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Feed&Guns wrote:

carlson1 wrote:

ShootDontTalk wrote:
On the other hand, carrying anything with NO round in the chamber is a lot more dangerous.

Don't want to take this off topic, but this is a mouth full of wisdom yet some still just don't understand how dangerous it is to carry with an empty chamber thinking they can see the threat, draw, chamber a round, point, and then shoot.

I do a demonstration with many of my customers who are new to guns. I hand them a red ASP training gun. I say, "Okay. Now, put this where you'd carry your gun. Pretend like it's under your shirt or in your purse. When I say, "bad guy! bad guy!" I want you to shoot the threat."

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM draw the gun and just go "bang". Then I take the gun out of their hand and say, "see, it's not instinctive to disengage the safety and especially not to rack the slide." "Unless you are planning on training 1000 rounds a month and on every draw, dropping the safety and charging the weapon, you need to consider a revolver or a striker fired gun with no external safety." "Instinct is to point and shoot. If you don't train otherwise, you need a weapon that fits your instinct."

Their faces look blank for a few seconds while it sinks in and then the light bulb comes on. Every one of them say, "ya. that makes sense."

As such, I have very few handguns guns in my store that have a thumb safety (except my personal Sig 1911 Scorpion used to show off my Osprey suppressor). Revolvers and striker fired, no external safeties are what I like to promote.

Countryside wrote:

Taypo wrote:

Countryside wrote:

oohrah wrote:I don't carry my gov model, because it's too dangerous cocked and locked, with a round in the chamber. And what would be the point if it was not. So I got a PX4 Storm .45, which I can de-cock to DAO.

I know a little off-topic, but you might want to rethink your EDC.

How is a 1911, properly holstered, trigger covered, with a slide safety and grip safety, more dangerous than any other holstered pistol?

I'm guessing because the hammer is back and its scary?

LOL. That's kinda what I was thinking.

Oh and Taypo...I noticed that is post number 666 for you! Post again quickly or bad luck will follow you!

Countryside wrote:

oohrah wrote:I don't carry my gov model, because it's too dangerous cocked and locked, with a round in the chamber. And what would be the point if it was not. So I got a PX4 Storm .45, which I can de-cock to DAO.

I know a little off-topic, but you might want to rethink your EDC.

How is a 1911, properly holstered, trigger covered, with a slide safety and grip safety, more dangerous than any other holstered pistol?