robert
Expedition Leader
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Originally Posted by tombodad![]()
The coolest part? DA/SA. Only pistol in the world with second strike capability.
Actually, I think he may have left out that it may be the only semi-auto without an exposed hammer that is capable of multiple trigger pulls on a defective round.
I thought there was another "hammerless" semi auto that had such a capability as well but my mind fails me.
I can answer that one for you- The FN FortyNine came out well before the Taurus (FN also made the 49 years ago which was a semi auto rifle). It was the precursor to the FNP series and had a striker that was designed to replicate the feel of a double action revolver- it failed miserably. The trigger pull is horrendous; it's somewhat smooth, but loooooonnnnggg. The gun feels great in the hand and was very reliable, just had the cursed trigger as well as a retarded rail like the first Glocks instead of a picattiny style. A second strike capability may be nice in a .22 where rimfire cartridges occasionally fail to go off on the first strike (particularly with light hammer strikes), but in a defensive gun you need to be doing a failure drill as soon as it fails to go bang.
I've got one of the FortyNines I picked up as part of a trade in '06; it's been utterly reliable, but there are no accessories available for it and that trigger pull....
And FWIW, I really don't like Taurus guns. They seem to be very hit or miss but generally have average to poor fit and finish with mostly horrible triggers that are hard to get smooth and the ergonomics just don't tend to work for me (their Beretta 92 copy, PT99, is a decent gun if you do some work on the trigger). Yes, I've owned a couple of them and still have an early model 94 and an inherited model 85.
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