Decockers - How important are they to you?

How important is having a decocker on a DA/SA pistol?

  • Not important at all. Manual decocking isn't a concern.

    Votes: 36 29.0%

  • Just another unneeded feature that clutters up a design.

    Votes: 23 18.5%

  • A nice option to have.

    Votes: 53 42.7%

  • I won't buy a DA/SA pistol without one.

    Votes: 21 16.9%
  • Total voters
    124
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For those that prefer the traditional DA/SA guns, how do you rate the availability or lack of a decocker?
 
De-cockers make sense as long as they are easy to use, ergonomic and don't effect the trigger pull negatively.

I'm pretty comfortable dropping a hammer manually with the gun in a safe direction but I can see where under stress or "slippery" conditions the opportunity for a slip is there.
Typically I block the hammer path with part of my other hand as back up when lowering the hammer but I don't need to do it much as I'm usually just shooting at the range.
 
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If I'm shooting a TDA gun, I want a decocker. I don't do it that often but my wife has a 226 I use occasionally.

If I'm walking or talking, it's decocked. Since most of my shooting revolves around the shoot/move/communicate approach to defensively tacticalling targets to death, that means the decocker gets run pretty often.

That's also part of why I don't really like TDA guns. Yes, I know I could train around it. But there's stuff I'd rather be doing.
 
I think it's better than a thumb safety on a DA/SA gun. It will definitely be a feature I look for when I buy a DA/SA gun.
 
I liked it at first.
But as I got more experienced I totally stopped using it.
I now wish it wasn't there, as it caused more trouble than help (92FS has the de-cocker on the slide so you occasionally will de-#### as you rack the slide).

There must be a way to reversibly disable the de-cocker...
 
I like them, on the sig it's the nearest thing to a safety...would like one on the shadow....
 
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I like them, on the sig it's the nearest thing to a safety...would like one on the shadow....
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It is on the shadow tactical.

i like the concept of the decocker. It has obvious safety merits, though maybe it has a little more utility in a duty weapon.
 
I don't run outdated inferior systems. If I did, I would use the decocker as it was intended. Tda guns with a manual safety are plain retarded.

Tdc
 
Interesting comments in this thread.

I've begun shooting TDA's , and a decocker was an absolute must for me.

With a TDA, if you come off the target, for any reason, the decocker should be depressed.

On TDA's without a decocker you have to do a weird pinch/block/whatever drill to drop the hammer. Some people are very proficient with this technique but it's still a much more inherently dangerous admin task than simply depressing a decocker.
 
My only DA/SA gun is a CZ 75 that I treat as cocked-and-locked, since I don't care for DA/SA triggers. If, for some reason, I actually wanted to run a pistol as DA/SA, I would strongly prefer having a decocker.

Lately, I've been shooting an M&P more, which makes the point moot.
 
My work secondary is a 226 and I love the decocker. Mind you for work it's meant to be handled under extreme stress, full of adrenaline, while sweaty, wet or muddy. At that point I wouldn't trust using my thumb on the hammer. It also beats my last issue sidearm (a BHP) as at least it's carried in the ready state, not the loaded (next to useless) state.
 
Lol....thank god!.....I thought it was only my over-sized dink fingers that rode the slide lock on my p226. Misery loves company.
 
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