How do you S&W guys roll?

[Glockman9mm]

Glock guy here. I know the M&P offers an external safety and other models don't.

My question is this.... If you carry an M&P how do you roll?

No external safety model hot ready to go?

No external safety W/O one in the pipe)

External safety locked up with one in the chamber.

Your thoughts?

 

[Shamrock]

For me it just depends on the potential need for engagement. If I'm going into what I anticipate is a hostile enviorment (which I try to avoid if at all possible) then my 1911 is locked an loaded.

 

[Pointblank2U]

I'm an S&W "Revolver" Man, but in semi-autos I go with Colt 1911s and Glocks.

 

[MichiganScott]

No external safety and hot. It's no less safe than a double action revolver, particularly if your holster covers the trigger guard.

 

[rebelray84]

One up the pipe,safety off.

 

[IllinoisCCW]

One up the pipe,safety off.

Same here.


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[catcus-jack]

When I roll it is usually down hill.

 

[TAKJR]

I keep a lot of different suits (guns) for different occasions, and I always keep good friends and stay out of bad places.

Revolver/auto.....whatever fits the bill for the task at hand.

TAKJR

 

[Aahzz]

With my M&P9 FS, no safety on the gun, one in the pipe. With my 3rd gens or my Shield, one in the pipe, safety off.

 

[Lost Lake]

None of my M&P's have safeties, they all are carried loaded and ready. My BG380 has a safety that has never been used.

 

[shutupdata113]

mp40c no safety full mag with one down the pipe...j.i.c.

 

[Jim H]

My personal preference is for any of my guns to be loaded and ready to fire by aiming and pressing the trigger with no other action required.

My 442 was my first carry gun, and since it does this naturally, I based the rest of my collections over the years on this simple action.

My striker-fired SW40F and the DAO 3953 also qualify for this mode.

For the Model 59 that I bought sometime later, I decock it and leave the lever in the "OFF" position.

So, all are loaded and need only depend on a disciplined trigger finger to remain 'safe' until needed, even though there may be other 'safeties' built in.

Exceptions:
At the range, I place lever on the 59 and my Ruger .22's into SAFE when not actually shooting.

 

[mlk18]

My personal preference is for any of my guns to be loaded and ready to fire by aiming and pressing the trigger with no other action required.

I'm with Jim. I prefer DAO and striker-fired NMS guns. While I will train with other manual of arms to remain familiar, I like to stick with what is tried and true when it comes to my carry guns.

 

[vista461]

My M&P's have no safety and my 4003 is carried safety off. All have one in the chamber when carried.

 

[VTHokiesDuckHunter]

I carry the 3rd gen metal DA/SA guns.

Most of the time: loaded chamber, hammer down, safety off.

Some of the time: loaded chamber, hammer down, safety/decocker down. (safety on)

 

[fiasconva]

I have a stock M&P9 that's my EDC. I prefer the point-and-shoot carry.

 

[gunny4053]

"How do you S&W guys roll"? With girls.

As for carry, it depends on what is in the holster. Revolver, every hole filled and ready to go. DAO, one in the chamber, again, ready to go. Safety/decocker, one in the chamber, decocked/safety on.

 

[majbgd]

How I roll?

If it has a safety I use it. If it does not I don't. My experience for most of my life was with the M9/92FS. So sweeping a safety is second nature. I also used a M9/92FS for IDPA or a S&W 5906/6906. My times for non safety or with safety guns were never that far apart.This was comparing the with safety autos(Berettas) to Sig P228 and Sig P226 that I used for IDPA. I guess under stress having no safety would be better. But like anything else, you can train past any deficiency.

 

[jdh]

Please define "roll". I hear this all the time from the superninjatactical types and have no clue what it means.

 

[panamajack310]

A firearm is meant to be carried ready to fire. If it is not ready to fire what good is it. I am a revolver guy, my revolver is loaded 6 rds ready to go. If I carry a semiauto, I carry round chambered and no safety...