[Skeptic49]

Folks,
I've been thinking about this:
Larry Vickers Bans AIWB Carry in His Classes - The Firearm Blog

I've gone Galco Lite due to medical considerations, but I am starting to wonder about re-holstering, safety and external hammers. The strikers fire pistols have advantages and I own uh some, but in re-holstering a hammer has advantages.

When I re-holster the Ruger LCP I remove the pocket holster and return the combination to my pocket, all whilst pointing it in a safe direction until the trigger is covered.

I have an OWB for the SWaMPy 9c but it's mainly home defense with long magazines and grip adapter. (BTW does anyone make a pinky extension for the short 9c magazine?)

With the 1911 I was taught to lock the safety, place thumb on hammer and re-holster.

My J-frame S&W has a shrouded hammer, not a hidden one.

Geoff
Who is thinking about safety as well as defense. :dunno:

 

[csmkersh]

With the 1911 I was taught to lock the safety, place thumb on hammer and re-holster.

Why the thumb on the hammer if the safety is on? Yes, I know different military units even in the same country do things differently.

We were "supposed" to carry hammer down on an empty chamber. Racking the slide was part of the draw. With the flap holster I'd often carry cocked and unlocked and depend on the several safeties built into the 1911. Today, whether it's an IWB or Yaqui slide, it's cocked and locked.

 

[William R. Moore]

Actually, many of us were taught to have the shooting thumb on the rear of the slide. This kept the slide in battery, let us know if something was amiss and kept the hammer trapped. Trapping the hammer was considered a good idea since the thumb safe might or might not be on (depending upon your coordination at the time) or work as intended. Cheap insurance.

I have to admit I've always cringed at appendix holsters of all types.

 

[t-star]

like you said, different units, different rules - ours was chamber hot safety on - ie cocked and locked- but then again, if you're not going to need it why draw anyway?to tell the truth I can't remember whether I had applied safe in combat- there were MILLISECONDS between draw and downrange

with proper situation assessment and finger OUT of the trigger guard, the safety becomes redundant anyway