Trying to insist DA/SA is superior is just selling opinion. It's my opinion DA/SA is a safety crutch.
One of the main pistols I learned on as a youngster was an early Sig P220 (heel clip release for the magazine). It was a fine gun. I also learned on BHP's and 1911's. I had to shoot the M9 during my years in uniform. There is nothing anyone can say or do that will ever get me to prefer a DA/SA gun over a SAO or SFA gun. For those shooters who believe DA/SA is easier to shoot... I'll never understand that. For those who believe it's safer because the first press requires more weight, I think that's a load of marketing manure. Any schmuck who lets his booger eater inside the trigger guard can/will have a negligent discharge regardless of trigger weight. And frankly I'm not willing to handicap my ability to run the gun because someone else relies on the DA trigger for "additional safety" nonsense. I liken it to the M16 after Vietnam losing full auto to a 3 round burst. Rather than fix a training problem (shooters firing wild and un-aimed into the jungle), they changed the weapon. It's my opinion that DA/SA is a hardware solution for a software problem.
Working as a firearms instructor I've seen plenty of LEO's who barely run a gun well enough to qualify. But giving them a DA/SA isn't going to make me feel any safer, and I don't see it reducing liability on the street. If ND's are a problem, fix the problem - the shooter. Don't punish the rest of us by "fixing" the gun.
Not really - the DA/SA only exists as a “fix” to having every trigger press the same (whether a striker or hammer SA gun is irrelevant). That's circular logic. The shooters shouldn’t have to get used to or master a DA/SA gun, because they are a safety crutch and never should have been issued in the first place.
Back to the original topic, I wonder if the single stack will debut before the Beretta APX rebate is over. It was $50 last year and I was able to resist. But now it's $75 for any APX purchase between Feb 1 and Apr 30th. Combined with Arms Unlimited's $440 price tag, I couldn't say no.
http://promo.beretta.com/2019-apx-pr...645.1525213299
I don't believe it is easier to shoot for the neophyte. That said, I don't think that any gun is easier for the newbie.
Reality is, they'll get used to whatever is given.
Does the longer DA pull take some time to master? Maybe.
If I had two new shooters equal in skill and gave one a glock and the other a 92 and said they had to accomplish some task and get training, I think both would rise to whatever challenge was laid before 'em.
I don't think it is the weight, necessarily, as much as the mechanical action: e.g. it does two things: cock and release the hammer.
I think it is the cocking of the hammer coupled, which generally takes a bit more force that most people appreciate...
Personally, I think the hammer on a DA/SA gun gives a nice margin of feedback/status and layers well on the "thumb-check" doctrine that most trainers espouse.
I don't think anyone disagrees.
I think this is more of a departmental policy... That decision seems to fall to whoever gets bought to the titty-bar, promised some swag/training/trade-in gear, etc...
Let's face it tho: most of these designs actually work alright. If it was such a handicap, would top-10 Production division USPSA dudes be wrecking folks with DA/SA guns?
It is only a problem if you think it is a problem. If you want to go SF, it's a free country...
Actually... (LOL) I think it is just a mechanical solution that was durable, reliable and well-understood at the time. I don't claim to understand enough of firearms design/history, but other than a few vest pocket guns/etc, there weren't really many striker-fired designs pre 1970's?
I don't think anyone disagrees.
Les, for competition use it is hard to separate the benefit of DA/SA as a trigger system from the light SA pull weights of these DA/SA guns and their 40+ ounce empty weights. I suspect a 45 ounce striker with a 2.5 pound trigger would be pretty darn competitive in USPSA Production.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
So like a Walther Q5 SF with that springco kit to get the trigger pull weight down? That'd be an interesting comparison with a Shadow 2.
I'll wager you a PF dollar™ 😎
The lunatics are running the asylum
Agreed. So why have it? I had heard it was good for folks moving from revolvers to pistols back when there were lots of shooters making that change, but if we can train a shooter to an acceptable level why have Da/SA? Especially in a Gadget world for those who want it. It’s not my fault @Tom_Jones hasn’t made them for the other SFA guns. Lol!