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waltherman
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Post subject:  Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:26 pm |
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I carry my SA/DA P5 Compact like Jimmy Trivett does, de-cocked with a round in the chamber. 
Mike
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sigman
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:56 pm |
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Location: Racine, MN
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Carbide Insert
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:04 pm |
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cmj685 wrote: I have a DA/SA which I carry with the chamber empty and the safety on (that's what I call a real triple safety!). I know the arguments against that position and completely acknowledge their validity. My reasons for carrying in this way are that I am a relative newcomer to the handgun community and to carrying, so I felt I wanted to maximize the safety aspect until I was absolutely comfortable both with myself and my new weapon. In addition, my biggest reason for carrying is to have a weapon out in the western mountains where I spend alot of time (and had the terrible experience in September 2005 of being taken hostage for 15 hours by a couple of meth-heads--that woke me up to realities I had never seen before!) and would have sufficient time to prepare for any kind of encounter. When I am absolutely comfortable, I will carry in a different way. !
I too would love to hear the story. Spill the beans man!
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Pakrat
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 1:25 am |
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Oh, one reason I carry one in the pipe with no safety? Because it's like a 12 pound trigger pull. It would be very hard to get something unintentionally to pull that trigger. That is like a safety unto itself.
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Pat
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:58 am |
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Hey Pakrat,
What the devil are you carrying that has a 12 pound trigger pull? Holy crap!. That’s like a case of pop cans!
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Jeremiah
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:41 am |
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Pat Cannon wrote: DA/SA is just too darn complicated for me, even when I'm not in an emergency. In fact I think this whole self-loading pistol fad will blow over.  +1
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thurianknight
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:47 am |
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mgobel wrote: sigman wrote: mostlylawabidingcitizen wrote: matt160 wrote: Widge wrote: I carry Sigs, or a CZ, all with hammer down and one in the pipe. +1 +2 Mostly- +3 +4 +5. Sigs rock.
TK
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brauchma
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:23 pm |
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thurianknight wrote: mgobel wrote: sigman wrote: mostlylawabidingcitizen wrote: matt160 wrote: Widge wrote: I carry Sigs, or a CZ, all with hammer down and one in the pipe. +1 +2 Mostly- +3 +4 +5 -1
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Just felt like subtracting. I have never shot a sig. Would like to though.
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westhope
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:19 pm |
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Location: West of Hope, MN (S. Central MN)
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At a "BS" session after an IPSIC match a few years back, a metro police officer, whose department specified DA/SA firearms (or DAO), jokingly refered to the heavy DA first trigger pull as "power cocking".
Just pull the trigger and fire a round so you could get to the sweeter SA trigger pull where you could actually aim and hit something.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:28 pm |
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If your guns set up right, and you practice that way, you can hit with your first round DA...
CZ PCR (slicked up), one in the pipe, decocked...
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Pakrat
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:28 pm |
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I make it a point to practice (at least-) the first shot in decocked mode, with my PCR.
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Srigs
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:20 pm |
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Widge wrote: Quote: I did not like the hammer poking me in the side so I sold it for a DAO Wuz you carryin' gangsta style, yo?  No not really. At the time, I was a little rounder around the middle. 
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doctor_strangelove
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:37 pm |
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I remember when I first got my SIG, and as my first handgun, I recall how 'heavy' the double action trigger pull felt. Now thoroughly worked in, it feels smooth as butter and easy to pull; My hands are probably quite a bit stronger now/used to the act of pulling a trigger, admittedly.
(Hammer down on a chambered round)
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e5usmc
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:27 pm |
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Add my name to the point and click list. Only my long guns have safety's.
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macphisto
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:16 pm |
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Sig recently came out with their new P220R, which is a SAO .45 and designed to be carried cocked and locked like a 1911.
Cool!
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