Who else shoots better DA than SA?

[Citroen]

I only shoot DOA with my revolvers. The trigger "feel" allows you to re-align the sights prior to the hammer drop. It does for me anyway.

JOhn
Charlotte, NC

 

[TargetTerror]

Touche, Jim, touche.

 

[BlindJustice]

For the original O.P. - DA vs SA it depends on a number of
factors:
Type of Revolver or sometimes Semi-Auto
Distance to Target
Target type - Paper or organic i.e. animal/two legged BG

ok" I guess I'd say past a certain distance it would be SA that carries the day

S&W 625 .45 ACP/AR - since getting it back from S&W Perf. Center with it's
Master Revolver Action/Trigger job I only occaissionally shoot SA, it is
smooth and linear in DA.

S&W 617 6" Bbl. .22 LR 10 shooter, it is the best DA/SA
Smith out of the box trigger pull I have... and it's great to
shoot 5 double taps practicing for the 625 but it is also a
nice SA with the long barre for precision sniping small
targets/game. .

S&W Model 60 - I shoot it DA even with it's coil spring
that is probably 10+ lbs but it is smooth and the least
amount of mass internall parts wise. It just isn't a gun that
I think I would have to take a long SA shot with

S&W 686P 4" Bbl - I'm working on coming to terms with the
recoil of the .357 Magnum full house loads - in the model 60
iwith it's 3" bbl. it is a -15 and .357 Mag. but I only
have shot .38 Spcl +P in it unlike the 686P

SW1911 - it's SAO so the DA vs SA doesn't come into the equation
however, locktime came up in this thread. WHen I swapped out the
stock arched/checkered MSH for a flat serrated stainless
steel MSH the gunsmith also changed the hammer strut, Main
Spring CUp, and Firing PIn to Titanium (less weight, and a lower
polar moment of inertia eh? ) for a decrease in locktime.
The stock trigger on the SW1911 has play in the horizontal &
vertical planes but it is predictable in take up as
well as little overtravel. fwiw.

I shoot the SW1911 & 625 in DA the best

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example of same weight from 10 feet vs 15 feet
in a drop test, the difference in DA hammer vs SA hammer
travel is not that much of a contrast as the 1015 &
when you drop two things like that all they do is go thud
they don't hit a firing pin - and a greater force on the firing
pin given equal weight well, different lock time. eh?

 

[BlindJustice]

'
Oh, one other item to note - at this last saturday's range session
with my 1911 & 625, my shooting partner brought his Glock 19 out for
it's second range session. He had never fired a 1911 before and I had
never fired a Glock.

FWIW

My take on the glock, ok, I'm old schoool and don't like the polymer
but it is functional, blocky thogh in comparison to a Browning Hi Power. I
did not like the long pull for every shot. My shooting partner as well as
I shooot my 1911 in tighter groups than the Glock 19.

 

[.38 Special]

With all due respect, I think the lock time business is a bit silly. Yes, the DA fall takes a zillionth of a second less. It's lost in the noise of all the tomfoolery going on with the nut behind the butt, though.

FWIW, I shoot rapid fire better DA than SA. Applying force to the trigger tends to bring the gun back onto target for me, allowing me to get into a rhythm that I can't find with an SA pull -- on an auto, of course. When it comes to all out, take-your-time accuracy, though, SA wins out. YMMV, as usual.

 

[chris in va]

Same here, at least with my Ruger SP. Thing is, on this gun you can take up the DA pull and feel almost exactly where the sear will break.