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Willie848

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Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
« on: March 19, 2012, 12:31:51 AM »
How many conceal carry with their safety on and how many carry with their safety off.

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Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
« Reply #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.
« Last Edit: March 19, 2012, 01:44:31 PM by Condition 1 »

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Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2012, 03:08:36 AM »
Safety on unless I'm carrying a revolver
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Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2012, 12:00:35 PM »
Locked, cocked, and one in the pipe.

Oh, and safety ON.
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Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: Safety on or Safety off, that is the question.
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2012, 07:45:59 PM »
Weapons with slide mounted safety/decocker - OFF

1911 - Cocked & Locked
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