Basic info: handgun actions

[Librarian]

https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/12/9/back-to-basics-understanding-handgun-actions/

A snippet

[MosinVirus]

Nice. I briefly scanned the article and found it interesting they didn't mention other interesting actions like LDA 1911 clones and I believe I saw a video on a revolver that was cocking the hammer automatically after the first shot, going from DA for first shot to SA for consecutive shots. Would be nice to see a subsection with those kinds of actions in the article.

[Librarian]

There are some pretty good animated drawings of handgun functioning.

I believe some have been posted before --

Glock: http://www.genitron.com/Basics/Interactive-Glock-Pistol

Beretta 92: http://www.genitron.com/Basics/Inter...Beretta-Pistol

S&W 66: http://www.genitron.com/Basics/Interactive-Revolver

1911: http://knightowldefense.com/1911-pistol-animations/

A version of the self-cocking revolver is at http://bestanimations.com/Military/Weapons/Weapons.html

[MosinVirus]

Great addition to the article.