I dont know why DAO, but I can explain why not an Airweight. Frankly the shooting experience on it is terrible. My father carried one most of his life, got him and me out of a bad situation a few times, bit shooting it was miserable. Id rather shoot a full sized .357 over an airweight .38 any day, even the magnum loaded "Uncle Bubba's Pissing Hot Handloads" powerful.
DAO I understand, that whole only have one trigger pull argument. Single action becomes a liability in moments of stress, with loss of fine motor control, etc. Somebody cocks the gun for emphasis like they saw in the movies, then all of a sudden there's a loud noise. "Oopsie daisy Mr Internal Affairs Investigator, I don't know how that happened! It just went off!"
And then there's the difference between a gun that's easy to carry and one that's easy to shoot.
What I'm puzzled by is why they special ordered this configuration, rather than, say, a steel framed Centennial. Probably lost to the murk of Time, but it is a puzzle.
My EDC is a +P .38 Bodyguard in the woods I add my 1911.
I dont know why DAO, but I can explain why not an Airweight. Frankly the shooting experience on it is terrible. My father carried one most of his life, got him and me out of a bad situation a few times, bit shooting it was miserable. Id rather shoot a full sized .357 over an airweight .38 any day, even the magnum loaded "Uncle Bubba's Pissing Hot Handloads" powerful.
DAO I understand, that whole only have one trigger pull argument. Single action becomes a liability in moments of stress, with loss of fine motor control, etc. Somebody cocks the gun for emphasis like they saw in the movies, then all of a sudden there's a loud noise. "Oopsie daisy Mr Internal Affairs Investigator, I don't know how that happened! It just went off!"
And then there's the difference between a gun that's easy to carry and one that's easy to shoot.
What I'm puzzled by is why they special ordered this configuration, rather than, say, a steel framed Centennial. Probably lost to the murk of Time, but it is a puzzle.
Although, now that I think about it, it might just be the NYPD flexing because they can.