{"id":4779,"date":"2022-03-15T08:53:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T08:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/?p=4779"},"modified":"2022-02-14T15:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:56:29","slug":"comparing-single-action-vs-double-action-handguns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/comparing-single-action-vs-double-action-handguns\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Single Action vs Double Action Handguns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single Action Vs Double Action Handguns<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trigger is an absolutely vital part of your gun. Pressing the trigger is the last thing that happens before the gun fires, which means that controlling how you press the trigger is absolutely vital to getting proficient with your firearm. What the trigger does is easy. How it actually works takes a little more time to understand, which is why we\u2019re going to talk about single action vs double action triggers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ll begin by defining the word \u201caction.\u201d While it can mean <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/a-glossary-of-common-gun-terms\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">everything inside the gun that makes it go \u201cbang,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d in this case, we\u2019ll be using it as a verb to describe the action of the trigger itself. For the most part, trigger actions fall into one of two types:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single action triggers, which perform just one task, usually dropping the hammer or releasing the striker.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Double action triggers, which perform two tasks, usually cocking and then releasing the hammer or striker.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sounds easy, and in theory, it is. Let\u2019s take a look at how the differences between single action vs double action triggers in both semi-automatic pistols as well as revolvers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples of Single Action vs Double Action Guns<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4776\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/single_action_pistol.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4776\" class=\"wp-image-4776 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/single_action_pistol-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"single action pistol\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/single_action_pistol-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/single_action_pistol-921x1024.jpg 921w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/single_action_pistol-768x854.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/single_action_pistol-1381x1536.jpg 1381w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/single_action_pistol-610x678.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/single_action_pistol-1080x1201.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/single_action_pistol-627x697.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/single_action_pistol.jpg 1439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 1911 is a single action gun, and should be carried with a round in the chamber and safeties engaged.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1911-style guns are the iconic single-action semi-automatic. Pulling the trigger on a 1911 drops the hammer on the firing pin, and that\u2019s it. The pin hits the primer on the base of the cartridge, the primer goes off and ignites the powder, which sends the bullet downrange. A portion of the energy from that shot is reused to move the slide backwards, eject the empty case and chamber a fresh round. Most importantly for our purposes, though, the motion of the slide going backwards resets the hammer so it\u2019s ready to shoot again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pulling the trigger on a double action semi-automatic pistol such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/sccy-cpx-2-review\/\">Sccy CPX-2<\/a> performs two tasks, namely cocking the hammer backwards and releasing it to fire the gun. The gun will still shoot in almost exactly the same manner as a 1911 or almost every other semi-automatic gun, but the hammer is not reset after the gun finishes cycling and loading a new round into the chamber. Instead, you are pulling the hammer back and releasing it each and every time you pull the trigger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revolvers can be single action or double action as well. The legendary Colt Peacemaker and similar guns are the epitome of the classic single action revolver. You first need to cock the hammer before firing a Peacemaker or any other single action revolver. That action turns the cylinder, aligning a fresh round with the cylinder, and then the hammer drops and the gun fires when you press the trigger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two, Two, Two Tasks In One<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_4777\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_revolver-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4777\" class=\"wp-image-4777 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_revolver-1-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"double action revolver\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_revolver-1-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_revolver-1-1024x889.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_revolver-1-768x667.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_revolver-1-1536x1333.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_revolver-1-610x530.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_revolver-1-1080x938.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_revolver-1-627x544.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_revolver-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hammer on the Ruger LCR is shrouded, which means it can only be fired double action.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pulling back on the trigger of a double action revolver, on the other hand, cocks the hammer and rotates the cylinder. The hammer then falls and the gun goes \u201cbang!\u201d once the trigger is fully pulled back to the rear. If a revolver has a hammer you can move, you can use it to cock the gun and move the cylinder, turning it into a single action gun for that one shot. Some revolvers, though, shroud the hammer so that it doesn\u2019t catch on clothing as the gun is drawn, making them in effect double-action only.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trigger Warning<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the big advantages of a single action vs a double action is a lighter trigger pull. It takes less effort to pull the trigger on a single action gun because the trigger is doing just one thing: Dropping the hammer or releasing the striker. Pulling the trigger back on a double action gun does at least two things, and that requires more effort. For instance, it takes about 4.5 pounds of force to press the trigger on my single action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colt.com\/detail-page\/competition-ser70-45acp-bl-81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colt 1911<\/a>. The double action trigger on a Sccy CPX-2, however, takes over 9 pounds of effort.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same is true for revolvers. Thumbing back the hammer on my S&amp;W Model 10 changes the trigger from doing three things (spinning the cylinder, cocking, and releasing the hammer) to just one thing: Releasing the hammer. This change increases the amount of effort (aka \u201ctrigger pull\u201d) down from just over 2 pounds in single action versus a double action trigger pull of over 9 pounds. Quite the difference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Double Take On Double Action<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At first glance, double action seems sort of silly. Why use the trigger to cock the hammer if the gun itself can do the work for you? In addition to this, it takes more effort to pull the trigger if the trigger is doing two things instead of one, and since the more you move the trigger, the greater the chances you\u2019ll pull the sights off-target and miss the shot, so why not just shoot single action all the time? Why worry about single action vs double action at all?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4778\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_pistol.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4778\" class=\"wp-image-4778 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_pistol-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sccy cpx-2\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_pistol-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_pistol-1002x1024.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_pistol-768x785.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_pistol-1502x1536.jpg 1502w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_pistol-610x624.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_pistol-1080x1104.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_pistol-627x641.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/double_action_pistol.jpg 1565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There&#8217;s a hammer hidden away at the back of this double action Sccy CPX-2.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short, light trigger pull of a single action pistol is both a strength and a weakness. It\u2019s nice when you\u2019re trying to make the shot, but it also means that the trigger is easy to press when it\u2019s not pointed at the target. This in turn greatly increases the chance of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/what-is-a-negligent-discharge-and-how-you-can-avoid-them\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">negligent discharge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is why guns like the 1911 have at least one manual safety that needs to be disengaged before they can fire. It\u2019s also why single-action only revolvers such as the Colt Peacemaker are carried with the hammer down so they can\u2019t be fired until the hammer is cocked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This need to disengage the safety or cock the hammer isn\u2019t a problem if you train regularly with your gun and make using the safety an integral part of practicing with your gun. However, it\u2019s quite common to see new gun owners present their guns to target, press the trigger and then be embarrassed as they realize they forget to flick the safety off. It\u2019s embarrassing on the range, it\u2019s a much bigger problem if your life&#8217;s on the line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice And Training Are Key<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A double action pistol, on the other hand, takes more effort to pull the trigger. This makes it harder (but not impossible) to fire accidentally. For instance, it\u2019s very common to carry a double action revolver with live rounds in all the chambers in the cylinder. The gun is safe to carry this way because it takes a lot of effort to make it go \u201cbang,\u201d much more so than when used in single action mode.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to this, a good holster, one that covers the trigger housing, is an essential part of safely carrying a pistol, be it single or double action. Single action guns are safe to carry with the proper safeties engaged, and double action guns are safe to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/the-theory-and-practice-of-israeli-carry\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">carry with a round in the chamber<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Take the time to learn the differences between a single action vs double action pistol and then decide if one of them is right for you, or something like a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/what-is-a-striker-fired-action\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">striker-fired gun<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would be best. Whichever you choose, realize that it\u2019s your ability to make the shot on-demand that makes the difference, much more so than the gun you choose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Single Action Vs Double Action Handguns The trigger is an absolutely vital part of your gun. Pressing the trigger is the last thing that happens before the gun fires, which means that controlling how you press the trigger is absolutely vital to getting proficient with your firearm. What the trigger does is easy. 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