To give the backstory, for the past month or so I have been practicing double taps with my airsoft glock in the basement. Been excellent training for drawing and point shooting and really reduces the cost of ammo. Got to the point where I could draw, and point shoot putting 2 rounds in a 3x5 index card from 5 and 7 yards pretty regularly.
Fast forward to this morning. Stopped down to the range cause a friend of mine was teaching a class for street survival and tactical shooting, (so of course I had to show up on range day). Decided to bring my 1911 and put it through the paces. First time I get up to the line we're doing a turn around drill at 15 yards where you spin, draw and fire on 3 metal pepper poppers. I line up.....spin....draw....click. Stupid me forgets to take the safety off!:banghead: I had been so used to the Glock my thumb didn't even go for the safety as I had instincively done before.
This bothered me as I was always one who never bought into the whole "train with and use one gun" theory. I had always said I would have no problem transitioning from different weapons and to this point never did. But in those extra two seconds that it took to take the safety off before I heard the "tink" of bullets hittin metal, I had time to think of what would have happened had I done that in a real encounter. Not a pleasant thought.
Fast forward to this morning. Stopped down to the range cause a friend of mine was teaching a class for street survival and tactical shooting, (so of course I had to show up on range day). Decided to bring my 1911 and put it through the paces. First time I get up to the line we're doing a turn around drill at 15 yards where you spin, draw and fire on 3 metal pepper poppers. I line up.....spin....draw....click. Stupid me forgets to take the safety off!:banghead: I had been so used to the Glock my thumb didn't even go for the safety as I had instincively done before.
This bothered me as I was always one who never bought into the whole "train with and use one gun" theory. I had always said I would have no problem transitioning from different weapons and to this point never did. But in those extra two seconds that it took to take the safety off before I heard the "tink" of bullets hittin metal, I had time to think of what would have happened had I done that in a real encounter. Not a pleasant thought.
Was doin more drills and the slide just would pop off the rails with each shot. Oh well I got my money's worth out of it. I'll either get a new one or upgrade to a metal slide since there's plenty of dealers in the states now to get em from. 
