coltle6920
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Why is this firearm called single action? It looks like a semi.There isn't an exposed hammer.It tales a mag.
Just curious...
Just curious...
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Quick question...FN Browning 1900
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It's a single action automatic, like a 1911, without an exposed hammer.
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coltle6920
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I say this with complete ignorance of the matter but isn't "single action automatic" an oxymoron?
Why is it referred to as single action when it seems to function like any other semi auto?
Single action doesn't refer to the self loading and self cocking of an auto. It simply means there is only one type of trigger pull, a short one. Technically a DAO auto is single action, with only a long pull, and technically it's probably not an automatic pistol since it doesn't cock when fired. Since it feeds from a mag instead of a cylinder, it gets called an auto.
35Rem
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Double action means that pulling the trigger BOTH cocks the hammer and releases it to fire the gun. A single action only releases the hammer with a trigger pull.
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coltle6920
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Thanks guys! I hope I'm on the right track with your posts and a video I saw online.
It is definitely one strange firearm when disassembled.I'm thinking that it's the blowback that resets the gun for the next shot kind of like my AR.
It is definitely one strange firearm when disassembled.I'm thinking that it's the blowback that resets the gun for the next shot kind of like my AR.
Maybe you are getting SA/DA mixed up with semi-auto. Semi-autos come in SA/DA versions all autoload the next round after firing.
SA/DA only refers to the trigger action as mentioned earlier.
Revolvers can also be SA/DA.
Stevie
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The FN Browning 1900 is a striker-fired semi-auto...yeh..probably qualifies as a 'single-action'
