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double action

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double action [¦dəb·əl ′ak·shən]
(ordnance)
Method of fire in a revolver and in old-style rifles and shotguns in which a single pull of the trigger both cocks and fires the weapon.


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Colt's first DA, the "New Double Action Self-Cocking Central Fire Six Shot Revolver," was introduced in 1877, and quickly renamed the Lightning Model; this is less of a tongue-twister, and also hyped its "lightning-fast" action.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Action Each handgun represents one of three categories--single action, double action, or double action only.
Faith Puts Me There with Him: The Double Action of the Word in the Poetry of George Herbert.
 
 
 
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