I've never cared for them. Colt should have figured out how to "safe" them with the hammer down, like a DA. I intensely dislike the idea that they are "safe" cocked and locked. What happens if the safety gets disengaged?
I also have a Browning BDM which "switches" from SA to DA. The hammer pull is not great. One of the great things about it is that the grip, even though it's "double stack", is inlaid into the frame and is not very thick.... Over the years I've had a number of others including several .44 Super Blackhawks, a Ruger Blackhawk .357/ 9mm "Convertible", and a 1911, along with a Hi-Power. That damn thing threw brass everywhere. If you wanted to reload, you better carry a large tarp, because you'd never find it all LOL And I've had some .380s, two were non-memorable, LOL, and one was the "baby" Colt DA only I forget, mustang? Pony?
Somewhere I have a Charter 5 shot 38 which is likely no longer safe to shoot. Timing is ????on it I would not trust it
