First Handgun...

["DoubleAction"]

.....Accepting the Rules of Training, Practical Application, Conduct, Common Sense, and Logic; These are part of the basic fundamentals in handling all firearms, whether it's a Glock, 1911, Revolver, or otherwise.

.....Sticking one's finger in the trigger guard, while holstering the gun, might not be the smartest thing to do....But it happens !!!

...Revolvers : Know the benefits from not having spent cases bouncing around the face in close quarters, like the inside of a vehicle. Another thing is not having to worry about picking up that $.05 per case brass off the ground, after a 200 round session.
.....The problem lays with far too many people using the single action triggers, while failing to comprehend the advantages of the double action stroke. Too many times do I hear about their light, clean, breaking single action triggers; When I often ask about the double action stroke, their input is nothing. I'm not just talking about new guys, I'm talking about people who have been around guns their entire lives. Using the single action trigger for longer distances is understandable, but not at distances of ten to 15 yds.
My trust in my fellow man to use the double action revolver, to it's advantage, has greatly diminished over the years. Too many are intrigued with the ease of manipulating the gun, using the single action break. I've even met Python owners who never used it's double action stroke.
.....Maybe Double Action Only Triggers would be a remedy.

["DoubleAction"]

...Manually Lowering The Hammers, on Pistols that Features "Decockers" :

.....The Sig's Decocker system not only lowers the hammer, it also safely disengages the sear and activates a hammer block, which prevents the hammer from coming to rest on the firing pin. Even so, the firing pin has a firing pin block on it as well ( Some refer to this firing pin safety as a Passive Firing Pin Safety ). Pressing the trigger to the rear, deactivates the Passive Firing Pin Safely.

....Manually lowering the hammer, by the thumb or finger, defeats the safety lock work in the trigger...... Lower the Hammer by the Decocker.

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I also believe the de-cocker is the best way of lowering the hammer on any gun that has it. I wish all handguns had them.

["DoubleAction"]

.....The Decockers confuses a lot of new owners, because of the misunderstanding of the lock work engagements with the trigger safety mechanics. I had to obtain a lot of articles on the Sig Sauers, in order to obtain a full detail description on how it worked. This was 7 years before I had the Internet at my finger tips.

...About the Doubleaction triggers on the revolvers; There was once a time when I would cock the hammers on my doubleaction revolvers, so much, that I formed an instinctive habit of doing so. Until; Early one morning, I received a phone call from my neighbor telling me that someone had entered my house. I picked up my S&W 29, 44 magnum, and started my way from my bedroom. I seen a dark shadow in the kitchen, cocked the hammer, pointed the muzzle in the direction of the shadow, turned on the light, and found a frighten young girl standing there. This was the very last time that I cocked the hammer on a doubleaction trigger. I'm very thankful that the hammer didn't fall. I had been broken into before, and I'm glad that the girl wasn't harm, or worse.

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My 1st handgun was a Ruger 9 shot 22 cal revolver done in the western style with Buckhorn grips on it. I have had many different types since which include Brownings, Smith and Wesson's, Berretta's, Norinco's and more. 22's, 9mm, and 45's mostly. Supposed to have a older Colt coming in from underground at the farm soon. Waiting for it to be dugup from its hiding spot. Will have to get it made legal I suspect. Its a revolver.

["DoubleAction"]

....This is an image of the my first handgun; The .25 cal. Spesco Falcon. I bought this pistol when I was 17 years old, for self defense, from my cousin. He had just bought it for his wife, and I had just got robbed while working. I carried it in the rear pocket, of my work uniform. In 1968, this pistol was priced at $50. dollars, where S&W's and Colts was priced at around $100. dollars. Because of my age, I had to get any firearm offered, and this little pistol was a pretty shooter. The picture isn't very good, because, it lacks the detail of the blued finished.