JimmyPlicket
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What does this mean? Is it a single action gun as in cocking it every time you fire?
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Single action trigger?
- Thread starter JimmyPlicket
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This will help you out alot.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=single+action+
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A single-action trigger, sometimes single-action only, performs the single action of releasing the hammer or striker to discharge the firearm each time the trigger is pulled.[1] Almost all rifles and shotguns use this type of trigger.[1] Single-action semi-automatic pistols require that the hammer be cocked before the first round is fired.[2] Once the first round is fired the automatic movement of the slide cocks the hammer for each subsequent shot. The pistol, once cocked, can be fired by pulling the trigger once for each shot until the magazine is empty. The M1911 is a single-action pistol that functions in this manner.[2]
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=single+action+
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A single-action trigger, sometimes single-action only, performs the single action of releasing the hammer or striker to discharge the firearm each time the trigger is pulled.[1] Almost all rifles and shotguns use this type of trigger.[1] Single-action semi-automatic pistols require that the hammer be cocked before the first round is fired.[2] Once the first round is fired the automatic movement of the slide cocks the hammer for each subsequent shot. The pistol, once cocked, can be fired by pulling the trigger once for each shot until the magazine is empty. The M1911 is a single-action pistol that functions in this manner.[2]
Single Action Revolver means the hammer has to be cocked using the your thumb to rotate the cylinder. The trigger releases the hammer to fall. Repeat for every shot.
Double Action Revolver means squeezing the trigger cocks the hammer, and rotates the cylinder, then drops the hammer in one motion.
A single action revolver can only be fired in single action.
A double action revolver can be either fired single action, as above, or double action as above.
But some double action revolvers are double action Only.
Abbreviations are:
SA - Single Action.
DA/SA- Double Action/ Single Action.
DAO- Double Action Only.
Then there are the Semi-Autos, but they follow the same discipline as the revolvers.
Except that the Abbreviations are for the first shot, after that most Autos are single action, since the slide upon recoil cocks the hammer.
BUT Wait there's more............ There are DAO Semi- Autos also.
Double Action Revolver means squeezing the trigger cocks the hammer, and rotates the cylinder, then drops the hammer in one motion.
A single action revolver can only be fired in single action.
A double action revolver can be either fired single action, as above, or double action as above.
But some double action revolvers are double action Only.
Abbreviations are:
SA - Single Action.
DA/SA- Double Action/ Single Action.
DAO- Double Action Only.
Then there are the Semi-Autos, but they follow the same discipline as the revolvers.
Except that the Abbreviations are for the first shot, after that most Autos are single action, since the slide upon recoil cocks the hammer.
BUT Wait there's more............ There are DAO Semi- Autos also.
If we're just talking about the trigger, an SA trigger does just one thing (or "action"): releases the hammer (or sear or whatever) for firing.
A DA trigger first sets the gun up for firing (rocking the hammer back or whatever equivelent) and then releases it - two "actions".
A 1911 pistol's hammer is always released by an SA trigger pull. First shot has to be done from a cocked hammer. Recoil from that shot rocks the slide back and cocks the hammer at the same time, so unlike an SA revolver there's no extra step involved to make it go "bang" again.
All semi-auto rifles work this way.
There are DA/SA autopistols in which you start with the hammer down, the trigger cocks the hammer then fires, then the slide handles all cocking from there same as the 1911. So you get a long heavy trigger pull first, then short'n'light in all subsequent. I personally detest this system.
DA revolvers are generally DA for every shot, except you can choose an SA shot if you want to manually cock it, if it has an exposed hammer. Some don't, like the new Ruger LCR, so that's a true "double action only".
Glock and some other autopistols use a "double action only" system where the trigger has the same longer pull for each shot. This has become very common in law enforcement circles. So much so that Mossberg offered a shotgun with a "DAO" trigger - which was actually fake! It had a long stroke, heavy pull, but the length and heaviness of the pull was purely artificial. So technically, since it still does only one thing, it's a "single action trigger" deliberately set up to feel like a DAO.
A DA trigger first sets the gun up for firing (rocking the hammer back or whatever equivelent) and then releases it - two "actions".
A 1911 pistol's hammer is always released by an SA trigger pull. First shot has to be done from a cocked hammer. Recoil from that shot rocks the slide back and cocks the hammer at the same time, so unlike an SA revolver there's no extra step involved to make it go "bang" again.
All semi-auto rifles work this way.
There are DA/SA autopistols in which you start with the hammer down, the trigger cocks the hammer then fires, then the slide handles all cocking from there same as the 1911. So you get a long heavy trigger pull first, then short'n'light in all subsequent. I personally detest this system.
DA revolvers are generally DA for every shot, except you can choose an SA shot if you want to manually cock it, if it has an exposed hammer. Some don't, like the new Ruger LCR, so that's a true "double action only".
Glock and some other autopistols use a "double action only" system where the trigger has the same longer pull for each shot. This has become very common in law enforcement circles. So much so that Mossberg offered a shotgun with a "DAO" trigger - which was actually fake! It had a long stroke, heavy pull, but the length and heaviness of the pull was purely artificial. So technically, since it still does only one thing, it's a "single action trigger" deliberately set up to feel like a DAO.
dakota1911
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Except with a Glock (or a Kahr or a Para LDA) if you pull the trigger and have a dud then you have to pull the slide back to cock or stage the trigger again. With a true DA you can pull the trigger without doing anything with the slide.