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How to use double-action in a sentence

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However, this Tracker is not quite as smooth in operation as other larger and smaller Taurus double-action revolvers I have worked with.
Many first-time gun buyers are advised to purchase a double-action revolver for self-protection.
Women, historically, have proven partial to double-action revolvers, particularly when buying their first handgun.
What was most remarkable about these auto loaders was the fact that they offered the same trigger action as a double-action revolver.
A double-action revolver that is used for speed shooting will experience a very different type of wear than one shot with heavy loads.
Most sixgunners agree that the Triple-Lock was the finest factory produced double-action revolver.
The double-action pistol features a 10-round magazine and a 3.5-inch barrel.
For example, the double-action pistol has a simplified recoil-spring guide that won't fit the older barrel, and vice-versa.
For years, the fact single-action sixguns were simply stronger than double-action revolvers was accepted.
For a first handgun, the best bet may be a double-action revolver, preferably double-action-only.
This was in no small part due to the fact Walther offered double-action pistols long before any American gun company did.
It was now precision built of hollow aluminum tubing and boasted an adjustable, double-action spring.
In addition to the extra strength and added capacity, the little gun has a unique feel in double-action shooting.
A double-action revolver can be fired in a matter of seconds by anyone strong enough to pull a trigger, including the bad guy or a five-year-old child.
With the huge popularity of double-action pistols here's one that works the way the big guys do, doesn't kick much and you can pretty much shoot it all day for a few bucks.
With this technique, an accomplished shooter can deliver a center-mass strike about as quickly and accurately with a double-action pistol as with a single-action.
That said, a double-action revolver with a more maneuverable 4-inch barrel is probably the best bet in a grim last-chance situation with the bear already on top of you.
The gear consists of two units, each including two double-action cylinders.
Historically, the Walther PP was the first commercially successful double-action semiautomatic pistol.
It caused an immediate sensation and was clearly the best thing that had ever happened to double-action revolvers.
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I do not like a double-action revolver, except for a pocket one, as it cannot do accurate shooting when cocking with the trigger.
That is, the hammer would have traveled back all the way, whether it was cocked or fired in a double-action manner.
Even in rapid-fire shooting better results are obtained with a double-action arm if used as a single action.
It was a double-action apparatus, made entirely of bamboo, except the pistons, which were of feathers.
It is also more difficult to make the trigger pull smooth and short in double-action mechanisms.
A double-action force-pump is seen in Fig. 177, making an upward stroke.
One double-action folding machine will fold fifty sheets in a minute.
The powerful, double-action pumps quickly ejected the water-ballast.
The double-action feature in a revolver is of very little practical value.
All of these semi-automatics are double-action autos with the very desirable feature of being able to be carried cocked-and-locked.
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