This was an extremely well written review but somehow that doesn't surprise me.
However, there are a couple of things about the AS model that concern me.
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Originally Posted by NineseveN
On the AS models, the trigger is still the same, which is a wonderfully funky DA/AS/SA striker-fired design unique to Walther. When you chamber a round, the striker goes back, putting the gun into AS mode (anti-stress as Walther calls it). It's a single action mode, but the trigger is all the way forward as it would be in DA mode, yet the difference between AS and DA is that there is very little weight to the trigger pull until you get into where the SA mode comes in. When in AS mode, if you pull the trigger a little bit until you feel it click, the trigger will stay there (kind of like a set trigger design found on some rifles). This puts the gun into SA mode with a very short and light trigger pull, which is how the trigger would also automatically be set if you fired a round and allowed the trigger to reset, the distance of which is shorter than that on my 1911's, if only barely so (if you sneeze, this gun just might reset on you).
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Am I the only one that finds
pressing the trigger in order to enable SA mode disconcerting?
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However, if one prefers DA mode for carry or bedside gun duty, there is a decocker button on the top left of the slide to the rear.
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IMO a decocker that forces you to break your firing grip is also a bit of a concern.
A few years ago we actually had a student in one of our classes with this pistol and he couldn't keep the manual of arms straight. IOW, there were too many options and in actual use he found it too complicated and switched to a glock after struggling with it through the first day and a half.
IMHO, if this pistol strikes your fancy, I'd strongly advise the QA model.