I am going to put myself up for criticism (again ), but I don't "get it."
Ggreen tried explaining it to me when I bought his CZ with a choice between a decocker and a safety (decocker on it now) and I thought I "got it" but I have nagging doubts again.
To my limited grasp of it, it is essential to have a safety so a person doesn't have an accidental discharge for whatever the reason: you even read of discarges that can't/shouldn't happen, but do.
I am hyper-concerned about safety, and will not even carry a round in the chamber in a CC gun, unless there is a long D/A pull, which rules out many guns (Glocks).
You even hear/read of safeties getting accidentally put in the wrong position.
Even my beloved Shield 9mm does not have a safety on it, but seems to have a longer "1st pull."
This is 1 of the reasons I CC a revolver with a long D/A pull (S/W hammerless snubbie), since it is DAO, it is strictly an emergency up-close defensive tool (the quintessential 7 yds.).
When a gun is in decocker mode, what is the advantage for the 1st shot? Why not leave it in the longer D/A 1st pull mode before the S/A engages with the 2nd and following shots?
Forgive my ignorance, I've not manipuated a decocker much, except that the range with my Ruger P89, and I didn't "get it."
For my range guns, it doesn't matter, but if I would choose to CC a range gun on an occassion, I need to understand the pros/cons fully to take advantage of the mechanics available.
Again, sorry for yet another area which I have a big "hole/gap" in my gun background (nearly all revolvers, so I didn't grow up with it in my 20s).
I can google it and find all knowledge, I'm just being lazy and there is something to be said about the short version of "Safeties and Decockers for Dummies" version.
Ggreen tried explaining it to me when I bought his CZ with a choice between a decocker and a safety (decocker on it now) and I thought I "got it" but I have nagging doubts again.
To my limited grasp of it, it is essential to have a safety so a person doesn't have an accidental discharge for whatever the reason: you even read of discarges that can't/shouldn't happen, but do.
I am hyper-concerned about safety, and will not even carry a round in the chamber in a CC gun, unless there is a long D/A pull, which rules out many guns (Glocks).
You even hear/read of safeties getting accidentally put in the wrong position.
Even my beloved Shield 9mm does not have a safety on it, but seems to have a longer "1st pull."
This is 1 of the reasons I CC a revolver with a long D/A pull (S/W hammerless snubbie), since it is DAO, it is strictly an emergency up-close defensive tool (the quintessential 7 yds.).
When a gun is in decocker mode, what is the advantage for the 1st shot? Why not leave it in the longer D/A 1st pull mode before the S/A engages with the 2nd and following shots?
Forgive my ignorance, I've not manipuated a decocker much, except that the range with my Ruger P89, and I didn't "get it."
For my range guns, it doesn't matter, but if I would choose to CC a range gun on an occassion, I need to understand the pros/cons fully to take advantage of the mechanics available.
Again, sorry for yet another area which I have a big "hole/gap" in my gun background (nearly all revolvers, so I didn't grow up with it in my 20s).
I can google it and find all knowledge, I'm just being lazy and there is something to be said about the short version of "Safeties and Decockers for Dummies" version.