My understanding of the IPSC rules is that they are meant to favor the 1911 platform (among others) as much as possible. That's just a common complaint I constantly hear. Any convention or procedure that might play on the relative handicaps of another firing platform would not be surprising because all competitive shooting venues have some kind of rules like that. Could that have something to do with it?
I guess the other theory is that no one actually uses a single action shot in a combat application unless the architecture of the gun creates or necessitates it. Personally though I think that's bunk if we're talking about enough distance though. I think if you have enough distance to realistically use the sights you have enough distance to use a SA shot.
I think the underlying assumption is maybe since if you could do it with a DA shot, then there's no point in doing it SA.
I think SA shooting has its place though. For instance I practice fire .44 Magnum 75% SA because honestly, I can't control it at speed. But then again I recognize my own limitations and I don't carry this caliber for everyday personal protection unless it's against wild animals, where without the power this cartridge offers I would be sunk anyway.
Other than that rambling I'm honestly at a loss. Personally I think a sane man who was doing deliberate precise long distance shooting would use every advantage he could get.
Hopefully you can go there and come back and tell me why it is. I'm sure there's a good reason for it. I understand and agree with the idea that in a typical scenario where you're probably shooting at sub 5 yard distances you better make darn sure you can get the job done in double action, but in a situation where you feasibly could use the SA I don't know why you would not.
I guess the other theory is that no one actually uses a single action shot in a combat application unless the architecture of the gun creates or necessitates it. Personally though I think that's bunk if we're talking about enough distance though. I think if you have enough distance to realistically use the sights you have enough distance to use a SA shot.
I think the underlying assumption is maybe since if you could do it with a DA shot, then there's no point in doing it SA.
I think SA shooting has its place though. For instance I practice fire .44 Magnum 75% SA because honestly, I can't control it at speed. But then again I recognize my own limitations and I don't carry this caliber for everyday personal protection unless it's against wild animals, where without the power this cartridge offers I would be sunk anyway.
Other than that rambling I'm honestly at a loss. Personally I think a sane man who was doing deliberate precise long distance shooting would use every advantage he could get.
Hopefully you can go there and come back and tell me why it is. I'm sure there's a good reason for it. I understand and agree with the idea that in a typical scenario where you're probably shooting at sub 5 yard distances you better make darn sure you can get the job done in double action, but in a situation where you feasibly could use the SA I don't know why you would not.