Hello All;
Here is my situation and what I think may work.
I am interested in starting to carry a full size EAA Witness 45 ACP. I'd like to carry it in condition-ish-2 in that I would have one in the chamber, but the safety on. To do this requires me to lower the hammer on a live round before putting the safety on. This Witness was made in 94-95 so the safety is not a decocker (as I've read some others are I thought).
I am not interested in carrying it in Condition 1 in that I do not have the extra safety of a grip safety like a 1911 so I do not think that is a possibility. I am not really interested in carrying in Condition 3 either.
My solution is to build a one time 'disposable' bullet trap. I have cut 12 4"X4" squares of 3/4" particle board and glued them together with liquid nails (didn't want to use screws to prevent ricochets or change the bullet's trajectory) and wrapped it with some gaffer tape (to make it less horrible looking and also to help contain wood flying everywhere).
We keep our firearms in a safe in the master bedroom walk in closet. We do not keep our firearms loaded within the safe. It would be a change of routine to start keeping loaded firearms in the safe and changing firearm handling routines is bad.
The process solution is to go into the closet, take the unloaded gun and a full magazine out of the safe, slap the magazine in, rack the slide, point the firearm at the bullet trap (axially so as to get the most out of 9" of wood). and lower the hammer. Once the hammer is lowered, safety on and then it goes into IWB, Sig jacket, whatever.
If there is an ND on my part lowering the hammer do you think that my solution is going to prevent or at least limit the damage? Do I need more wood? Is there a better solution?
Looking forward to what everyone thinks and open to suggestions.
Thanks
Here is my situation and what I think may work.
I am interested in starting to carry a full size EAA Witness 45 ACP. I'd like to carry it in condition-ish-2 in that I would have one in the chamber, but the safety on. To do this requires me to lower the hammer on a live round before putting the safety on. This Witness was made in 94-95 so the safety is not a decocker (as I've read some others are I thought).
I am not interested in carrying it in Condition 1 in that I do not have the extra safety of a grip safety like a 1911 so I do not think that is a possibility. I am not really interested in carrying in Condition 3 either.
My solution is to build a one time 'disposable' bullet trap. I have cut 12 4"X4" squares of 3/4" particle board and glued them together with liquid nails (didn't want to use screws to prevent ricochets or change the bullet's trajectory) and wrapped it with some gaffer tape (to make it less horrible looking and also to help contain wood flying everywhere).
We keep our firearms in a safe in the master bedroom walk in closet. We do not keep our firearms loaded within the safe. It would be a change of routine to start keeping loaded firearms in the safe and changing firearm handling routines is bad.
The process solution is to go into the closet, take the unloaded gun and a full magazine out of the safe, slap the magazine in, rack the slide, point the firearm at the bullet trap (axially so as to get the most out of 9" of wood). and lower the hammer. Once the hammer is lowered, safety on and then it goes into IWB, Sig jacket, whatever.
If there is an ND on my part lowering the hammer do you think that my solution is going to prevent or at least limit the damage? Do I need more wood? Is there a better solution?
Looking forward to what everyone thinks and open to suggestions.
Thanks