Time to Fire: The Semiautomatic Pistol Versus the Revolver

Abstract

This study analyzed the time to first-round-fired for selected personal-defense weapons and investigated associated problems. The findings reveal the revolver can be brought into action and fired significantly faster than the semiautomatic. The single-action M1911A1 can be fired as quickly from an empty-chamber condition as from a prechambered condition. The service-type holster accounts for 60 percent of the total mean time-to-fire.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA033431

Entities

People

  • N. William Doss

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ammunition
  • Army
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Coefficients
  • Detectors
  • Digital Data
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Pistols
  • Recording Systems
  • Revolvers
  • Safety
  • Semiautomatic
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Video Recording
  • Weapons

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  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.