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Posted: 2/26/2007 1:12:31 AM EDT
[#1]
No, it is not. It's a striker fired pistol, single actions have a hammer that can be cocked, it does not.
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Posted: 2/26/2007 1:16:21 AM EDT
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It is the same as a Glock action. So it is neither single or double.
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Posted: 2/26/2007 1:31:24 AM EDT
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BATF calls a Glock a DAO. I dunno how the XD would be any different.
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Posted: 2/26/2007 1:32:08 AM EDT
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Here is more info.
ATF defines it as a single action. NIJ defines it as a "striker fired" neither DA or SA. The difference between it and a Glock is the Glock is half cocked and finished cocking when the trigger is pulled. The XD is fully cocked and the trigger does nothing to the striker except release it. I can see why one would think it is SA, but I think striker fired is more correct. |
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Posted: 2/26/2007 1:33:59 AM EDT
[#5]
Not the same as a Glock, see above post. |
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Posted: 2/26/2007 1:34:34 AM EDT
[#6]
No, they call it a SA. |
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Posted: 2/26/2007 1:35:48 AM EDT
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Really? Maybe I need to get some sleep after all...
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Posted: 2/26/2007 2:26:13 AM EDT
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I've heard Single Action striker-fired. I forget if springfield has their own name for the action, like Glock has their Safe Action System.
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Posted: 2/26/2007 2:51:18 AM EDT
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It surprised me too. Well, not really when I thought about it. They are idiots. |
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Posted: 2/26/2007 3:04:01 AM EDT
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It is a striker fired pistol, but as said above the striker is only released by the movement of the trigger. For all practical purposes it shots like a single action.
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Posted: 2/26/2007 3:35:27 AM EDT
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+1 Since the ONLY thing the trigger does is release the striker/hammer/anger of God, the mechanism IS single action. Whether it's striker or hammer based is irrelevant, as there have been SA and DA based on both. If all the trigger does is release the hammer/striker : single action If the trigger cocks the striker/hammer ALL THE WAY : double action The Glock is both and neither. The XD is single action only. Funny that the trigger feels about the same as the Glock, both in length of pull and weigth. |
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Posted: 2/26/2007 6:11:07 AM EDT
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Your are mostly right!! The Glock's striker is pre-cocked an average of 60% while the XD's striker is pre-cocked an average of 90%. Therefore the BATF, with the idiocracy of Sprinfield Armory's lack of definition in their application, has defined the the gun as single action. However similar it is to the Glock, the BATF made the determination- SA!!
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Posted: 2/26/2007 6:29:33 AM EDT
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as said before Single action as the striker is pretty much cocked when operating the slide pulling the trigger does very little to move the striker to the rear |
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Posted: 2/26/2007 7:00:29 AM EDT
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It's the Ultra Safety Assurance action, according to Springfield Armory!
I'd just call it "striker-fired". Then again, I like things without a whole bunch of politically correct bullshit piled on top.  ETA: I want one BADLY: the 5" Tactical Compact model. |
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