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single action

adj

Definitions

  1. Requiring a separate cocking movement to cock the hammer before a trigger pull can then…

    Requiring a separate cocking movement to cock the hammer before a trigger pull can then fire the cartridge.

  2. A trigger mechanism with such behavior.

    • Some prefer a single action because cocked-and-locked is their normal carry mode.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for single action. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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