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Double-Action Mechanism

admin · 2026-03-16T23:03:52.767Z

Spent some time going through the history on the double-action mechanism this week and a few things stood out worth talking through. I had one of your largest sized Revolver Pistols at the bloody battle of Inkermann, and by some chance got surrounded by the Russians... had I to cock before each shot I should have lost my life. — J.G. Crosse, 88th Regiment of Foot That's not a marketing claim — that's a guy who survived because his trigger did more work than the other guy's. Every time someo...

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Double-Action Mechanism

The double-action (DA) mechanism is a trigger system in which a single pull of the trigger performs two functions: it cocks the hammer and then releases it to fire the round. Before this existed, every practical repeating handgun required the shooter

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