08 February 2022

Language Drift

C&Rsenal has reminded me of a term, "triple action".

I'd forgotten that was a thing.

In the way back... when revolvers that didn't need to be manually cocked between shots first came to be; triple action described a gun which could be fired both in single action and double action.

They would have referred to a double-action-only gun as simply double-action.

Posted by Angus McThag at 02:10
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous08 February, 2022 06:26

    I recall reading of early S&W revolvers having it, but never knew what the triple meant. Thanks for clearing that up.

    jrg

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  2. Paul Chappell08 February, 2022 12:50

    Interesting, never heard it called that but I suppose it makes sense... Have a number of ones I just called SA/DA or just DA with the distinction of "DA only" for ones like the Brit Enfield No. 2's...

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