grip safeties

[Inebriated]

If you happen to be unable to attain a full firing grip on the gun, there's always a chance you can't fire your gun. For defensive uses, I don't like them. For competitions, hunting, etc... they're a non-issue.

 

[KenW.]

I have tried, intentionally, to find a way to attempt to fire the XD without depressing the grip safety and could not. I don't believe it is a valid arguement at all. You'd have to be holding the thing with your fingertips.

 

[AethelstanAegen]

I have tried, intentionally, to find a way to attempt to fire the XD without depressing the grip safety and could not. I don't believe it is a valid arguement at all. You'd have to be holding the thing with your fingertips.

+1 You'd have to really be trying not to depress it in a shooting situation. Frankly, if you have that wonky of a grip on your gun in a life or death situation, you're not going to hit anything anyway and you'd be better off taking half a second to get a grip on the gun. I really can't find a way to shoot it without disengaging the grip safety.

 

[rcmodel]

For defensive uses, I don't like them.

Yea!

Thats for sure the only reason they replaced the 1911 in military service after 2.7 million of them were used in two world wars and too many "other" wars and "police actions" to count over 74 years.

Those dang grip safetys anyway!!

They could get you killed in defensive uses for sure.

rc

 

[Inebriated]

Yea!

Thats for sure the only reason they replaced the 1911 in military service after 2.7 million of them were used in two world wars and too many "other" wars and "police actions" to count over 74 years.

Those dang grip safetys anyway!!

They could get you killed in defensive uses for sure.

rc

What do I care about military or LE uses? Should I only drive Crown Vic's, too? I'm sorry I offended you and your 1911 with a personal opinion.

 

[WoodchuckAssassin]

This is the main reason why I prefer the XD series to Glocks - the added palm safety. Like other posters have said, it's all about trigger control...but if there's no thumb safety, I really prefer to have a palm safety for piece of mind. Every semiauto I'VE ever owned had a thumb safety. If you train with it, there's no reason not to have the added safety.

 

[Fishslayer]

The only thing that the grip safety does that I can understand some folks not caring for is that it locks the slide as well, so you have to have a firing grip on the gun to open the action. More of an annoyance than anything else, though.

I guess it must not be an issue for me since in the years I've been handling 1911s I had no idea that it locked the slide! Learn something new every day.

EDIT: I just hadsta know... went out & tried it. Grip safety didn't lock the slide on either one. :shrug:

I like the grip safety. It makes more sense than internal locks and mag disconnects...

 

[GLOOB]

1911 has a grip safety to make it more dropsafe. If it were to hit the ground muzzle up, the trigger could be depressed by inertia, firing the gun upwards, towards your head.

The XD has a trigger dongle that fills that role, already. So for an XD, I don't think the safety really makes a big difference. Sure, it locks the slide. And it prevents the trigger from being pulled if your grip is wrong. But it doesn't fulfill the fundamental and vital role that it does on a 1911.

In neither case will it prevent 99% of NDs. In the XD's case, it is redundant in the prevention of AD's.

There is a reason why 1911's have a grip safety. And nearly all other handguns do not.

 

[Sam1911]

I guess it must not be an issue for me since in the years I've been handling 1911s I had no idea that it locked the slide! Learn something new every day.

EDIT: I just hadsta know... went out & tried it. Grip safety didn't lock the slide on either one. :shrug:

No, no...on the XD!