Just bought my 1st Firearm (AR-15 type POF P415) thanks to Hickenlooper/Obama. Need feedback

[Ronin13]

Isn't the P229 a DA without any form of safety?
I'm no NRA Certified Pistol Instructor, but isn't that unsafe?

ETA: should have put "external safety" - P229 has firing pin block

Unsafe? Wait, aren't all guns dangerous, evil killing machines that will destroy any and all children they encounter? I read that once on PMSNBC...
Besides... This is my safety...

It's no more dangerous, btw, than me packing a 1911 with a 3.1lb trigger pull always cocked and locked

[davsel]

It's no more dangerous, btw, than me packing a 1911 with a 3.1lb trigger pull always cocked and locked

Um, when I reholster my 1911s cocked and locked, they will not go bang if something (glove, shirt, string...) finds its way into the trigger guard. They also won't go bang when I draw it quickly under stress - until I unlock it that is.

Certainly not trying to tell you how to carry - you can take as much risk as you like. However, I just thought I'd point out to a new shooter, who owns a similar weapon, that your choice is not necessarily the safest method. And probably not what the NRA teaches in their pistol courses. As a matter of fact, you are the first one I have encountered who carries a DA auto in this fashion.

More practice with the DA pull will overcome this method. Or get a SAO Sig. Or get a 1911. Or get a Glock (granted, not much different than your method). Or get any other manufacturer's weapon that is designed to be carried cocked.

JMHO

[Ronin13]

Um, when I reholster my 1911s cocked and locked, they will not go bang if something (glove, shirt, string...) finds its way into the trigger guard. They also won't go bang when I draw it quickly under stress - until I unlock it that is.

Certainly not trying to tell you how to carry - you can take as much risk as you like. However, I just thought I'd point out to a new shooter, who owns a similar weapon, that your choice is not necessarily the safest method. And probably not what the NRA teaches in their pistol courses. As a matter of fact, you are the first one I have encountered who carries a DA auto in this fashion.

More practice with the DA pull will overcome this method. Or get a SAO Sig. Or get a 1911. Or get a Glock (granted, not much different than your method). Or get any other manufacturer's weapon that is designed to be carried cocked.

JMHO

I understand, and funny, I know a USSS (ret) agent who always carried his duty Sig 229 (.357sig) with the hammer back, but they're trained quite a bit on those pistols. And the NRA itself doesn't teach pistol courses, NRA certified instructors do, and more often than not the "NRA Way" is a very bad way on a lot of things in terms of practical use- for instance, I teach to do everything in your 'workspace' (if you don't know, that's up at about chin level so you can see what you're doing and see the situation developing in front of you), the NRA wants people to have the muzzle down when doing everything. But I guess it all depends on the shooter's skill level and experience, I like to think I have quite a bit in both areas thanks to extensive training and repetition. I only offer my stance on things, the way I do things, YMMV.

[Byte Stryke]

I understand, and funny, I know a USSS (ret) agent who always carried his duty Sig 229 (.357sig) with the hammer back, but they're trained quite a bit on those pistols. And the NRA itself doesn't teach pistol courses, NRA certified instructors do, and more often than not the "NRA Way" is a very bad way on a lot of things in terms of practical use- for instance, I teach to do everything in your 'workspace' (if you don't know, that's up at about chin level so you can see what you're doing and see the situation developing in front of you), the NRA wants people to have the muzzle down when doing everything. But I guess it all depends on the shooter's skill level and experience, I like to think I have quite a bit in both areas thanks to extensive training and repetition. I only offer my stance on things, the way I do things, YMMV.

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