Rich Lucibella
Staff
Good discussion, I agree. I've done my share of FoF but not near as much as you, I suspect. As for the "safety fairy", what can I say? Your choice is to err on the side of caution for yourself, mine caution for what's in front of my muzzle. We each need to make this decision based on our lives and circumstances.
The one thing I will contend is that the simpler our manual of arms and the more uniform across weapon systems, the less chance we have for error either way.
Gabe is suggesting that the safety come off and remain off with the drawstroke. Simple and uniform. But KSFreeman points up a classic scenario for disaster...the transition. IMHO, 'nuff said. (Sapper, that alone may answer your own question.)
I'm suggesting (as does TR and Cooper's Modern Technique) that the safety and index finger be worked together and only when we're on target....also simple and uniform. You've adopted a middle ground with interim safety on/off steps. I'm a student, not a Teacher, but I'd suspect this might be leading to the "Safety Fairy" issues.
Again, there is no right/wrong here....so long as we individually think about what we do and why we do it that way.
I think the reason so many of us had gotten into the habit of disengaging the safety in the drawstroke, regardless of threat, is due to the nature of training. When we go to the range or a class, we're repeatedly presented with shoot targets. We're placed "behind the curve" and each draw culminates in immediate shooting. It's only once we go FoF or shoot houses that we are presented with no-shoot targets....and this is generally in the more advanced courses.
Rich
The one thing I will contend is that the simpler our manual of arms and the more uniform across weapon systems, the less chance we have for error either way.
Gabe is suggesting that the safety come off and remain off with the drawstroke. Simple and uniform. But KSFreeman points up a classic scenario for disaster...the transition. IMHO, 'nuff said. (Sapper, that alone may answer your own question.)
I'm suggesting (as does TR and Cooper's Modern Technique) that the safety and index finger be worked together and only when we're on target....also simple and uniform. You've adopted a middle ground with interim safety on/off steps. I'm a student, not a Teacher, but I'd suspect this might be leading to the "Safety Fairy" issues.
Again, there is no right/wrong here....so long as we individually think about what we do and why we do it that way.
I think the reason so many of us had gotten into the habit of disengaging the safety in the drawstroke, regardless of threat, is due to the nature of training. When we go to the range or a class, we're repeatedly presented with shoot targets. We're placed "behind the curve" and each draw culminates in immediate shooting. It's only once we go FoF or shoot houses that we are presented with no-shoot targets....and this is generally in the more advanced courses.
Rich