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What do yall prefer... DAO or SA/DA
old45guy
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Thats the questions. just taking a poll thanks
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for personal protection I like dao.
+1
SA/Cocked and locked (condition 1). DA is a solution to a problem that did not exist in personal protection handguns. While I'm not even 100% sold on DA for military and police, it definitely has no place in a personal protection handgun, unless the user is not really comfortable carrying a pistol.
Mark, sorry, but I believe that is a completely unfounded assumption. The majority of people will, thankfully, never know the stress involved with pulling a pistol for protection. You can train all you want with paper, and reactive targets, but the real deal is far different. Touchy 2 lb target triggers, imho, have no place in the self defense world
+1 I have seen (and taught handgun safety) to some folks who just did not get it. They were legal to carry, but maybe they should not have, especially with the SA cocked and locked.
I prefer my DAO for carry and bedside "holy crap it's 3AM and what was that crash in the kitchen!" gun.
My wife(reading over my shoulder) disagrees... she says UNLOADED is the best and safest way to carry a gun.[:D][:D][:D]
This being said she does appreciate that I am willing and able to protect my family to the best of my ability and that I have taken every opportunity by law to do so.
Unless your Jerry Miculek, my 1911's shooting and reloading are faster than revolvers, fast/accurate=life.
...The Commander is a build I started last year and finished this year...trigger, trigger job of course and internals just changed to a better bar stock/titainium and all polished Wolff springs...etc...nothing changed that I cant put back original...[;)]
Thats the questions. just taking a poll thanks
I prefer bolt action.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
pull it out, point it, pull the trigger. no safeties to forget to engage or disengage. one trigger pull to get used too.
simple is safe. the more steps you need to perform to engage your target, the higher the probability that you forget one or screw one up.
My SA is a dandy huntin' handgun. With a little steadiness, it'll knock the head off of a treed blue grouse - with authority (as well as knock down larger, lactatin' game). [;)] It's also my favorite to plink and compete with for fun.
My DAO is what I carry for "D-FENS" however. It's an issue of capacity and ease of carrying and reloading ammo under fire. Not that I've ever had to yet, thank God.
It's comfortable and safe.
First choice has always been, and will always be, a cocked and locked 1911 pistol. I only have two, but as soon as I retire, they will be my daily carry guns.
So, to answer your question as to which I prefer: NEITHER. There is nothing wrong with the original Jonathan Browning design.
To further answer your question, of the two choices given, DAO or SA/DA, I prefer SA/DA, since it does offer the option of SA trigger pull for a precise shot if needed.
So you are saying a dao pistol is less accurate than a sa one?
If it is da/sa I like a halfcock noch and decocker. That way I can carry it with a round chambered off safty.
but I like to shoot a 357 or 44mag revolver SA if there is time. But then again most of the time I am shooting them at small targets at mid distances that cant shoot back.
My favorite semiauto handgun is DAO, but shooting it is light and fast. I dont like long heavy DAO triggers.
Nope, but it is easier to shoot accurately.
BTW, technically speaking, a DAO pistol is a single action (SA) because it only operates one way, but we call it DAO to distinguish it from other action types.
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JMHO. I'm no expert.
For target and recreational shooting:
For a revolver, I prefer a DA/SA (like my Redhawk) (also my preference for hunting).
For a semi-auto, I also prefer the DA/SA (like the Sig 220)
For concealed carry my preference would be for DAO. But that doesn't preclude a revolver in DA/SA because the DA/SA of a revolver is not the same as a DA/SA of a semi-auto.
With the revolver I can cycle the action DA continuously. Choosing, should a situation warrant, to shoot it SA.
With a semi-auto DA/SA your first shot will be DA (unless you were to, foolishly IMO, take the precious few seconds it requires to operate the hammer) and subsequent shots will be SA automatically, which is two different trigger pulls. Regardless of what some may claim, this is a factor for shot placement in high stress shooting. So a DAO trigger pull wins for CCW in a semi.
Now, what I'd really prefer is a semi-auto is one that shoots just as a revolver DA/SA with an exposed hammer for SA fire if I want it. But, I'm unaware of a model like that (it may exist).
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
How about SA only, with decocked/on safe carry? And as quick as DA? Impossible, you say? Well...
The P7PSP's are carried with the safety on/decocked. You do nothing but grab the gun in order to put it into cocked/off-safe!! What a wonderful concept! Best, Joe
Not DA, and not SA.
No manual safeties to remember under stress, but still quite safe to carry.
Trigger is in between heavy DA, and light SA, but a full pull.
1911's are my favorites, but i can't conceal them well in warm weather.
I don't own a glock anymore, but I do like the trigger on them.