You get second strike capability with DA/SA
This was an explicit concern when the West German police did their police pistol trials in the late '70s/early '80s (in the wake of the massacre at the Munich Olympics in '72). They wanted the crunchentickers to act as much like wheelguns as possible to minimize the difficulties in converting from revolvers, which resulted in one of the design criteria being no manual safeties. That, in turn, meant that you couldn't have a traditional SA trigger, at least for the first shot; SIG-Sauer and Walther both chose a traditional DA/SA action for their P6 and P5 (respectively), and HK went with the innovative squeeze-cocking system on its P7. (The P6 is the progenitor of the P22x series of pistols, BTW.)This and as various police departments were considering transitioning from revolvers to semi-autos
Hogwash.Striker pistols are more dangerous to carry because of no manual safety.
Instead of being cute, why dont you attempt to answer OP's question?Hogwash.
First of all, there are striker-fired pistols with manual safeties. Second, that makes wheelguns just as dangerous as striker-fired pistols. Third, sticking a pistol in a holster with your shirt in the trigger guard isn't the gun's firing mechanism not being safe, it's 100% operator error.
Third, sticking a pistol in a holster with your shirt in the trigger guard isn't the gun's firing mechanism not being safe, it's 100% operator error.
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