NetJunkie Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Shooting production. Hammer is fully decocked. On start signal can I manually cock the hammer and shoot the first shot single action? The only thing I see in Appendix D concerning this is that the hammer must be fully decocked at the start signal. Nothing else is discussed so I assume it is legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunuva Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 The short answer is yes its legal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I thought it said somewhere that the first shot must be double action. Do you really want to waste time cocking your gun? This ain't cowboy action there, Tex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazos SC Shooter Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 The added time would make it tough to justify but you could try to make it a part of your draw stroke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I would not shoot a firearm I could not shoot the first round DA. I'm not saying it has to be super light, I'm just saying if you can't hit the target accurately with the initial DA trigger pull, the trigger pull weight is excessively heavy. Either modify the gun or get a different platform. Don't rely on cocking the hammer after the draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Used to be illegal in the U.S. when our rules mirrored IPSC's a bit more closely a couple of rulebooks ago. Currently legal -- though ill advised..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wide45 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 USPSA allows cocking the hammer after the start, IPSC does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Hi there, Like Nik says USPSA Legal, IPSC not legal. I have done that with my SP-01 in the past but only where there was a very long (35 yards+) for the first target. Those starts are somewhat rare. I do choose my first target with some consideration to the DA shot though. Later, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetJunkie Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Hi there,Like Nik says USPSA Legal, IPSC not legal. I have done that with my SP-01 in the past but only where there was a very long (35 yards+) for the first target. Those starts are somewhat rare. I do choose my first target with some consideration to the DA shot though. Later, Chuck That's what I thought. Thanks! Yes, I only did it today on two stages. One was a really long first shot and the second was when you had to move from a starting box to somewhere else. I figured I had time while moving. I don't normally do it. So everyone above, calm down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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