I’ll say it…the decocker on Sigs is a useless fuckin feature.
Um. Why?
Are you pulling the trigger there???
Pull hammer back, hold, grab Tigger and ease hammer down. Just like on any other hammer gun.
Buddy that’s not safe
I mean, people have been doing it on lever guns for like 150 years.
Yeah, and we invented the decocker because that’s not 100% guaranteed safe. The decocker is an overall better option that doesn’t require you to dramatically change your grip on the pistol.
But why not do what many other companies such as Beretta, Ruger, Smith and Wesson, and Walther habe done and integrate the safety and decocker into one unit?
(and and and and)
Because a manual safety is not useful on a DA/SA pistol.
The double action acts already like an ergonomically correct manual safety against accidental discharges (not negligent discharges : if your finger is on the trigger, it’s not the inch or so of travel and the few added pounds that will prevent you to pull it under stress).
Yeah, SAO/strikers without a safety have their qualities in term of speed ; on the same exercise, I’m about half a second quicker with a Glock than with my P225 (or an SAO pistol with a manual safety to remove, or a revolver with a good but long double action). That can be a problem in competition, not something I care much in real life.
All being matter of compromise, I accept that relative sluggishness to get a much safer pistol when I put it back in my holster ─ the moment I have to breach the second gun safety rule and where most accidents with confirmed shooters happen).
There are a few things one can not like about the P22x (they are not the most accurate, reliable, pretty and durable pistol on the market, they are quite heavy compared to a polymer pistol), but it’s still one of the best combat pistol design, particularly in term of being user-friendly.
I know no less than two people who’ve put holes in their walls while trying to decock a pistol manually. Don’t do that shit unless you’re desperate.
