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General Gun Discussion => Handgun Corner => Topic started by: Willie848 on March 19, 2012, 12:31:51 AM

Title: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
Post by: Willie848 on March 19, 2012, 12:31:51 AM
How many conceal carry with their safety on and how many carry with their safety off.
Title: Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
Post by: Condition 1 on March 19, 2012, 01:38:26 AM
In case of a 1911 or guns with thumbsafety, safety is always on until drawn. In a Glock and XD (amongst others) the safety is deactivated when pulling the trigger.
Title: Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
Post by: GunEnvy on March 19, 2012, 03:08:36 AM
Safety on unless I'm carrying a revolver
Title: Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
Post by: Radnor on March 19, 2012, 12:00:35 PM
Locked, cocked, and one in the pipe.

Oh, and safety ON.
Title: Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
Post by: Just Bill on March 19, 2012, 12:32:56 PM
.45, as suggested, loaded and on

PPKS, is double action, so usually off

no safety on revolver

But as we teach as instructors, the safety is a mechanical device that can and will fail, don't rely on it.
Title: Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
Post by: SturmRugerSR9 on March 19, 2012, 02:40:57 PM
Carry my 9mm with 17 hollow points in mag, 1 in chamber, safety on all the time.
Title: Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
Post by: Lumspond on March 19, 2012, 03:04:43 PM
I'm most used to my Sig P226, which has no external safety. It of course has a firing pin block safety, sine gaged only via the trigger. I carry this in DA mode. As long as the gun is holstered with the trigger covered, no problem. My HK's do have safeties, and I do tend to use them. But not cocked and locked, safety on, and DA.
Title: Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
Post by: firststatefirearms on March 19, 2012, 07:45:59 PM
Weapons with slide mounted safety/decocker - OFF

1911 - Cocked & Locked