MainelyGlock
Regular Member
Do those of you who open or concealed carry do so with the safety on, or off? Why or why not? Just curious. I carry my Glock 22, which does not have an external safety. It is loaded and ready to fire at all times, though.
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OC/CC with Safety On, or Off?
- Thread starter MainelyGlock
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Herr Heckler Koch
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CCW: H&K USPc .40 SA/DA Condition two SAFETY OFF magazine replenished after chambering a round
OCW: SA1911A1 Condition one SAFETY ON magazine replenished after chambering a round
OCW: SA1911A1 Condition one SAFETY ON magazine replenished after chambering a round
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rodbender
Regular Member
Para-ordnance 14.45 1911 cocked and locked, just as it was designed by JMB.
DrakeZ07
Regular Member
Ruger bearcat .45 Long colt; no safety.
Hi-point .45ACP; safety off, no round in the chamber.
Hi-point .45ACP; safety off, no round in the chamber.
All of my handguns are drop proof and when on my hip are in a secure holster; therefore, any safeties beyond the primary (brain) is redundant.
Neither my model 60 nor my model 66 have more than that which my maker provided.
Neither my model 60 nor my model 66 have more than that which my maker provided.
SigGuy23
Activist Member
Do not have an external safety. Condition one always.
yz9890
Regular Member
I won't carry gun with an external safety.
SouthernBoy
Regular Member
I am not a fan of any external buttons or levers I have to worry about operating in order to make my gun safe and/or make it ready to fire like right now. The only thing I want to think about is pulling and pulling (pulling the gun from its holster and pulling the trigger). None of my primary carry guns have externally operated safeties, decockers, or anything of the sort. They are all DAO and that works for me. And I absolutely carry them in full battery.... i.e., a round in the chamber.
Kirbinator
Regular Member
Depends on the gun...
Got a safety? On.
Doesn't have a safety? N/A
DAO? Decocked.
Got a safety? On.
Doesn't have a safety? N/A
DAO? Decocked.
Steeler-gal
Regular Member
Neither one (Springfield XDm & Kahr) has an external safety
Full magazine
1 in the chamber
Full magazine
1 in the chamber
wikieod
Regular Member
Full mag, one in the chamber, safety off.
Fallschirjmäger
Active member
If it has an external safety, it goes on.
If it has an internal safety, my finger stays off it.
I'm figuring the manufacturer put the safety there for a reason.
If it has an internal safety, my finger stays off it.
I'm figuring the manufacturer put the safety there for a reason.
MainelyGlock
Regular Member
Forgot to add that my CC gun (Taurus 709) is carried with the safety on, one in the chamber. If I'm walking through the rougher parts of town with my Sig, (doesn't have a safety) it's cocked. With the Glock I mentioned, I have a Serpa holster. In my opinion, the locking mechanism on the holster is all the safety I need, and extinguishes my fear that someone can grab the gun while it's holstered before I'll have time to react.
MainelyGlock
Regular Member
Why not?
09jisaac
Regular Member
Because for the most part is is pointless. High quality modern guns don't just "go off" without a reason. Most are even "drop safe". A safety is just a crutch, something you shouldn't rely on.
Gil223
Regular Member
Safety, schmafety... the only true safety a gun has is the hand that holds it, and the mind that controls it. The Glock safety system is as good as it needs to be. If your index finger ain't where it shouldn't be, and the gun is either holstered or pointed "in a safe direction", it's safe. Beyond that, everything else is manufacturer's liability protection! If a separate manual mechanical safety is in use, there is a (perhaps critical) fraction of a second lost - for those people who don't practice. (Besides, if one is good, then two or three should be better. How about adding a biometric recognition system, and a secret password?) Pax...
Aknazer
Regular Member
My XDm, XD, and TCP don't really have any safeties (the XD and XDm have safeties but simply properly holding the weapon disengages them), but if they did I would carry with the safety off. The only safety I need is my trigger finger so long as the gun can be safely carried without the safety on.
MamaLiberty
Regular Member
My .357M revolver doesn't have any kind of "safety" at all... except the one between my ears. Has never failed me yet. 
yz9890
Regular Member
it adds another step between drawing and firing. and each step introduces potential for either human error or mechanical failure.
in my opinion, gun makers add safeties to guns to either appease a buyer who is on the fence about gun ownership or to conform to a law enacted by people with no firearm experience.
it's just an opinion though. I waste no time worrying about how anyone else chooses to carry their firearm.