Is single-action better than double-action?
Nash Rosenbaum
2025-07-30 08:43:29
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The trigger both cocks and releases the hammer. There is no single-action function and the hammer will return to its decocked position after each shot. With a DA revolver, the hammer can be cocked first, or the trigger can be pulled and it will cock and release the hammer. Once the gun has fired, the hammer stays in the decocked position until the hammer is re-cocked, or the trigger is pulled again. The blowback from the firing mechanism automatically re-cocks the hammer after the gun is fired, such that each subsequent shot only requires the hammer to be released. With a DA semi-automatic pistol, the initial trigger pull will cock and release the hammer, and each subsequent shot only requires the hammer to be released.
Dayton Raynor
2025-07-30 07:21:36
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A single action may have the ability to be a little more ruggedly built to stand up to higher pressure loads, given that the cylinder isn’t on a crane. A single action might be a little more mechanically simple as well. An intrinsic benefit would be accuracy, as the entire action of the gun forces you to slow down and make each shot count.
Enrico Gaylord
2025-07-30 06:35:02
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Single-action and double-action refer to how a gun's mechanism operates when the trigger is pulled.
A single action revolver has a light and smooth trigger pull, as it only needs to drop the hammer.
This allows for more accurate shooting.
A double action revolver has a heavier, longer trigger pull, which can be detrimental to accuracy.
In a single-action, when the trigger is pulled, the hammer is released, causing the cartridge in the chamber to fire.
They are called “single action” because only one mechanism – the release of the hammer – occurs when the trigger is pulled in order for the gun to fire.
Single action automatics such as the 1911 patter pistols must be cocked manually prior to the first shot, but on subsequent shots, the hammer is cocked automatically by the reward travel of the recoiling slide.
Some consider double action weapons to be safer than single action weapons, but modern innovations have made it very difficult to make a well maintained firearm of either type unintentionally discharge.
The hammer cannot be manually cocked back in double action, only the pull of the trigger can cause that to happen.
A double action revolver can be reloaded more quickly, by swinging the cylinder out of the gun frame, and then using a speed loader or hand-loading the rounds.
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