Can all DA/SA pistols be shot in DA mode shot after shot simply by fully releasing the trigger after each shot?
Can all DA/SA pistols be shot in DA mode shot after shot simply by fully releasing the trigger after each shot?
The simple answer is, no. I'm not aware of any platform that works that way, though I guess there could be some. A DA/SA system, like a Sig or Beretta for example, are first shot DA and the rearward push of the slide during recoil cocks the hammer, taking it into SA mode. The trigger travel will not have any effect on this. Unless a firearm is setup as a DA only, akin to a revolver, or you manually decock it by a specific lever or riding the hammer, you will be exclusively shooting SA on the 2nd and subsequent shots.
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That's what i thought. That's been my experience so far as limited as it is. Till I saw a YouTube video about a Walther P99 A/S. This one. He mentions it at the beginning of his video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB1Q9c_doro
Sure to start an argument, weapons vault refers to all blocks as DAO, and the CP as well.
http://theweaponsvault.com/directory...n/DA_m8/cat:7/
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DAO seems to me, to be the most misused term in pistoldome.Originally Posted by RoyGBiv
I think the wide spread use of DAO to describe Glocks and similar pistols is an unintended consequence of the BATF classifying the pistol as DAO. Maybe.
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Glocks are kind of outside the normal paradigm of DA/SA/DAO.
Agree 100%.
Which is why it's unfortunate that they aren't classified (by the ATF) outside of that paradigm.
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The P99AS is essentially just like any other DA/SA gun except that it has a striker instead of a hammer. The procedure for carrying it is just like any other DA/SA gun. Insert mag - rack slide - decock - holster. Not decocking the P99AS before you holster is no different than holstering something like a Beretta 92 with the hammer cocked - NOT recommended.
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