Ship why did you change? I'm new to the CCW world and am carrying the Walther with a round chambered and decocked currently but am toying with the idea of carrying it cocked and not decocked which would utilize the longer AS trigger stroke as the safety factor.
For My sig, I carry with one in the chamber and decocked since the SA mode has much less trigger takeup before engaging and firing. With the Walther and AS trigger though, the longer SA trigger travel would meet somewhere between the two guns and I would think would be perfectly safe but want to tap into the vast experience you that all have before I do something that I may regret.
The difference is nominal in regards to firing the first shot really but I do like to hear the reasoning behind one's decisions
Thanks,
Brett
Well, I've gone back to the 1st shot DA kinda for the same reason U decock the sig. True, I say to keep your handaway from the trigger unless ya wanna fire. But, in a hectic, "bad guy has the drop on ya" scenario, one may not always think clearly. I figured the heavier 1st shot might keep me from doing something accidentally.
Plus, while I prefer the SA pull for bulleye paper shooting at 7 yards and further. The truth is that I can hit the target decently with the DA pull if I have to. I won't shoot as well on paper at 7 yards as I will with the SA pull, but I still hit the paper.
Truthfully, the DA pull on the P99 is still a lot lighter than the DA pull on many external hammer guns. Its a lot lighter than the HK USP DA pull, and lighter than the Beretta 92FS pull as well. So, I don't mind it.
Plus, for whatever reason - out of my P99 fullsize, SW99 and P99c, my P99c has the best trigger of the 3.