Hey /k/, I has question. What is the deal between between double

Double action only is a heavy trigger pull that cocks the hammer back and releases it with each trigger pull. Double action/single action has a lighter trigger pull for single action, which is what every shot will be after the first, because the slide coming back, on a semi-auto pistol anyway, will cock the hammer back.

Hammer fired guns can be cocked and locked, such as how 1911's are carried, if their user wants to carry with the safety on. Striker fired pistols, such as Glocks, have an internal striker that is half-cocked when you're carrying it. Pulling the trigger finishes pulling the striker back, then releases it. Striker fired pistols can only be shot once without the slide going back, unlike DA or DA/SA pistols, which you can typically pull the trigger on again without having to rack the slide.

>>22387217
Most enlightening. Tanks, man

>>22387292
You're welcome. Anything else you care to ask?

Single-action handguns need to have the hammer pulled back manually before each shot. Think of Old West cowboy revolvers. Double action revolvers can be cocked and fired by pulling the trigger. If you want an extra-light trigger pull using a double-action revolver, you can cock the hammer first, which gives a very light trigger pull.

A single-action automatic is like the old 1911 or Browning High Power. You have to manually cock it for the first shot, but after that the slide moving back between shots automatically cocks the hammer for each shot after that.

A more modern hammer-fired automatic like the SIG 226 or even the Walther P-38 cocks the hammer with the trigger pull. So does the Beretta 92. You could also thumb-cock the hammer for a light trigger pull if you wanted to, like with a modern revolver.

A striker-fired handgun like the Glock does not have a hammer. Like your Moison-Nagant, it uses a spring behind the firing pin to fire. Since there is no hammer to cock, it is double-action only.

Some police departments use hammer-fired automatic pistols, but absolutely forbid their officers to cock them manually and fire them single-action. They are probably afraid they will go off accidentally in a stressful situation. there are hammer-fired automatic that have had the hammer spur you could cock with your thumb removed so that there is no way to shoot them single-action..

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Here is a modern exampe of DAO revolver. Hammer is shrouded so it can't be thumb cocked. Good for concealed carry. No hammer extension to catch on clothing.

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>>22387598
A some what older version of a DAO revolver.

>>22387598
I was looking at one of those to carry as a backup gun. I'm in the air between that, the S&W 637, and the Ruger LCR. Pros and cons of each?

>>22387643
I like the 642. Very light. I have since added Crimson Trace laser grips.

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>>22387639
is the lemons queezer a general term for the ones with the grip safety and shrouded hammer?

>>22387691
Which is the larger one?

>>22387217
>Hammers can have safeties
>Strikers can't

Maybe you didn't mean that, but that's what it sounds like.

>Why hammer vs. striker?

Hammers take up more room, require mainsprings that take up room and are not as consistent as strikers (that's more nit-picking TBH) but you can cock them in case of a light strike, and other semi-autos can have decockers if you want a DA pull on the first shot as a halfway type of "safety"

>>22387691
Should add I bought the Smith purely on price. Fin, Feather and Fur here in Ohio had them for under 300 on sale at Christmas a couple of years ago. Supplies limited blah, blah but I got lucky.

>>22387748
Sorry, didn't mean for it to come off that way. I just had a lot of shit going through my head and tried to get the thoughts out as they came to me.

>>22386331
>No-fun
>Has a nugget

This is your daily reminder that the most beat up, piece of shit, cosmoline soaked, bent barreled and blown-out bore nugget will still cost you a minimum of $600 in Australia

>>22387734
Yes. The S&W New Departure was called the Lemon Squeezer by some because the grip safety/frame looked remarkably like a lemon squeezer available at that time.

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>>22387734
Yep. Pic name very related.

>>22387786
How much is your weed?

>>22387744
LCR is slightly larger. LCR has a better trigger.
637 is a stainless Airweight with exposed hammer. The 642 is the hammerless stainless airweight. It allows a higher grip for recoil taming.

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>>22387748
The German Ortgies was a classic striker fired pistol

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>>22387789
>>22387836
Alright, thanks for clearing that up

My H&R auto ejecting model, 1900 me thinks, matching cylinder and top latch

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>>22387951
Love those H&R pistols. This one stays in an inside pocket sewn into my fishing vest. 4 .22 snake shot loads followed by 5 .22LR

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>>22388006
Cool, thinking i paid $50 too much for mine since i'm unsure of the timing, but damn moment i saw the condition it was in, impulsively jumped on it

Since this is now a revolver circlejerk thread, what is a good, somewhat cheap revolver to carry as a backup?

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>>22388111
You can still find the old S&W and Colt police .38s in good condition or re-built. They will never let you down.

>>22387840
$20 a gram
$50 for ~4 grams
$80 for a quarter ounce
etc. etc. etc.

Also we don't have strains, we just have bud and it is anyone's guess what it is unless you go to particular people

>>22388219
How much do they go for? I've never seen any around here.

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>>22388270
400.00 give or take. I see them in larger fun stores with a good inventory of used firearms. Gun shows usually have a lot of them. I scored this Smith 10-5 for 300 in a private sale

>>22388354
Why do everybody else's gun pictures always come out good and mine always look like shit?

>>22388403
You need lots of light (no flash) and use the Macro mode on your digital point and shoot.

>>22388443
Mine doesn't have a macro mode on it. I have a Sony DSC-W730.

>>22388475
Close up focus then?

>>22388568
Nope. That camera is, now that I know a little about them, overpriced as shit.

>>22388611
The great and wonderful goo says that model does macro focus automagically...

>>22388725
It also says it has a halfway button which it doesn't.