You carry one int he pipe without safety engaged....
Wait...so you don't think it's safe for him to carry a striker-fired non-pre-cocked Glock, but you'd tell him to carry a fully cocked CZ75 without the safety on?
Do you know how a CZ75 works?
And "holster choice flexibility?" I can't even picture what you might mean by that.
I mean avoiding getting a glock leg with the wrong/worn holster...that is exactly what I mean...google it up....
"Glock leg" is a silly term for a mistake that doesn't have anything to do with one specific holster or type of holster. In fact, I still don't know what you're talking about, or even insinuating. You don't shoot yourself in the leg (with any gun) because you picked the wrong holster.
Yes, I do believe the DA/SA system is a dinosaur that is fading from the scene.
Your opinion non substantiated by any fact.....I do not see SIG, Beretta, CZ and others backing away from the DA/SA action for their more expensive product line any time soon...
That doesn't mean it isn't a dinosaur.
And you don't see that? Oh realllllly? Meet Beretta's newest offering: The Nano:
http://www.berettausa.com/nano/
Meet CZ's CZ-110:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CZ_110
SIG is a hide-bound group who lives entirely on past reputation at this point. (Of course, IMHO.)
Substantive change comes slowly in the conservative firearms world. The fact that striker-fired guns have gained such a huge portion of the market, in the face of the old school stalwarts, shows which way the tide has turned.
Yes..that is the new budget service caliber Bersa offering to run in the tupperware striker fired market.....significantly less expensive then their just as small, Thunder Ultra Compact, this guy here
...so and your point is???
That it really doesn't matter what BRAND you choose to love or hate. Others, even your favorite pistol company, see that your old school views don't circumscribe best practices and design. You need to get off your pall's back and let him make his best decision without laying your negative preconceptions on him.
Striker fired plastic pistols have their place in the marketplace, usually companies that also produce traditional DA/SA design offer them as budget simpler handgun models....
"Usually?" Oh, is that so? So "usually" ... but
not Glock, S&W, or Springfield who sell the most. Or Ruger who just discontinued their P-series? So basically, that whole statement is incorrect.
(And S&W's value line is...ANOTHER STRIKER GUN!)
they are simple, accurate and reliable but they are not the best thing since sliced bread as it seems you think they are.....
They are proving themselves to be the "bestest for the mostest." Hitting the sweet spot between safety, accuracy, shootability, reliability, value, etc. That's really how the shooting world changes, you know, when people try things in massive numbers, spread over the whole country, shooting in many different styles and venues, and very large percentages of them find that they succeed more easily and faster with a gun like "x" than with another gun like "y." Glock didn't take over the handgun world with slick police marketing. S&W didn't steal a huge chunk out of Glock's market share by underselling them and good advertising. These things work VERY well for MANY people. BETTER than previous designs. When folks realize that they can do competition, daily carry, LEO duties, etc., etc., BETTER with the plastic fantastic than their old steel DA-first-shot boat anchor ...
And you ragging on and deriding your "friend" because he wants to try one for himself and see if it will work best for him too -- just because you like old style metal guns with hammers -- isn't being a HELP to him.
Which is what I said before.
