[PowderMonkey]

"The problem with DA pistols is staging* the trigger after shooting them at targets for a while. The time used up in staging the trigger can be the time-delay that makes you dead in a combat situation."

Never was a problem for me or my colleagues when our standard issue sidearm was the S&W Model 19. All still alive. Those that opposed them still dead. One man became a living legend in fending off an attack by multiple aggressors armed with AK-47. He took a bullet through the neck, but survived, and left 3 dead. S&W Model 19. The right hand of freedom in the 1980s.

[Ramius]

The model 19... Agreed. Awesome pistol. My dad and my sister each got one. I went with the 686 as my hands are a little bigger. But I like that 19 too.

[expat2]

Glad to hear you and your colleagues came through ok, even the guy who took on an AK-47 with a revolver. Got a question though: did you guys cock the hammers with your thumbs — that would make trigger action better and eliminate staging.