So now we are going to look at a Double Single.
Double Single Action.
This would be like a Sig Sauer, a Beretta, or any other gun with this type of mechanism.
Why is it called a double single?
Well, you can operate the hammer from two different methods.
Double action in one movement.
The trigger actuates the hammer, cocking it and releases it all in one movement.
Single action.
The hammer is cocked.
And the trigger breaks it here, from the cocked position.
A weapon like this is usually carried in this position.
Either on safe or in this mode.
This particular Beretta does not have a safety.
It only has a decocking lever.
You folks with the Sigs and regular ‘92s will also have the choice of a safety selector.
So this gun will be carried in this position.
If you were to come out of a holster, you would engage from here.
After the gun fired, you would then be in single action.
This is the challenge with this type of gun.
Now you need to learn two trigger pulls.
It can be done.
Some of the best shooters in the world shoot this type of weapon.
Look at the guys from factory Beretta’s Team or Sigs Team and their shooting double
singles.
And you can do amazing things with it.
What’s the benefit?
This is a big heavy steel gun.
These double singles have a lot of weight behind them.
It means their recoil is very light.
What else?
That single action, boy is it sweet after shooting plastic guns.
If you have a gun like this in single action mode and you’re use to shooting a Glock
or a MMP, that is just silky silky smooth.
What is there you have to think about in addition to the striker fired?
There is a reason those striker fired pistols are so widely used.
They are so darn easy.
You’ve got another step or two you’ve got to add into this.
So with this particular weapon, If you’re loaded up and you want to come back to the
holster, especially after shooting…
If you’re in this position, you need to press the decock lever.
If you’ve got a safety, you engage the safety at that point.
Then safely come back to the holster.
Notice where my thumb is.
Can you zoom in on that Drew?
When you’ve got an exposed hammer like this, it is a great habit to hold that hammer down
as you come back to the holster.
You’re not drawing like this, but you’re holstering up like this.
You’re draw is still a good master grip.
But after you’re done shooting, holding that hammer in that position is a good added
safety feature, letting you know that this gun is not going to go off.
I’m holding the hammer forward.
Why do we do that?
Well, as we all know.
Holstering is where most accidents happen.
If you were to accidentally come into the holster and something got ahold of that trigger…
like some clothing or debris.
And you started actuating it, having your finger there not only impedes it from moving.
It tells you, hey, something is going on here.
So with these double singles, there’s a trade-off for that sweet single action trigger.
You’ve now got to deal with this hammer.
I’m not talking about a 1911, I’m talking about these double singles where you can actually
decock this thing.
You’re going to bring your thumb to the back position here, to decock.
When doing that, indexing that hammer against the side of your thumb.
I can feel, even with my eyes closed, that that hammer is in the rear position.
I know opps, decock.
Now when I come back up, everything feels as it should be.
Just like the other guns, you need to build repetition.
This is why we don’t want you guys jumping from gun to gun to gun.
You need to be one with the tool.
This is how you do it.
We’re going to load this baby up.
So the loading process is just the same as it was, with the other firearm we were using
earlier.
The stricker fired.
You’re going to load.
Same fashion, I’m going to tug that magazine and I have a choice.
Do I want to come over the top or do I want to sling shot.
From this position I think I’m going to come over the top.
I let that slide go forcefully home.
Now I’ve got another choice.
From this position I can come out and fire in that single action mode.
But I know if I’m going to carry this weapon, I’m going to be carrying it in double action
mode.
So I’m not going to cheat myself out of that learning lesson with the double action.
So you’re going to see, where going to press out.
The first shot.
If you watch that hammer.
You see that hammer moving?
Watch that hammer come back.
Now where is it?
It’s in that rear position.
So now if I wanted to work on double action.
I could decock, and just work on that double action… or I could enjoy the sweet smooth
silkiness of that single.
We’re going to do that another time for you.
So as we come out on the target, we’ve got that long double action pull.
After that, we now get to enjoy the benefit of that single action.
This thing is too hard to not enjoy.
I’m going to do that one more time.
So just like our plastic gun, we’ve got our magazine in a good index position.
Come out of our mag holder… we insert.
We give it a tug.
Seat.
Lock.
Tug.
I’m going to come over the top or I can sling shot.
I let the slide slam forcefully home.
With this double single I don’t want to rob myself of the ability to practice the
double action pull.
So I’m going to decock as I start this drill.
So I can come out.
I can watch that hammer come back.
As that hammer comes back off that first shot, now I get to enjoy the benefits of a gun like
this.
I’ve got that sweet, sweet single action trigger pull.
Look at that.
Very very easy.
And this is a tuned-up gun, so it’s even better.
Now comes the part where you have to pay attention.
If you go back to holster like this, that is not safe.
We’ve got a very light trigger pull.
You gotta make sure you decock.
So our thumb comes back.
We swipe the decocker.
Right?
I’m now going to come up over the top of the hammer and come back to my holster position.
Make sure when you’re working with these double singles that you understand how all
these moving parts work and why.
There’s a benefit to them, and theirs some drawbacks.
And that drawback is that you’ve got more stuff to add into your data bank.
Be careful.
Did you go out and buy one of these, thinking it would make you or your family safer but
now it just sits in a safe?
Take a class.
Get some training.
And practice.
Having a weapon doesn’t make you any safer than having a guitar makes you a musician.
You need to think about this as a lifestyle.
A way of life.
Having a tool, a vehicle, a guitar, whatever…
doesn’t do anything unless you know how to use that implement.
Get training.
Make it a lifestyle to have this weapon with you and know how to use it.
This is Mickey with Carry Trainer dot com.
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