Hello,
serious question here and I would appreciate any insight or comments that you can give me. Sorry if this has been covered multiple times.
My question is simple... when do you disengage the manual safety? Some possibilities...
- Remove the manual safety as soon as the pistol is unsheathed or brought out. If you need a quick draw--> fire, this is the way to go. If you perceive a threat but have not identified one (e.g. bump in the night) you have a pistol that is ready to fire, should a goblin surprise you. I would argue that if you do not have the training to keep your finger off the trigger, how would you have the presence of mind to disengage the safety under stress?
- keep safety on until threat is positively ID'd. This would work with a pistol where you have the ability to ride the safety. I.e. as trigger finger is brought into action, safety is disengaged. But if you don't shoot this way or if you cannot (like me w/ my USP) I don't think this is a good option. Keeping the safety on in this case, you run the risk of being surprised and here, hopefully your training to disengage the safety would come into play instead of instinct (think "SQUEEZE TRIGGER = BANG!" only).
- other possibilities, I guess, would run the spectrum. Keep safety on while in interview postion, but disengage when moving in a low ready, etc.
The bottom line here is that I have not had formal training in this area and simply don't know how it's taught. Because I can't ride the safety on my USP, I simply disengage the safety when a threat is perceived and keep my trigger finger glued to the frame of the hot potato. If I had a 1911, I'd ride the safety as described in the second bullet.
Any insight and comments are appreciated. I just don't know "what is right" although any of the above methods could be "what works."
I guess a similar parallel would be for the P7 folks..... when do you squeeze the cocker?
THANKS
serious question here and I would appreciate any insight or comments that you can give me. Sorry if this has been covered multiple times.
My question is simple... when do you disengage the manual safety? Some possibilities...
- Remove the manual safety as soon as the pistol is unsheathed or brought out. If you need a quick draw--> fire, this is the way to go. If you perceive a threat but have not identified one (e.g. bump in the night) you have a pistol that is ready to fire, should a goblin surprise you. I would argue that if you do not have the training to keep your finger off the trigger, how would you have the presence of mind to disengage the safety under stress?
- keep safety on until threat is positively ID'd. This would work with a pistol where you have the ability to ride the safety. I.e. as trigger finger is brought into action, safety is disengaged. But if you don't shoot this way or if you cannot (like me w/ my USP) I don't think this is a good option. Keeping the safety on in this case, you run the risk of being surprised and here, hopefully your training to disengage the safety would come into play instead of instinct (think "SQUEEZE TRIGGER = BANG!" only).
- other possibilities, I guess, would run the spectrum. Keep safety on while in interview postion, but disengage when moving in a low ready, etc.
The bottom line here is that I have not had formal training in this area and simply don't know how it's taught. Because I can't ride the safety on my USP, I simply disengage the safety when a threat is perceived and keep my trigger finger glued to the frame of the hot potato. If I had a 1911, I'd ride the safety as described in the second bullet.
Any insight and comments are appreciated. I just don't know "what is right" although any of the above methods could be "what works."
I guess a similar parallel would be for the P7 folks..... when do you squeeze the cocker?
THANKS