ApacheCoTodd
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I "get" them and use them... often.
EVERY SINGLE TIME that my 230SL comes out of the holster, I run my finger over the indicator-extractor.
You just never know and I don't have to pull the slide and look down.
Walther? Same thing except my thumb.
Det1 Kimber - every time I have the visibility, I look in the indicator slot.
There are a few more around here that it is second nature to feel them if one can or look at the if one must and is able to.
I could subscribe to the "always loaded..", "they're mine and no one else touches them..." or something along those lines but from experience, I know full well that I know for certain... right up until I don't.
I spent a career getting home behind successful firearms manipulation and know that, at best, "I think it's loaded", treat it as such but confirm every single time.
I can't begin to guess how many times I've drawn a M-16, CAR-15 or M-4 bolt a tad... just in case. I would love a non-interference indicator on them.
As far as the concept is concerned LAWYERS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT so don't let that bias get in the way of using them and appreciating them.
It's not like they're S&W frame locks.
Todd.
EVERY SINGLE TIME that my 230SL comes out of the holster, I run my finger over the indicator-extractor.
You just never know and I don't have to pull the slide and look down.
Walther? Same thing except my thumb.
Det1 Kimber - every time I have the visibility, I look in the indicator slot.
There are a few more around here that it is second nature to feel them if one can or look at the if one must and is able to.
I could subscribe to the "always loaded..", "they're mine and no one else touches them..." or something along those lines but from experience, I know full well that I know for certain... right up until I don't.
I spent a career getting home behind successful firearms manipulation and know that, at best, "I think it's loaded", treat it as such but confirm every single time.
I can't begin to guess how many times I've drawn a M-16, CAR-15 or M-4 bolt a tad... just in case. I would love a non-interference indicator on them.
As far as the concept is concerned LAWYERS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT so don't let that bias get in the way of using them and appreciating them.
It's not like they're S&W frame locks.
Todd.