is the 357 semi auto?

[bikett]

i dont understand the 'double action ' i really thinking about getting one from sirmail for 49.99 with 6' barrel!

[under500fps]

It is a good pellet revolver for the price.
The pellet clip revolves like a real revolver.
The pistol can be fire by cocking the trigger first then squeezing the trigger which make the trigger short of travel and light and easier to be accurate with.
Or the pistol can be fire by just squeezing the trigger which is a little longer trigger travel and heavier and harder to be accurate with.
One way is double action and the other is single action which one is which, i don't know.

[Ace12GA]

Double action is where the trigger not only releases the hammer sear, but also cocks the hammer. In the case of a revolver the cylinder is also rotated while the hammer is cocked.

Single action is where the trigger only releases the hammer sear.

EDIT: A revolver is typically double action, however they started life as single action. Probably one of the most popular revolvers in history is the Colt Single Action Army.

Semiautomatic is when the action of the gun when fired recocks and makes it ready to fire again. It does this once per trigger pull.

[hotsky]

Well.... to get precise there are;

Semiautomatic Single Action
Semiautomatic Double Action/ Single Action
Semiautomatic Double Action Only

Revolver Single Action
Revolver Double action

For a handgun to be semiautomatic it needs to have a moving slide that automatically feeds ammunition from the magazine to the chamber. It is semi auto (as opposed to full auto) because you have to pull the trigger every time you want to fire a round.

Double Action Only means that you can’t cock the hammer (DAO gun actually don’t have hammers) an example CP Sport

Double/Single Action means that you can either cock the hammer and then pull the trigger, or just pull the trigger. An example Beretta, CP88...

Single Action only means that you have to cock the hammer first before the gun can be fired, an example PPK, CP99 compact

Guns like Beretta, CP99, are both DA/SA but they’re not semiautomatics since they use revolving cylinders, so they’re actually closer to revolvers than to semi autos. (FYI revolvers can never be semi-automatic, just like semiautomatics can’t be revolvers)

Hope that wasn’t too confusing

[I_HATE_PAL]

I love my friend's 357.
We chronied it on a hot summer day at 495fps average!!! :O
Accurate with a wide trigger, which I like better for accuracy.

[Ace12GA]

For a handgun to be semiautomatic it needs to have a moving slide that automatically feeds ammunition from the magazine to the chamber. It is semi auto (as opposed to full auto) because you have to pull the trigger every time you want to fire a round.

Several pistols use an internal bolt, such as the Ruger MKIII .22lr pistol. There is even a semiautomatic revolver, where part of the upper frame cycles when fired, cocking the hammer and revolving the cylinder. The Webley Fosbury, or a more modern example, the Mateba: http://home.mweb.co.za/af/afadrb/mateba.html

Semiautomatic pistols cannot be defined as simple as a recoil operated slide (Beretta, Glock, 1911, etc..)

[hotsky]

I new about the Rugers I’ve fired hundreds of rounds through a couple of those. I didn’t mention it because I didn’t want to complicate it to someone who is just starting out.

I heard about Mateba - a semiautomatic revolver but never had a chance see one, I didn’t know that it has a “slideâ€Â