HD/Range gun. DA/SA vs SA+Safety vs Striker

If I am cocked and locked and I am identifying a threat, is my safety still engaged while IDing? Do I disengage the safety immediately prior to engaging a target? If so, that could be a minor tactical disadvantage.

Is a striker fired gun such as the P320 any safer than a CZ-75 in SA with the safety off?
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In a struggle for the gun, would you like your adversary to be holding your point-and-squirt DA/SA or striker-fired gun with the safety off or no safety, or would you prefer to have a moment or moments while they try to figure out the safety and how it works?
I'd go cocked 'n' locked SA, but if you are even thinking "I might forget to disengage the safety", or, "I don't know when to engage or disengage the safety", definitely do something else.
 
I'd go DA SA, for HD a double action first shot at close range isn't that big a deal with some practice. But this way you can shoot SA for range shooting, which for me is more accurate. At home I'd skip the safety, your plenty safe with a DA pull. Take a good look at a CZ PO7, great trigger out of the box and a very accurate shooter.
 
A safety is one more thing to have to worry about when you're awoken to your door being beaten on or your windows being smashed.
Remember, ready position on target finger on the trigger, low ready position off target finger off the trigger.
Practice this 25 times daily with an unloaded pistol and you'll be ok. :)
 
I'm leaning toward DA/SA or striker.

Honestly, I think the optimal situation would be a CZ-75 SP-01, which is for sure my favorite gun, with a slightly lighter DA trigger and a similar or slightly lighter SA trigger. I don't want some feather 2lb SA triggr but if the DA trigger were say 8-9lbs and the SA 3.5-4lbs, that would be awesome. Does anyone know what custom trigger weight jobs CZ Custom/CGW can do on a SP-01 Tactical if I decide to go that route at a later date? They work on the tactical model, correct?
 
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I have changed my opinion on the matter more than once.
But I have come to think the most fool proof design is any handgun without a manual safety.

Keep the handgun holstered and keep your finger off the trigger until the target is in your sights and you are prepared to shoot.
 
Find a Walther P99 with a broken in trigger, it may change your whole worldview of DA triggers.
It gives you a DA/SA with decocker with a very very good DA pull once broken in.
The SA is better than the pull on a PPQ.
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Good advice, and you beat me to it.
 
Seriously, not a bad choice to be made between the two guns you cited for what you intend to use them for. I'd have a slight preference for the SP-01 since it might be a just little more accurate in capable hands. But there is a lot to be said for the Sig striker fired gun that points & aims like a classic Sig P-series.
 
The solution for me is to grab a revolver. The long REALLY heavy DA pull allows me to access the situation before the bang.
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This thread is starting to scare me. Are people seriously using the a long heavy trigger pull as a buffer between shooting someone accidentally? Oh, maybe I'll discover that the shadow in the corner is really my kid and I'll just stop the trigger pull mid stroke. How about keeping your finger off the trigger until the threat is identified? That might be a better tactic.


Serious question for Glock guys.
If you're awakened in the middle of the night, situation unknown, what do you do with a Glock?
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Depends, if I'm woken up by a strange noise or hear someone fiddling with the door I'll carry my Glock in my hand close to my body, pointed towards the floor, with my finger off the trigger until I can figure out who it is. If someone is in the house they certainly don't belong so I'll have my gun pointed at them with my finger off the trigger.

I can't emphasize enough to people that if you think someone is in or trying to get into your home barricade yourself with your firearm and then call the police. Obviously common sense is in order and I'm not saying call 911 for every little strange sound outside when you can just look out the window but when your gut tells your something is wrong don't go hunting. Even as a cop I plan to follow my own advice. The key is to live to see another sunrise, not be a dead wannabe hero.
 
It really boils down to preference here. The semi SA striker jobs are by far the most common but I don't care for them.

For me it's DA/SA .... safety off, hammer down (otherwise it wouldn't be DA). Outside of the .22 target pistols, it's the only platform I own. My preferred carry guns are the CZ 75D compact and the Bersa Thunder .380.

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I should add the DA pull and the transistion from DA to SA is not a,problem. Just practice practice, practice. I've found my DA shots are as good as my SA ones are. The good thing is with a DA/SA pistol, dry fire practice is a piece of cake. I do like to use snap caps.
 
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Another vote for double/single action. Once you learn to shoot a long heavy double action trigger you can shoot anything. I actually bought a double action revolver to practice trigger control and WOW! It really helped my groups. For HD I feel much more comfortable with that long heavy trigger.
 
BM303,

Based on your initial post I'd say you need a G Model Beretta or Sig with the conventional DA/SA trigger. I've carried and qualified with a lot of handguns over the past three decades and I never shot any of them better than a 92G Centurion or 22X Sigs.

Don't be put off by the transition, it will work itself out n use. You do have to practice this in live fire to master it, but you you should be doing that with any handgun you intend to master. The DA grip and stroke can be improved by dryfiring until the sights remain static throughout.

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Depends, if I'm woken up by a strange noise or hear someone fiddling with the door I'll carry my Glock in my hand close to my body, pointed towards the floor, with my finger off the trigger until I can figure out who it is. If someone is in the house they certainly don't belong so I'll have my gun pointed at them with my finger off the trigger.
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Sure, Glocks are safe, not arguing that point, finger off trigger, fine. But unless you have a holster ready to go next to the bed, the only place you can carry it is in your hand.
What if you want to go outside to investigate a noise? I don't know about you guys, but I want mine concealed if I'm in my yard. I'm not going to walk around with a pistol in hand outside unless I see real trouble, not just any noise.

I used to be a Glock guy, but after shooting IDPA I started thinking, am I going to keep a complete belt rig w/holster next to the bed at all times? No. I want something concealable without a holster, to keep more options open, because 99% of the time that noise is just a cat or a drunk and there's no need to walk around with gun in hand for that.
 
Nylon duty gear and ALS (or police trade in) holsters can be had so cheap you set up a 'turnout belt' for about a hundred bucks. When things get interesting around here, I may wind up 100 yards away at the horse pens or a quarter mile away at the back gates. Pull on your britches, snap on the belt and GO.
 
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