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To: SeekAndFind
"in split-second incidents, police don't cock their gun but instead fire all the way through meaning the shots will be less accurate because it requires more pressure to fire the weapon"

Was he using a revolver? This is news!

8 posted on 08/19/2014 1:43:59 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll (Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

Yea, they make it sound like the cop was using a double action revolver or DAO semi-automatic handgun.


21 posted on 08/19/2014 1:47:11 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Da Bilge Troll
no revolver and I would bet it was a double action only pistol too. The trigger pull on those is not that heavy and they train for rapid fire close assault situations.

Who ever posted this question it gun, ballistics, and law enforcement ignorant.

49 posted on 08/19/2014 2:01:20 PM PDT by oldenuff2no (Retired military dog handler)
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To: Da Bilge Troll
Was he using a revolver? This is news!

With a double action/single action automatic, the first shot takes a longer and heavier trigger pull, but the subsequent shots have a shorter and lighter pull, because the hammer is cocked by the operation of the slide.

84 posted on 08/19/2014 2:31:04 PM PDT by Haiku Guy (Health Care Haiku: If You Have a Right / To the Labor I Provide / I Must Be Your Slave)
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