Anyone still using a DA/SA pistol?

[TBAR_94]

I don’t think I’m alone in that I’ve mostly transitioned to striker fired pistols as my primary working tools. I still really enjoy some classic DA guns like Berettas and Sigs, but they are mostly now just range blasters for me. Practically, I fully get all the advantages of the modern Glock/320/etc, but I also don’t have that many complaints about classic Sigs, HKs, or Berettas. I’m curious to see who is still holding out from the striker fired models and rocking an old school DA/SA sidearm.

[Allen]

Started with M&P's then moved to walthers (P99-PPQ etc) after shooting buddies glocks etc for years. Then bought a p229 and started using that for everything (cary, USPSA etc) after dropping a bunch of Gray guns parts into it. Prefer it to striker fired by a mile. Picked up a 226X5 last month for gun games. Buddy who was shooting P320's moved to CZ Shadow 2 after years of striker fired. Seen more striker to SA or SA/DA movement from friends in the last few years than the other way around.

[HKGuns]

Obtuse question, define "working tool" if you're LE fine, I get it. But in most cases you're carrying what they tell you to carry.

I own, carry and use both and don't see that changing.

I find the term range toy over used. Most any and all shooting, except on a 2 way range is range shooting therefore you could classify nearly anything as a range toy.

ETA: They certainly don't make these with Strikers and I carry one often. Its good to be adaptable.

[matemike]

DA/SA is what got me comfortable to carry with one in the chamber; knowing I had the safety of the long DA first pull, but the option to cock the hammer for that first shot if possible.

I carry a P239 specifically for the DA/SA aspect of it. I shoot it a lot at the range. It shoots really well and has light recoil.

Also, my Beretta 92 and P226 DA/SA will always be in my safe and rotated in as what I'll grab for bump in the night.

eta:

Carrying my P239 is pretty much how I became comfortable to carry strikers with one in the chamber nowadays. My P239 will always have a place in my heart. And despite its weight, in a good holster, it really just flattens out and feels like nothing more than a pancake inside my waist band. There are definitely options that carry easier and have more capacity than the P239, but not with the DA/SA option and the sweet shootability of the P239.

[Ron3]

Sure.

I'm a fan of the Beretta PX4. Have one in each cartridge.

And the 80-series Cheetah's in .32.

Big on M&P 2.0's, too.

[kirkland]

Got some DA/SA S&W 3rd gens. Sometimes I'll carry the 1066 while hiking/camping.

[One More Time]

I like the 365 for general running around, works out better in the car.
Still use my 229's though with the 365 as a BUG, pretty much stopped carrying 226's and 220's after getting a 229.
My gunbelt is set up for a 226/220

[SteyrAUG]

SIG P226
HK 45
HK P30
HK USP

The only striker fire I carry with any regularity would be a HK P7. Have a Glock 19 and 17 but I just don't shoot as well with them as the above so the only time I tend to carry them is as a mud and rain gun.

[SteyrAUG]

Obtuse question, define "working tool" if you're LE fine, I get it. But in most cases you're carrying what they tell you to carry.

I own, carry and use both and don't see that changing.

I find the term range toy over used. Most any and all shooting, except on a 2 way range is range shooting therefore you could classify nearly anything as a range toy.

ETA: They certainly don't make these with Strikers and I carry one often. Its good to be adaptable.

Wheel guns WILL teach you how to shoot. If you can shoot a wheel gun, you can shoot just about anything. Too many shooters go in the other direction, they never learn to use iron sights, they never learn to shoot a DA trigger. If you get them without a RDS and a custom trigger, many can't hit shit.

[NYH1]

I just bought a new Sig Sauer P220 Elite 45 ACP, DA/SA. I've only got about 350 rounds through it. Really liking it so far. Probably gonna get a P229 Elite 9mm next.

NYH1.