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Keyser Söze

On 12/18/14 8:47 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:30:38 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 12/18/14 5:11 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:20:45 -0500, Toad Gigger
wrote:

My brother, former cop, loved the P226 and the decocking feature. He
could chamber a round, decock, add another round to the magazine, and
ready to shoot by pulling the trigger.

This all came about from police who were transitionally from a
revolver to an SA. That is what the "P" means in my KP90.
This will react just like a revolver.

The "P" means police?

That is what they told me.

I seriously don't understand the rational for DA/SA in semi-auto
pistols. I don't like the typically long and indefinite DA pull to get
to SA. I think when you pull the trigger on a firearm, it should go
bang...immediately, unless you happen to like two stage triggers. I don't.

It is just something you learn to do. I feel a DA carried with the
hammer down is safer than a SA in condition 1.
Most police departments agree with me.

My revolver is DA unless I pull the hammer back and pull the trigger. I
hardly ever fire it DA. I bought a DA revolver because I prefer the way
the cylinder rolls out for loading and unloading rounds. I never liked
the SA method of pushing the empties out one at a time.

Again, if you are not training with your revolver DA, you are not
exploiting the capabilities of your weapon. If you are just busting
soda bottles, it really doesn't matter but if you are in a serious
social situation, you do not want to be cocking your DA revolver. Most
are not designed to do that easily and there is too good a chance you
might end up in half cock..
I was carrying my 1934 in condition 2 until an instructor beat me up
about it. I thought I was good about cocking and shooting, until he
actually tested me.

Next time you visit a good gun store, pick up and handle a Ruger GP100.
Pulling the hammer back is easy and becomes automatic. I have fired mine
DA, and it is smooth and fast, but I prefer SA. Remember, I don't carry
this revolver for self-defense. It's a honker. It's not my first choice,
but if I needed it for defense in the house, I'd cock the hammer.
There's no one in this house at night besides my wife and me and some
cats, and we're all in bed, not in the first floor hallway or in the
basement. Anyone breaks in, it'll make noise, the alarms will go off,
the lights will come on, and I'll be waiting for Mr. Bozo.