Posted on 08/18/2012 2:50:53 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Glad to hear it!
DA/SA absolutely SUCKs. A pistol needs one consistent trigger pull, first to last. A DA first “cocking shot” is almost a throwaway if an aimed shot is needed. Then the transition to following SA means another potentially erratic shot in the under-stress transistion.
Make it SAO, or make it modern striker-fired (Glock, Xd, etc) but forget that sucky DA/SA. Chuck those Berrettas in the trash barrel of military history.
If we’re talking about the intended use, you don’t exactly have time to wait to see if the round will eventually go off. Again, discard and continue with another round instead.
I had a couple of shooting buddies who had FNH 5.7s with threaded barrels and suppressors, but they got rid of them after a year because of the ammo scarcity and cost. That was 3-4yrs ago, so maybe that unusual caliber cartridge is more widely-available these days. A very nice piece, but I’d rather have the Kimber 1911.
I don’t see anything wrong with double/single action pistols.
When I had a P-226, the Decoker was the safest way to put one in a safe condition. If I knew I was likely to need it instantly, it would be cocked and ready.
If I was just walking along and might need it by some chance I would carry it hammer down on a live round. The DA trigger was pretty good and I could cock it faster by just pulling the trigger than by pulling back the hammer, and I would have a fair chance of hitting my target too.
Nonsense. 18-24 bucks for fifty rounds is expensive?
My wife has promised to get me a new pistol for Christmas. Trying to decide between Colt XSE 1911 or Kimber TLE Custom II 1911. I have a Para Ordnance GI Expert 1911 that drives nails, but it is still just a pretty base model.
Yep, ammo is the problem.
If you enjoy firearms and the shooting sports, you have got to go to the John Browning firearms collection in Ogdon Utah. It is downtown in an old train station and the collection has samples of all Browning’s designs and guns, shotguns, pistols and rifles. The museum also has sections on western rail road building and classic old cars. Historic 25th Street, right in front of the station has some nice places to eat or shop.
If you do, go for the adjustable sights.
Little known fact: there is a great discrepancy between point of impact and point of aim using the cheaper ss197 ammo out of the fixed sight model (which is zeroed for the ss195round). This is further exacerbated by the "European Zero" (front sight 'covers' the target) of the fixed sight model.
Americans tend to use a "top dead center" zero which will make you cuss real hard if you use it in your thousand dollar, fancy, shmancy, "combat sight" FiveseveN.
Yep, there’s a proud believer in “the cocking shot.” More power to you, whatever works for you is best. I just believe in one trigger pull first to last, in any pistol. Different strokes.
I believe the perps had a .223 rifle. Tore the cops up.
gotta link? Everyone is out except gunbroker.
The .38 caliber in question was the .38 Long Colt, which was manufactured prior to the inception of the .38 S&W Special, now just called ‘.38 Special’.
It is a wise thing for our proud Marines, to return to such a long-term stable gun platform, and in the caliber for which it was first designed, the .45 ACP.
To all those who bemoan the loss of the Beretta sidearm, it was the G.I. .45, that Sgt. York used! I say, proudly,
“made in America, tested the world over!”
In my area, there are no actual "gun shops" that don't keep more than enough 5.7mm on hand at all times. Granted, one of them is the shooters equivalent of a Roman Orgy, but all seem to do a brisk business in the round.
I am not a big fan of Masaad Ayoob but he had a very good article on the Miami FBI shootout. He read the autopsy reports, the police reports etc. He basically said the 9MM performed very well.
I don’t recall all the details but basically he said those two guys were very unusual. They kept fighting for a minute of so after they should have been dead. The 9mm bullets had performed perfectly, even tearing the aorta off one of the bad guys.
Ayoob basically said they would have kept fighting no matter what standard rounds had hit them unless they were to the brain.
Gotta link?
Sportsman’s guide seems to have some....
I like some DA/SA pistols just fine but my favorite is either a Browning Hi-Power or the 1911 carried cocked and locked at all times when it is on me.
One time I had to visit a pretty hard core criminal. Actully his whole family were pretty hard core criminals. When I went out to visit him I carried a series 70 M1911 cocked and locked.
Well although this family was hard core criminals they were also pretty good natured and friendly.
When I got inside he immediately spotted my .45 which I thought my jacket concealed pretty well. He had a doberman right beside him. The first words he said was “that dog will get you before you can get that .45 out.”
I got to thinking and I believe I could have beaten the dog but I sure wasn’t going to try it. The consequences would have been too severe if I failed and if I had shot the dog they also would have been a mess.
Still I had practiced to the point where I could grab it, sweep the safety off and aim-fire very quickly.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.