fastlane604 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Competition shooters, do you draw your DA/SA pistol with hammer down or cocked and locked? Drawing cocked and locked moves you from SSP to ESP in IDPA. I'm not familiar with USPSA rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) Production division, hammer down. Limited, L10, Open : whatever you want. Rules here: http://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-rules.php Edited December 5, 2014 by ChuckS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastlane604 Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Do you move up a division to draw cocked and locked or do you draw DA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 I draw DA regardless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Do you move up a division to draw cocked and locked or do you draw DA? Don't fear the DA first shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nghthwk1911 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 If you are declared Production and holster the pistol with the hammer cocked you will most likely be DQ under 10.5.11.2, but if the safety is on you are moved to OPEN.. Load em up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywizzle Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 I draw hammer down double action because I shoot production in USPSA and SSP in IDPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastlane604 Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Thanks for the replies. I have been shooting an M&P in SSP. I recently bought a 75 Shadow and have been practicing drawing both hammer down and cocked and locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 if you plan to shoot Production you have no choice ... it ain't a big deal. after shooting a G34 for 2 years i switched to a Shadow and after 2 weeks of drfire i forgot all about it .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBunniFuFu Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Always hammer down, it is just habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepau1k Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Shooting hammer down actually helped me after transition from a M&P 9. Slowed me down a bit on first shot but got into a rhythm quick after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bthoefer Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Do you move up a division to draw cocked and locked or do you draw DA? Don't fear the DA first shot. The first shot is no problem, but watch out for the second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewtac Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 transitioning from Glocks, having a little bit of a problem with the DA/SA. 1st shot is slow, 2nd surprises me, then I get into the grove. I have been working on it during drills, and plan on a range period of all DA. It has only been about a week; it does seem to be getting better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstone Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 DA always on the first shot, it is what I have trained to do. the DA on the Shadow is as smooth as a tricked out Glock. Today I let a couple of guys shot a stage after the match with my Shadow (they both shot Glocks) Both were surprised on the 2nd Shot! One of them already counted holster and extra mag costs in the near future ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanniek71 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I always draw hammer down in USPSA. Since my gun got stuck in ESP in IDPA it depends. If it's a weak hand or strong hand only stage I'll leave it cocked with safety on and go from there. Yep it's gaming a bit, yet its legal in ESP. For regular stages I just run it DA like I do in USPSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlightning Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I am new to this platform also. Question also is with the hammer down is the safety on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lior Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I am new to this platform also. Question also is with the hammer down is the safety on? No. Safety cannot be applied with the hammer fully down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlightning Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Thanks, still waiting on my first sp01. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewtac Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 depends, with a race hammer either a modified sear of a CGW sear will allow the safety to be applied hammer down; it doesn't work and from what I understand is not good for the gun. I am new to this platform also. Question also is with the hammer down is the safety on? No. Safety cannot be applied with the hammer fully down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teros135 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 In USPSA Production a DA/SA gun has to be started with the hammer down (decocked, if it's a decocker gun; if not, then hammer all the way down.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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