Handy,
My finger and disclipline are my safety, since the P-99 doesn't have one. It is no different than carrying a Glock loaded. If I continue to follow the 4 gun rules, I will be okay.
My reasoning is: The first shot is the absolute most important. I want that shot to be exactly where I intend. For me, the DA first shot tends to go off dead center. I can put the DA shot exactly where I want it if I concentrate and go a little slower. I feel that in the event of a need to use it, God forbid, I will not be disciplined enough to take the extra second to place that shot exactly where I want to. Training under with a timer has proved that to me. I am preparing for the adrenaline rush now before I experience it.
So I decided to get used to SA only. I am faster, more accurate, and I feel more comfortable with it that way.
It may sound risky. I have done numerous dry fire drills and am now comfortable with it in that condition.
One thing Tase with OPS once said in a class was that every time you pick up your sidearm, consider it as training. His point was that every time you pick up your pistol, move. It habituates you to moving when you draw. When you pick it up from the nightstand, move. That was a good point. Every time I touch my P-99, my finger is straight along side until I am on target.
Part of my dry fire drill includes trigger finger discipline. Move up, finger to trigger; move down, finger off.
Every time I touch my P-99 I know\assume it has a round chambered and is cocked. I do not need the loaded chamber indicator on the P-99 because it is always considered loaded until I clear it. Much dry fire and training has gotten me acclimated to it being in condition 0.
Walther did not put a manual safety on it and I don't know what Walthers intentions were, but they won't be with me when I defend my life. I am not a "lawsuit happy" type, so I accept it as my own responsiblity.
I also carry a Kimber 1911 from time to time. It is SAO but has a manual safety. I use the safety on it because 1. it has one 2. it is very easy to disengage 3. that pistol is always SA. Every shot the same trigger pull.
If I always train with DA on my P-99, when shooting SA my training would not be optimized. If I always trained SA and used DA too, my training isn't optimized. If I trained 50\50 DA\SA I am cutting my training per pull in half. If I train and carry 100% SA, then I maximize my training and hopefully have habituated properly to what I will use.
It is a combination of the DA\SA pull and the lack of a manual safety that causes me to carry in Condition 0. I cannot speak to the other model guns because I don't have a lot of time with them and cannot remember how they handle.
I don't know who else, if anybody, is in favor of this type of carry. That doesn't matter. I will be the one on the line if I ever have to start slinging lead, so it is a custom made philosophy based on my experiences on the range, and the physical characteristics of my chosen sidearm.
If I had any of the guns you mention with SAO and a good ergo manual safety I would utilize the safety. If the Walther had a good manual safety, I would use it.
I hope this can clear up my thinking. Although I think I may be the only person in the Universe that can understand my thinking. After all, I don't think too often, it hurts.
Start a thread on Carry Conditions, see what the community think about it. This thread is headed out behind the barn, and I might be going with it.
My finger and disclipline are my safety, since the P-99 doesn't have one. It is no different than carrying a Glock loaded. If I continue to follow the 4 gun rules, I will be okay.
My reasoning is: The first shot is the absolute most important. I want that shot to be exactly where I intend. For me, the DA first shot tends to go off dead center. I can put the DA shot exactly where I want it if I concentrate and go a little slower. I feel that in the event of a need to use it, God forbid, I will not be disciplined enough to take the extra second to place that shot exactly where I want to. Training under with a timer has proved that to me. I am preparing for the adrenaline rush now before I experience it.
So I decided to get used to SA only. I am faster, more accurate, and I feel more comfortable with it that way.
It may sound risky. I have done numerous dry fire drills and am now comfortable with it in that condition.
One thing Tase with OPS once said in a class was that every time you pick up your sidearm, consider it as training. His point was that every time you pick up your pistol, move. It habituates you to moving when you draw. When you pick it up from the nightstand, move. That was a good point. Every time I touch my P-99, my finger is straight along side until I am on target.
Part of my dry fire drill includes trigger finger discipline. Move up, finger to trigger; move down, finger off.
Every time I touch my P-99 I know\assume it has a round chambered and is cocked. I do not need the loaded chamber indicator on the P-99 because it is always considered loaded until I clear it. Much dry fire and training has gotten me acclimated to it being in condition 0.
Walther did not put a manual safety on it and I don't know what Walthers intentions were, but they won't be with me when I defend my life. I am not a "lawsuit happy" type, so I accept it as my own responsiblity.
I also carry a Kimber 1911 from time to time. It is SAO but has a manual safety. I use the safety on it because 1. it has one 2. it is very easy to disengage 3. that pistol is always SA. Every shot the same trigger pull.
If I always train with DA on my P-99, when shooting SA my training would not be optimized. If I always trained SA and used DA too, my training isn't optimized. If I trained 50\50 DA\SA I am cutting my training per pull in half. If I train and carry 100% SA, then I maximize my training and hopefully have habituated properly to what I will use.
It is a combination of the DA\SA pull and the lack of a manual safety that causes me to carry in Condition 0. I cannot speak to the other model guns because I don't have a lot of time with them and cannot remember how they handle.
I don't know who else, if anybody, is in favor of this type of carry. That doesn't matter. I will be the one on the line if I ever have to start slinging lead, so it is a custom made philosophy based on my experiences on the range, and the physical characteristics of my chosen sidearm.
If I had any of the guns you mention with SAO and a good ergo manual safety I would utilize the safety. If the Walther had a good manual safety, I would use it.
I hope this can clear up my thinking. Although I think I may be the only person in the Universe that can understand my thinking. After all, I don't think too often, it hurts.
Start a thread on Carry Conditions, see what the community think about it. This thread is headed out behind the barn, and I might be going with it.
