newfalguy101
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I like em on the gun, but, actually rarely use them...............so I can go either way
Bought the S&W 380 Bodyguard. One of the reason I like it for ccw is the safetyI have heard a lot of shooters express disdain for manual safetys on semi automatic pistols.
What is your take? Any rationale?
ISame goes for magazine safeties. Why? Ruger makes the LCP with no external safeties at all, and then they build the LC 9mm with all kinds of safeties, frame mounted safety, magazine safety. I don't get it. .
So... 1911s, HPs, CZs, etc (and some HKs) really NEED a manual safety (downward sweeping) IMO.
^^^For a light short single action trigger, yes.
For long double action triggers, no. I prefer no manual safety on a carry gun, just draw and fire.
I say put the safety on all of semi's. If you don't want it don't engage it.
Wrong.
If a user do not want it, leaving it disangaged still leaves the user with the risk of the lever of button being moved by accident.
Countless people will such devices have found the device engaged or disengaged contrary to user's intent due to accidental contact.
^^^ too! I frequently check the safety on my SR9c because it gets bumped off occasionally.Wrong.
If a user do not want it, leaving it disangaged still leaves the user with the risk of the lever of button being moved by accident.
Countless people will such devices have found the device engaged or disengaged contrary to user's intent due to accidental contact.
Not.If a user do not want it, leaving it disangaged still leaves the user with the risk of the lever of button being moved by accident.
Countless people will such devices have found the device engaged or disengaged contrary to user's intent due to accidental contact.
Come on man, could you stop with that? Can't you just use the proper terms that are used in the owner's manuals?TestPilot wrote,
Thumb lever type manual firing inhibitor
I don't carry a 1911, RC. It's a Ruger SR9c and the safety works just fine. My primary holsters are High Noon and Crossbreed. I'm right handed and carry it as such. It is an ambi safety which is why it occasionally gets bumped off. Not a lot. Just enough that I'm aware of it and make a point to check the safety regularly and maintain my practice routine of swiping it down EVERY TIME.Well, I beg to differ.
But I have carried 1911's, and others for well on 50 years with never a problem with a safety just getting 'bumped off'.
My primary 1911 carry holsters cover the safety, and pretty much lock it on safe due to the leather being molded around the safety when the gun was fitted to it.
Or, maybe your gun needs repaired so the safety doesn't come un-stuck quite so easy???
Or you are carrying a right-handed gun in a left side holster with the safety sticking out in the wind??
Or a gun with ambidextrous safety's, with one side always sticking out in the wind??
Otherwise, I just can't see it happening, except as some sort of fluke occurrence once in a very long time.
rc
That reasoning is why someone might think a saftey is a good thing. They say if you don't want the gun to go bang, keep your finger off the trigger. Well if you don't want the safety engaged keep your finger off of it.
I respect everyone's opinion. Choose what you like, but so many people give the reason for not wanting one as accidental engagement, yet a lot of those people act like accidental engagement of a trigger is impossible. I realize the position of the safety makes it more likely to be touched, but it is still the same principal
If your safety gets engaged or disengaged by accident??
You my friend need to buy a better holster design!!!
"Proper" according to who?Come on man, could you stop with that? Can't you just use the proper terms that are used in the owner's manuals?
Do we need to call you TestFlightControlManipulator? If you are a TestPilot, how do the folks at work like it when you use non-standard terms not used in the flight manuals or TO's?
OK, we get it, you don't like manual safety's on pistols, but please try and use proper terminology.
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By the way, are there any guarded switches on any of the aircraft you fly? Do any of those guarded switches prevent firing or releasing of weapons?
According to the manufacturer of the firearm.TestPilot wrote,
"Proper" according to who?
Now I understand.TestPilot wrote,
I am not a pilot. The ID was originated from a game.
There are plenty of things that are done differently from manufacturer's document that are still proper.According to the manufacturer of the firearm.