I shot the M&P 9mm yesterday for the first time. I loved the way it felt, looked and shot. I am having a mental issue however getting over the fact that there are no external safties at all. I have an FNP9 with no external safty but it is DA/SA and not striker fired. For some reason I cannot get comfortable with carrying a stiker fired pistol with no safties. What am I missing here? Am I being paranoid?
M&P Question
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Man With A Gun
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The M&P has the safety on the trigger much as a GLOCK.
There is no need for an exernal safety since a finger MUST be depressing the safety lever before the weapon fires.
These are safe pistols and you should enjoy using it rather than worrying about something the S&W engineers took care of.
There is no need for an exernal safety since a finger MUST be depressing the safety lever before the weapon fires.
These are safe pistols and you should enjoy using it rather than worrying about something the S&W engineers took care of.
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In a word - YES.
lance22
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The firing pin is blocked
The firing pin is blocked until you begin to pull the trigger. Before that, you can throw it at the ground as hard as you can and it won't fire ... the gun may break but that pin isn't going to smack that primer ... as said by others just like the Glocks.
I think you hit the nail on the head when you called it a mental issue. After carrying a Kahr for a couple years, I had a mental block to overcome when I purchased a 1911 and started to carry in condition 1. It took a month but I got used to it. Some people have the same hang-ups with revos ...
Best of luck to ya
The firing pin is blocked until you begin to pull the trigger. Before that, you can throw it at the ground as hard as you can and it won't fire ... the gun may break but that pin isn't going to smack that primer ... as said by others just like the Glocks.
I think you hit the nail on the head when you called it a mental issue. After carrying a Kahr for a couple years, I had a mental block to overcome when I purchased a 1911 and started to carry in condition 1. It took a month but I got used to it. Some people have the same hang-ups with revos ...
Best of luck to ya
Black_Talon
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I have a bit of an issue with that statement. It would be much more accurate to replace the word "finger" with "anything". Many Glock AD/ND's have happened when something other than a finger has inadvertently depressed the trigger. Thumbsnaps and other parts of ill-designed holsters come immediately to mind. That sort of thing is why I think it is not just a "mental issue", but a real issue. My 2 cents, FWIW.
gc70
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Most people would not think twice about carrying a revolver with a fine, light trigger pull, but carrying a striker-fired pistol bothers many people. I think it is the same type of perception issue that causes some folks to avoid cocked and locked single-action pistols.
Anyway, every firearm has an external safety - whether engaged or not - between the shooter's ears.
Anyway, every firearm has an external safety - whether engaged or not - between the shooter's ears.
nwilliams
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Its something you just have to force yourself to get over.
I had a tough time adjusting to it when I got my first Glock many years ago, I didn't like it to the point where I actually sold the Glock and got something else. However a few months ago I picked up an M&P.40 and made that my new CCW and had no trouble carrying it chambered from day one, I guess I just stopped worrying about it at some point. The fact is even a mechanical safety can fail and the stirker designed guns are not any more likely to go off then any other gun as long as you keep your finger off the trigger until youre ready to fire.
Just do it a few times and eventually you'll get over it like I did.
Good Luck!
I had a tough time adjusting to it when I got my first Glock many years ago, I didn't like it to the point where I actually sold the Glock and got something else. However a few months ago I picked up an M&P.40 and made that my new CCW and had no trouble carrying it chambered from day one, I guess I just stopped worrying about it at some point. The fact is even a mechanical safety can fail and the stirker designed guns are not any more likely to go off then any other gun as long as you keep your finger off the trigger until youre ready to fire.
Just do it a few times and eventually you'll get over it like I did.
Good Luck!
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