Mechanical Safety On or Off for carry?
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Kankujoe
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My P3AT doesn't have a safety... just a long trigger pull... which seems pretty safe to me...
Outlaw Man
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My every day carry gun is DAO and has no manual safety.
When my clothing allows me to step up to something a little bigger I use my Pro-9 with the safety engaged.
When my clothing allows me to step up to something a little bigger I use my Pro-9 with the safety engaged.
carebear
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Combine this -
With this -
and you have "nose picking safety".
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With this -
and you have "nose picking safety".
P5 Guy
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Walther P5 Compact only has a decocker.
carnaby
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With my old Beretta 96 and with Bersa "thunder", decocked, safety off. With a 1911, cocked with safety on.
Glock, XD, etc, no mechanical safety available.
Glock, XD, etc, no mechanical safety available.
armedpolak
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my KAHR MK9 has no safety,
neither does my H&K P2000 .40S&W
i don't want safety on a CCW gun. if it needs to come out of the holster, i want it in firing condition, period.
AP
neither does my H&K P2000 .40S&W
i don't want safety on a CCW gun. if it needs to come out of the holster, i want it in firing condition, period.
AP
CajunBass
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I've never "carried" a 1911, but back in the 80's I shot with a local IPSC club. I never thought about the safety. It was alway on, and "snicking" if off was just part of bringing the gun on target. As soon as I was finished shooting, it went back on. Never saw a problem with it. If I was to ever carry a 1911, it would be cocked and locked.
My carry guns now are a Makarov, and a Smith and Wesson 39-2. Both are conventional DA/SA semi's. The "safety/decocker" works differently on both. On the Makarov you sweep it down to disengage. On the S&W you have to push the "safety" up, which forces you to shift your hand on the grip. The Makarov's downward motion is more "natural" at least to me.
It really doesn't matter, because I carry them both with safety in the "off" position, but if I had to, I prefer the downward movement of the Mak.
My carry guns now are a Makarov, and a Smith and Wesson 39-2. Both are conventional DA/SA semi's. The "safety/decocker" works differently on both. On the Makarov you sweep it down to disengage. On the S&W you have to push the "safety" up, which forces you to shift your hand on the grip. The Makarov's downward motion is more "natural" at least to me.
It really doesn't matter, because I carry them both with safety in the "off" position, but if I had to, I prefer the downward movement of the Mak.
I'm in the camp that says if the gun has one, it should be used. Although possibly not essential for DA/SA type guns, it's one of those things you may forget to deactivate if you carry it "off safe" and it winds up "on safe" when it's time to use it. I carry DA guns with no mechanical safety so I don't have to deal with the issue.
Manedwolf
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IMO, if you find the safety on your gun to be a hindrance to a quick draw and use, perhaps it's simply a poorly designed gun.
A GOOD safety should be able to be swiped off with the thumb without moving your hand at all from your firing position.
And the problem with saying that your safety is your finger or between your ears and you don't need anything else is that that only works until it doesn't. One time. The mechanical safety is there to make sure that that one time is only an "oops" and not a "BANG".
A GOOD safety should be able to be swiped off with the thumb without moving your hand at all from your firing position.
And the problem with saying that your safety is your finger or between your ears and you don't need anything else is that that only works until it doesn't. One time. The mechanical safety is there to make sure that that one time is only an "oops" and not a "BANG".
Imaginos
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No safety on my Auto or Revolver
My Ruger P90 is the decocker model so nt safety.
My SP101 is a revolver without even a key lock.
Safety is between the ears.
My Ruger P90 is the decocker model so nt safety.
My SP101 is a revolver without even a key lock.
Safety is between the ears.
salvador31c
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I'd use it if it had one, but since i have an XD it doesnt matter, but when i buy one that comes with it i will use it
The Lone Haranguer
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My carry guns are variants of DAO or revolvers and don't have manual safeties. As far as using other types of safeties, it depends on the gun. For a single-action auto carried cocked and locked, naturally you use the safety. For a DA/SA auto with a slide-mounted safety, I carry with the safety off, only using it as a decocker, as it is quite difficult to disengage these safeties when drawing.
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