had a true second-strike capability in that if a round failed to ignite and the hammer/trigger was not pre-set, it still would work from the "unset" position, just with a slightly longer pull. This was unlike, say, Smith and Wesson DAOs which required the action be pre-set, or the striker-fired Glocks and Kahrs which require the same. As I got into P95s etc, I considered going DAO but decided I was better off committing to one system and I like the DA/SA system found on the DC models. I don't like the safety-decocker as I find it clumsy, redundant, and ugly (I know, I know, a lot of folks find everything about Rugers ugly, but I don't). Still, I think for someone who decides on a DAO system, I think the Ruger system has a lot going for it, IMO. If Ruger made a small, polymer-framed single-stack 9mm, I could see getting it in DAO. BTW, I have a couple P95DCs and would not part with them for any reason. Very nice pistols.