Learning the Double Action/Single Action Trigger

By Bob Owens | 9:41 AM | May 24, 2016

Chris Baker of Lucky Gunner Lounge continues his series on the rise, fall, and resurgence of DA/SA (double-action first shot, single action for following shots) handguns with one of the most insightful and informed videos we’ve seen on using the system.

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DA/SA guns are easier to learn to shoot than most people realize. It’s finding an instructor who understands the system well enough to teach from a true position of authority (such Earnest Langdon of Langdon Tactical) that can be a little difficult.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.