Nice gun, Dawgfvr. Are those Hogue grips on it?

I use this on my wife. Keep buying guns looking for the perfect one. I tiink she really knows whats going on but she plays along.

My new perfect carry gun is a Walther PPS 9mm single stack. About the size of an STI LS9. Works great in either a DeSantis pocket holster, or a Simply Rugged open top IWB.

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Originally posted by Wyatt Earp:

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Originally posted by orangehole:
I am sorry but I feel the 1911 is a poor choice for a carry pistol unless you have so much training that clicking your safety off becomes instinctual.

I keep hearing this BS as if training oneself to quickly deploy a 1911 was harder than launching the Space Shuttle.

A couple of hours of dry firing practice from the holster a week for a couple of weeks is all one needs. This is no more difficult than learning to engage the safety on an AR when coming off target and automatically flipping it off as you come on target.

Non-issue.

I have to respectfully disagree. The Human Factors have to be taken into account. Assuming a split-second decision to draw and fire, a true 'panic, convulsive grip scenario', I think the average person, including police officer with training, is more likely than not to forget to press down on the safety. That can be unnerving if you've forgotten to do it-even during range practice.

DA, no safety, all the way, with my Bersa Thunder 380, CZ-75B, Taurus PT92SS, SigPro SP2009, and Kahr CW9.

There are LOTS of folks so thoroughly acclimated to the 1911 that snicking off the thumb safety simply ISN'T a problem for them, ever.

Nonetheless, I do tend to agree that "simpler is better", and that therefore DA revolvers or DAO semiautos tend to be better CCW choices than SA semiautos or SA revolvers, at least for untrained or minimally-trained folks. I won't be dogmatic about it, though; if someone feels a special affinity for a particular sidearm design and is willing to put in the time and effort to practice with it such that he becomes proficient, then more power to 'em!

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Originally posted by SAWBONES:
There are LOTS of folks so thoroughly acclimated to the 1911 that snicking off the thumb safety simply ISN'T a problem for them, ever.

I happen to be one of those. In fact, I tend to snick off nonexistent safeties when I draw a Glock or a revolver. I don't carry "traditional DA" autos with the safety on, and my bedside Beretta has the safety applied specifically because I'll have to be awake enough to remember how it works before I can make it go "bang."

The only handguns I've ever owned that gave me transition troubles were Sigs and an HK P7M8. All good guns, but transitioning back and forth between them and other manuals of arms made my fingers and thumbs get confused! Therefore, I no longer own any of them.