TLDR: I bought a DA/SA hammer fired. Should I trade it for striker fired?
I bought a Beretta PX4 9mm just to get a pistol before the 1 Oct laws.
Long, heavy DA pull, followed by short, light, hair-trigger SA pulls.
The long DA pull was OK, but the SA trigger kind of gives me the creeps, it's so easy.
I don't like the sights much, it's the 'combat sight picture' which means that unlike the 6 o'clock picture, you have to cover your target with the front sight dot. If I aim high, I'm accurate enough with it. I can hit an 8" plate every time at 25'. The bad guy would not be happy.
I did like that the first DA pull was so heavy that I can not imagine an accidental discharge with the first shot. The second shot I took with this gun was of course a SA (automatically cocked) shot, and I would have to classify that shot as a negligent discharge. It still hit the target, but only because I was aiming at it after the first shot. SA on this gun is extremely light.
I am a pistol noob, and I never realized that with a DA/SA gun, you should decock the gun every time whenever you are not aiming to shoot something. I'm flipping switches on this thing all the time, and re-checking the hammer and safety to ensure it is safe when I step away from the firing line.
I just rented a Ruger SR9. I think it's sort of a noob's striker fired gun. It's got a loaded chamber indicator and an actual thumb safety. The trigger felt light, but not hair trigger. It has a really short reset that I could feel. I shot 4" groups at 25'. The fact that it was always loaded, always cocked also gave me the creeps. But, this gun is much simpler. The trigger is the same for all shots, and I don't have to flip switches all the time.
I'm considering taking a bit of a loss, and selling the Beretta and buying a striker fired gun. Probably the Ruger SR9 or maybe the S&W M&P with the thumb safety.
If so, I have to do this in the next few days.
I bought a Beretta PX4 9mm just to get a pistol before the 1 Oct laws.
Long, heavy DA pull, followed by short, light, hair-trigger SA pulls.
The long DA pull was OK, but the SA trigger kind of gives me the creeps, it's so easy.
I don't like the sights much, it's the 'combat sight picture' which means that unlike the 6 o'clock picture, you have to cover your target with the front sight dot. If I aim high, I'm accurate enough with it. I can hit an 8" plate every time at 25'. The bad guy would not be happy.
I did like that the first DA pull was so heavy that I can not imagine an accidental discharge with the first shot. The second shot I took with this gun was of course a SA (automatically cocked) shot, and I would have to classify that shot as a negligent discharge. It still hit the target, but only because I was aiming at it after the first shot. SA on this gun is extremely light.
I am a pistol noob, and I never realized that with a DA/SA gun, you should decock the gun every time whenever you are not aiming to shoot something. I'm flipping switches on this thing all the time, and re-checking the hammer and safety to ensure it is safe when I step away from the firing line.
I just rented a Ruger SR9. I think it's sort of a noob's striker fired gun. It's got a loaded chamber indicator and an actual thumb safety. The trigger felt light, but not hair trigger. It has a really short reset that I could feel. I shot 4" groups at 25'. The fact that it was always loaded, always cocked also gave me the creeps. But, this gun is much simpler. The trigger is the same for all shots, and I don't have to flip switches all the time.
I'm considering taking a bit of a loss, and selling the Beretta and buying a striker fired gun. Probably the Ruger SR9 or maybe the S&W M&P with the thumb safety.
If so, I have to do this in the next few days.
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