Me, I'll stick with SA/SAO. This is my carry piece of choice at current:
Springfield XD45 4" Compact in (duh) .45ACP. Single action, grip safety, reliable (many people report being unable to make it jam) and not overpriced like an H&K.
Posted on 08/18/2012 2:50:53 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
That certainly is a compelling reason to reissue them.
I assume Force Recon experience with the M-45 MEUSOC has something to do with the decision.
I do believe under older IPSC rules, some classes excluded DA pistols altogether.
In the real world, where one may carry a DA pistol prepared to fire the first round SA if desired, those rules do not apply.
Me, I'll stick with SA/SAO. This is my carry piece of choice at current:
Springfield XD45 4" Compact in (duh) .45ACP. Single action, grip safety, reliable (many people report being unable to make it jam) and not overpriced like an H&K.
I like the .45 so well, I even own a .45 ACP revolver. lol
John M. Browning--Mormon and perhaps the greatest small arms designer of the 20th Century.
Correct. The Moro uprising, with hyped up muzzies who could not be stopped with the S&W 38 Double Actions, nice as they were. So they went temporarily to a 45 cal revolver then to Brownings semi-auto and... history.
In the real world, DA mode for first round often means “first round flyer” which goes nowhere near the point of aim. This is why many police departments have shifted to DAO and semi-DAO types.
And before you claim you would cock it first before firing to get to SA mode, wow, you just slowed yourself way down.
” the 1911 is no more obsolete than a sailboat.”
True, and the same can be said for a 1911 pistol and a Harley.
The popularity of both is due to emotional nostalgia, not technical superiority.
LOL...aren't you the one bitching about how horrible it is to have to readjust one's trigger finger between a DA and SA shot? You can re-cock a 1911 without shifting your grip on the weapon? You must have some long-ass thumbs.
GMTA. ;o)
That exact pistol is my secondary.
I think you are right, that price tag is ridiculous.
Yep. “Moros.” From the Spanish word for `Moors’: Muslims. We’ve always had problems with them. See photo above, 51.
They would get hopped up on something and the .38 wasn’t stopping them, so the Army contacted Mr. Browning for a .45 caliber handgun.
I started out with Browning’s P-35, or Hi-Power, and it led me to CZ line. The CZ .45 has 11 round capacity and, in my opinion, a more comfortable grip.
As I pointed out well upthread, the CZ75B is made to be carried in condition 1, just like a 1911.
I have a colt 4091ss, fails once on every mag, but with lifetime warranty, I’ll get it fixed, my backup is a Ruger Super Redhawk baby, a hand cannon, never fails! Still love my Colt though.
Actually John Browning was the greatest gun designer ever.
No one else was even close.
Hence my comment about *needing* to restrike. I don’t see the need and go with the “Round didn’t work? Discard it and load another, don’t f**k around with trying to get it to work because if you do you will die” school of thought - which is espoused by many combat vets and experienced cops.
The .38 spl is a wholly inadequate as a service cartridge when using lead round nose bullets and has less oopmh than .357 magnum. .357 magnum is fantastic, but has fairly stiff recoil and of course a revolver only holds 6 rds, so you should go with the lesser recoil and higher capacity of 9mm Luger automatic. 9mm Luger is perfectly acceptable and has a good track record, except if you think it doesn't or it isn't manly or you use 147 gr ball, in which case the .40 Smith and Wesson is a good round combining larger diameter than 9mm Luger and more energy than .45 ACP with less recoil than a hot .45 ACP load. Of course if you're going to step up to .40 S&W from 9mm you might as well go to .45 ACP because it is larger than .40 S&W and has less snappy recoil and is more manly/patriotic; besides which contrary to what I just said the .40 S&W really the worst of .45 ACP and 9mm Luger, as it has higher recoil than 9mm Luger and smaller diameter than .45 ACP. But .45 ACP bullets don't go very fast and are overrated because what really matters is hydrostatic shock, which is where the .357 Sig comes in: less recoil than .40 S&W and .45 ACP and terminal ballistics like .357 Magnum. Of course, .357 Sig is kinda snappy and has intimidating flash and blast and is super-expensive so maybe 9mm Luger is a good choice for gentle recoil, low expense, and lower muzzle blast. But .40 S&W is better than 9mm and... [repeat ad infinitum]
1. CZ says you can do that but doesn’t recommend it. The latest versions of the CZ75 platform now come with a decocker.
2. If you’re going to do that, you can do what most of the CZ owners who do the same thing say they do on their forums - convert to SAO because they also see the DA part as useless in that case.
I prefer the term "aesthetics" ;o)
Whatcha think about that?!?
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