SkiLune
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Thanx for comments/suggestions
Good to know. I had a portable motion detector go off in my house the other night, so I grabbed my nightstand gun (Beretta) to investigate. I slipped a little on the top of the stairs, but being a long time skier my balance is excellent (much better than my shooting at this point) and I quickly recovered. Basically wound up sitting at the top of the wood stairs and never lost control of the Beretta I was holding, and my finger stayed off the trigger while the gun stayed pointed downward. (Skiing for 40+ years makes slipping and falling a rarity, but when it happens you tend to keep it under control...).
That incident got me thinking about the Glock. Tumbling down the stairs with a loaded Glock is NOT an experiment that I would be willing to try, although an AD and the commotion probably would have scared away any BGs.
Even though I'm pretty sure on my feet and fairly athletic, and I am absolutely scrupulous about handgun safety, when things go bump in the middle of the night and you're half asleep, funny things can happen. But
I suppose in that state you could also forget to flip off the safety if you needed the gun to go bang.
Oh well, I'm apparently gonna have to decide on one nightstand gun and practice mostly with it. For a novice shooter like me, its a little tricky switching between guns with different controls.
At this point, I am leaning toward checking the extractor to make sure its functioning right, and then putting the Glock on the nightstand. Its the gun I shoot best, and I think that is the primary consideration.
This thread has been great. Thanks all for your comments.
Oh, as for 'no safety?' Well, I got more confidence in mine in a way I'd rather NOT have. I've dropped it... ...twice. Once on gravel, once on a tile floor. Both times one 'in the pipe.' Neither time, a 'boom.'
Good to know. I had a portable motion detector go off in my house the other night, so I grabbed my nightstand gun (Beretta) to investigate. I slipped a little on the top of the stairs, but being a long time skier my balance is excellent (much better than my shooting at this point) and I quickly recovered. Basically wound up sitting at the top of the wood stairs and never lost control of the Beretta I was holding, and my finger stayed off the trigger while the gun stayed pointed downward. (Skiing for 40+ years makes slipping and falling a rarity, but when it happens you tend to keep it under control...).
That incident got me thinking about the Glock. Tumbling down the stairs with a loaded Glock is NOT an experiment that I would be willing to try, although an AD and the commotion probably would have scared away any BGs.
Even though I'm pretty sure on my feet and fairly athletic, and I am absolutely scrupulous about handgun safety, when things go bump in the middle of the night and you're half asleep, funny things can happen. But
I suppose in that state you could also forget to flip off the safety if you needed the gun to go bang.
Oh well, I'm apparently gonna have to decide on one nightstand gun and practice mostly with it. For a novice shooter like me, its a little tricky switching between guns with different controls.
At this point, I am leaning toward checking the extractor to make sure its functioning right, and then putting the Glock on the nightstand. Its the gun I shoot best, and I think that is the primary consideration.
This thread has been great. Thanks all for your comments.