Striker fired. Started out DA/SA, but eventually shifted to Glock after using SAO for a while. I’m not using government money for training, so the simplicity of the Glock won out.

DA/SA for me as a primary.

Next in line is single action 1911 style.

I am kinda shocked in 2020 that the DA/SA guys are edging out the strikers.

I salute my fellow Luddite troglodytes

I carried the 1911 when I enlisted.

I’m partial to the 1911 platform.

Over my military and police careers I have carried:
1911 SA
M9 DA/SA
Sig 229 DAK
SIG 226 DA/SA

I have owned over 50 different guns since the end of the 80s....I settled on the G19. I was an armorer in the military and as a cop. I find that KISS is the way to go. My USPSA, gun games is won by people using a 1911 platform year after year after year. But I carry a G19 because of the KISS theory. My G19 always works. Always.

My USPSA gun is a STI 2011...the gun is a spectacular gun, but a little sand in the mag will lock it up. Which is why I won’t carry it for EDC. My first 1911 sounded like a rock in a 55gallon drum but it always worked. My Glock is like that 1911....it always works.

Daylight and outside in the woods, I prefer my SP101 in 357mag. Gen4 G23 the rest of the time!

I have always liked my H&K LEM guns. I'm OK with DA/SA also. As for striker fired I do have a P365 I carry occasionally and a VP9 that is in my EDC rotation.

PLWASE, not to start a discussion but I do shoot 1911's best however, I do not like a safety on my EDC and the limited capacity is a negative. Of course I could try to carry my 3lb CZ TSO with 2lb trigger and 20+1 capacity but that has a safety also.

I carried and shot striker guns almost exclusively for years (since like 2009ish), but within the last year have converted to SAO.

I like the trigger pull and don't find the safety on a 1911/2011 to be anything other than intuitive to deactivate during presentation.

I still have a soft spot for DA/SA SIGs, but, to be honest, I have this recurring nightmare where I need to use my 229 and just can't ever pull my way through the DA stroke.

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I have this recurring nightmare where I need to use my 229 and just can't ever pull my way through the DA stroke.

I think a great number of us who own any kind of weapons for any kind of perceived threat have had “those dreams”

-The impossible trigger pull
-The I know I’m hitting him why won’t he stop.
-The spontaneously disassembling gun (my personal favorite. )

I voted striker, because I've eventually evolved to that, coming from DA/SA.

Doesn't mean I wouldn't use DA/SA for defense. I still love shooting them.

I still use revolvers for sometimes carry, and full time home defense along with my VP9, etc.

Did I miss the "all the above" selection?

Striker. Though I did give DA/SA a try for six months, about 12 years ago. And I did use a P238 as my 'convenience' backup for a couple of years. Those are the only 'indiscretions' in almost 31 years.

Interesting that the proficiency concern with DA/SA typically prompts a personal choice between striker or SA w/ safety. ie Which is worse? Shooting oneself in the Johnson or forgetting to thumb off the safety when needed?

DA/SA Revolver, in 44 or 454, even 357Mag...

Oh my. So surprised to see DA/SA falling behind striker on Sigforum.

Big DA/SA fan but I've settled into striker fired handguns for defensive use.

Traditional da/sa. Ppk

I've been a 1911 user for well over 50 years so, like MikeinNC, it is a natural for me.

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I've been a 1911 user for well over 50 years so, like MikeinNC, it is a natural for me.

Took the words right off my keyboard and posted before I had the chance. It's what I'm comfortable with and it has seen me through some rough times.

Just a comment on DA?SA. The first gun I used in USPSA Limited 10 was a Sig P226 .40 before I moved on to a 1911. In the excitement of competition I was rarely bothered by the DA trigger. Also Sig did a really nice "Action" job later on the DA/SA that really made it better.

My preferred is a single-action revolver because that is what I started with in 1952. I prefer a government model 1911 in either .45 ACP or 10mm for urban self-defense. I prefer a double-action revolver in .44 magnum or .454 Casull for woods self-defense.

I’m not old yet.

Get off my lawn.