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So, I just sent in the application for my Concealed Firearms Permit, and I will be getting the card soon. I am trying to figure out what kind of gun to carry (most likely AIWB). This is not about what specific gun to buy, per se, because I have spent a good number of weekends on rentals, and I know pretty much what I shoot well. It about trigger type and safety.
I realize I'm brand new to this, but no matter the training, I don't really see myself ever becoming full relaxed with the idea of carrying a cocked gun with a chambered round (the only way, right) in a compressed space pointed right at my femoral artery. I am a little concerned about accidentally popping myself - not so much because I will forget my finger is on the trigger in holstering/unholstering (though that is possible), but more so that the gun will be in an area the gets a lot of movement, I reach into my pockets often, and life has a habit of occasionally causing you to brush up against things, bump into people, or fall. Obviously the options are DA/SA decocked, Striker, SA cocked and locked.
- DA/SA this seems to have the best balance between simplicity (Striker) and safety (Cocked and Locked). But the different trigger pulls might be an issue. I can't tell for certain if I would be less accurate with the first shot under stress, but I at least know that I am conscious of any adjustment between the first and second shots at the range. I'd probably prefer not to go this route.
- SAO vs Striker. This is really the main thing for me, and I guess I've been fed a lot of anecdotes that I need to verify.
- Safeties are bad?: When I first thought about concealed carry I assumed you NEEDED to have a safety switch if you were going to jam a gun in your pants, it seemed, well, safe to me. Apparently, a lot of people say this is a bad idea, because you will forget to disengage it under stress, and lose seconds of self defense. Can anyone with experience attest to this?
- Striker is safer than concocked and locked?: This doesn't really make to me. When hot, both Striker and SAO guns just require an SA pull to go off. But a striker has no safety, and only require something to engage the trigger (the "trigger safety" seems like a gimmick - if something is going to activate the trigger, how would it NOT trip the safety?). SAO guns have a positive safety that completely disable the trigger/sear - this could be accidentally flipped off, but even if that part fails, aren't you just in the same place as a striker now?
- Do hammers often get caught up in things on the draw? (Is it worse with cocked ones?)
- I assume all modern drop safeties/pin blocks are effectively same?
I am hoping to get some advice from experienced individuals who maybe have carried a specific type for many years, and if they (hopefully not) ever had an AD, or those who (unfortunately) had to employ their guns to violent effect, and if they had any issues (specifically with the DA/SA change or the safety)
I realize I'm brand new to this, but no matter the training, I don't really see myself ever becoming full relaxed with the idea of carrying a cocked gun with a chambered round (the only way, right) in a compressed space pointed right at my femoral artery. I am a little concerned about accidentally popping myself - not so much because I will forget my finger is on the trigger in holstering/unholstering (though that is possible), but more so that the gun will be in an area the gets a lot of movement, I reach into my pockets often, and life has a habit of occasionally causing you to brush up against things, bump into people, or fall. Obviously the options are DA/SA decocked, Striker, SA cocked and locked.
- DA/SA this seems to have the best balance between simplicity (Striker) and safety (Cocked and Locked). But the different trigger pulls might be an issue. I can't tell for certain if I would be less accurate with the first shot under stress, but I at least know that I am conscious of any adjustment between the first and second shots at the range. I'd probably prefer not to go this route.
- SAO vs Striker. This is really the main thing for me, and I guess I've been fed a lot of anecdotes that I need to verify.
- Safeties are bad?: When I first thought about concealed carry I assumed you NEEDED to have a safety switch if you were going to jam a gun in your pants, it seemed, well, safe to me. Apparently, a lot of people say this is a bad idea, because you will forget to disengage it under stress, and lose seconds of self defense. Can anyone with experience attest to this?
- Striker is safer than concocked and locked?: This doesn't really make to me. When hot, both Striker and SAO guns just require an SA pull to go off. But a striker has no safety, and only require something to engage the trigger (the "trigger safety" seems like a gimmick - if something is going to activate the trigger, how would it NOT trip the safety?). SAO guns have a positive safety that completely disable the trigger/sear - this could be accidentally flipped off, but even if that part fails, aren't you just in the same place as a striker now?
- Do hammers often get caught up in things on the draw? (Is it worse with cocked ones?)
- I assume all modern drop safeties/pin blocks are effectively same?
I am hoping to get some advice from experienced individuals who maybe have carried a specific type for many years, and if they (hopefully not) ever had an AD, or those who (unfortunately) had to employ their guns to violent effect, and if they had any issues (specifically with the DA/SA change or the safety)