The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Bobbing the hammer on a DA/SA snub: questions.

AK103K · January 26, 2021, 08:48 AM

All I was saying there was you might as well remove the SA notch while you were at it, as there was no longer a need for it.

Bobbing the hammer basically converts it anyway. For most who do it anyway.

It also takes away the safety risk of those who think they are going to try and thumb cock it for some silly reason. Hard enough to do at the range when youre not under any stress, and why would you anyway, you should be shooting, not fooling with the hammer.

Like the comment on trying to draw with your thumb on the hammer while rolling around on the ground, etc, just poor, inappropriate habits picked up at the range or at the keyboard, thinking that its in line with reality, when its not.

If you dont want to shoot DA, dont. No one is telling you you have to. If you want to learn to shoot a DA revolver properly, at least in a defensive/offensive capacity (ie "serious use"), then you want to learn to shoot DAO. Simple as that.

January 26, 2021, 08:48 AM	#33
AK103K Senior Member Join Date: May 1, 2001 Posts: 10,223	All I was saying there was you might as well remove the SA notch while you were at it, as there was no longer a need for it. Bobbing the hammer basically converts it anyway. For most who do it anyway. It also takes away the safety risk of those who think they are going to try and thumb cock it for some silly reason. Hard enough to do at the range when youre not under any stress, and why would you anyway, you should be shooting, not fooling with the hammer. Like the comment on trying to draw with your thumb on the hammer while rolling around on the ground, etc, just poor, inappropriate habits picked up at the range or at the keyboard, thinking that its in line with reality, when its not. If you dont want to shoot DA, dont. No one is telling you you have to. If you want to learn to shoot a DA revolver properly, at least in a defensive/offensive capacity (ie "serious use"), then you want to learn to shoot DAO. Simple as that.