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Jim Watson · January 11, 2010, 11:18 PM

Agree with Rick, your time would be better spent practicing the DA-SA transition. Read about it at:
http://pistol-training.com/articles/...le-action-shot
by Ernest Langdon who took the DA-SA gun about as far as it will go... to the top of IDPA.

I have seen people at IDPA and IPSC matches trying to thumb-cock the Sig-Sauer on the draw. It is an ugly sight, slow and awkward. I don't think there is a great risk of the gun going off if you slip on the hammer, but it is not an effective way to prepare to shoot.

But, if you have PLENTY of time and a calm stomach, I guess you could do it. Chick Gaylord thought it was important to have a hammer spur on a revolver for shooting at distance. But that was 1960 and techniques are better now.

January 11, 2010, 11:18 PM	#3
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,535	Agree with Rick, your time would be better spent practicing the DA-SA transition. Read about it at: http://pistol-training.com/articles/...le-action-shot by Ernest Langdon who took the DA-SA gun about as far as it will go... to the top of IDPA. I have seen people at IDPA and IPSC matches trying to thumb-cock the Sig-Sauer on the draw. It is an ugly sight, slow and awkward. I don't think there is a great risk of the gun going off if you slip on the hammer, but it is not an effective way to prepare to shoot. But, if you have PLENTY of time and a calm stomach, I guess you could do it. Chick Gaylord thought it was important to have a hammer spur on a revolver for shooting at distance. But that was 1960 and techniques are better now.