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Jonny Gib

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Single action for self-defense?
« on: November 06, 2009, 09:46:38 AM »
What are the legal issues one might encounter if you use a single action revolver in a self-defense situation?  I have read it is best to use a double action only revolver for self-defense because of issues that might ariise in court.
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Re: Single action for self-defense?
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2009, 10:32:09 AM »
Use what you have. You have to be alive to care about legal ramifications.
Where Single Action is seen as an issue is not from the Legal view point, after all, it's a cowboy gun, like John Wayne used.
There are however SAFETY concerns with a cocked pistol that has no safety, any flinch or stumble has the potential to launch a bullet in an unintended direction.
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Re: Single action for self-defense?
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2009, 12:05:13 PM »
Sure beats not having anything!  But there's A LOT out there that beats a single action.  Kinda on the BIG side for CCW.

Saw a guy do a quick draw with a Ruger Blackhawk and shoot an apple in a quarter of a second the other day...  Don't know anybody who's gonna beat that with anything else.
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Re: Single action for self-defense?
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2009, 04:20:51 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on November 06, 2009, 10:32:09 AM
Use what you have. You have to be alive to care about legal ramifications.
Where Single Action is seen as an issue is not from the Legal view point, after all, it's a cowboy gun, like John Wayne used.
There are however SAFETY concerns with a cocked pistol that has no safety, any flinch or stumble has the potential to launch a bullet in an unintended direction.

better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6



this might be a good question for MB to have in his CCW  video's that he is doing up at the moment
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Re: Single action for self-defense?
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2009, 04:24:12 PM »
 Phil, I just posted what I have heard from MB and Tom Gresham  ;D
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Re: Single action for self-defense?
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Re: Single action for self-defense?
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2009, 04:44:00 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on November 06, 2009, 04:24:12 PM
Phil, I just posted what I have heard from MB and Tom Gresham  ;D


yea I have heard them both say that, 


what I was meaning is for him to include it in the DVD he was talking about as I have heard it mentioned a few times in the past
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Re: Single action for self-defense?
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2009, 05:51:38 PM »
I've seen folks who could shoot SA's faster than a 1911.....hell, Jesse Abbate's dad shoots steel plate matches with a pair of SA's instead of DA revolvers or self-loaders.

The kicker to the thing, regarding SD, is reloading in a 'time of crisis'.....that is the SA's weakest point....IMHO.

It all boils down to what you have and what you can do with it.
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Re: Single action for self-defense?
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2009, 05:59:05 PM »
Quote from: PegLeg45 on November 06, 2009, 05:51:38 PM
I've seen folks who could shoot SA's faster than a 1911.....hell, Jesse Abbate's dad shoots steel plate matches with a pair of SA's instead of DA revolvers or self-loaders.

The kicker to the thing, regarding SD, is reloading in a 'time of crisis'.....that is the SA's weakest point....IMHO.

It all boils down to what you have and what you can do with it.

Uncle Walt Rausch always says "If the first 5 rounds didn't solve it, what makes you think 5 more will?"  ;)
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Re: Single action for self-defense?
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2009, 06:01:26 PM »
Quote from: Hazcat on November 06, 2009, 05:59:05 PM
Uncle Walt Rausch always says "If the first 5 rounds didn't solve it, what makes you think 5 more will?"  ;)

That's what I was gettin' to with:

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It all boils down to what you have and what you can do with it.


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Re: Single action for self-defense?
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2009, 06:03:15 PM »
OOPS, sorta missed that!

Damn dirty glasses!  (That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. ;D )
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