Cocked hammers scare me

[Reptile]

Get rid of that POS Sig.

 

[Chevy 2 65]

Not the your pistol. Same mechanics


View: https://youtu.be/ZruZIQ2hKh8

 

[Wickedcoolname]

Dude on a gun site saying he's afraid of cocked hammers.
China should just invade now and get it over with.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

So which should make one more nervous - a gun carried with a cocked hammer or one with an intertial firing pin without a mechanism to lock it in place when the trigger is not pulled?

 

[drgrant]

I get it. It is odd. But if you think about striker fired, the spring is under tension just waiting to go off with a trigger pull. Same thing essentially. You just can't see it

"Well, sometimes" depends on the gun. On a Glock there's only typically slight amount of pre tension. Other brands may be similar or more aggressive to the point of being nearly single action and under more tension at rest.

 

[drgrant]

Maybe a leather holster with a retention strap that crosses under the hammer?

I was thinking the same thing....I mean yeah it's a crutch but it would be a pretty reliable mental crutch.... at that point it's literally not possible for the hammer to go down as long as the gun is holstered.

 

[tuna]

I didn't trust a cocked hammer when I started carrying semi autos either.

Carry with the chamber empty, hammer cocked and safety OFF. I kept my Model 60 when I was trying this. After a couple days of unholstering your gun and seeing that it hasn't "gone off", you'll start feeling better about it.

 

[sig shooter]

It feels a bit spooky at first but you get over it eventually. The decocker on my Beretta 92 f***ed with my head for the longest time. Make sure to use a good holster and you’re good to go. If all else fails, stop being a pussy and get over it.

 

[Twigg]

Cocked, locked and ready to rock baby, yes, it's dangerous. I wouldn't do it if it wasn't.

 

[GaryO]

That’s why my carry gun is a Glock. The striker is half cocked.

Give me a couple of hours and I'll be half cocked

 

[meh]

I know, I’m a pussy, gay, etc. I’ve been carry an Sig 938 and it’s a SAO so the hammer is cocked if a round is chambered. Even with the safety on, I’m very “aware” of it and it makes me nervous.

I feel the same way about 1911s and any other gun with a hammer. I carried a Beretta for years, but always decocked it.

I know I’m worrying about something foolish, but there you have it.

I don't like it, either, though I would take some comfort in the grip safety of an actual 1911. The lack of a similar device on a 938 has given me pause. It's probably not fair to say that's why I don't have one, but it was a factor. I carry a P30SK hammer down like you carried the Beretta, but then again, I'm a DA revolver guy. The DA pull is no bother at all. I laugh at reviewers who talk about how heavy it is. Wimpy trigger finger syndrome. I don't actually know whether the Ruger LC9s I pocket carry is fully cocked or partial like a Glock. (Edit: apparently it is a fully-cocked design.)

 

[whacko]

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This.

 

[whacko]

That’s why I liked the Beretta. When decocked there is no possible way to make it fire. Too big for CC though.

When my 1911 is cocked and locked there is no way for it to go off unless

1. Safety deactivated
2. Grip safety activated
3. Pull trigger

It's perfectly safe carried cocked and locked.

Anyone that thinks otherwise sits to pee.

 

[whacko]

Would seem a wheelgun is in the OP's future.

OP needs maxi pads and a reminder that the sticky side goes against the underwater.

 

[whacko]

I used to carry a "3 Kimber 1911 in a Milt Sparks Ultra Carry for a while. I stopped because the cocked and locked method always niggled at the back of my mind and it made me uncomfortable. I bumped the gun a few times and was always cringing on whether it knocked the safety off. It was always no but I had to check to make sure which bothered me. I finally just changed my carry gun as I just couldn't get used to it.

You are not alone.

Even if the safety was bumped off....still have to engage the grip safety and pull the trigger for it to go bang.

 

[MisterHappy]

DA/SA is how I roll.

De gustubus non est disputandem, or something.

 

[johngalt2]

Cocked hammers scare me

Hammered cocks scare me more.

 

[Knob Creek]

Sending a squad of NES Alumni to take away your man card (if you still have one) and pistol whip you with a longslide double stack 1911.

 

[LT5]

This. Only real difference is the concealed striker is less prone to outside forces....illegibly

No……..
That was legible………

 

[Buck F]

*On a side note, the Sig 938 Is NOT a mini 1911, and should not be trusted as a 1911*

*Edit*not saying Sig938 is not safe, just not as safety redundant as a 1911*

Thank you. Whenever I heard the 238/938 called a mini 1911 it goes up my ass sideways.

 

[oldguy68]

Just get a .40 and be done with it!

 

[DJBrad]

Bingo! Also, precisely why I stopped carrying a P365 and ran back to Glock.

Did you have a 1st gen? The only issue was with the striker and afaik was fixed way back when it first came out. Mine is a 2019 and I’ve carried it daily since then. I don’t see how it can be dangerous with the trigger safety plunger, striker safety block, and even added safety lug on the striker in the wild event the striker lug shears off. Thanks for the mags btw. I have no concerns about carrying this at all. I also don’t appendix carry. What concerned you? Was it how you carried it?

 

[Bigfudge16]

Joke over head No……..
That was legible………

 

[LT5]

 

[yogi]

Maybe it’s revolver time?

 

[Bigfudge16]

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[tuna]

Even if the safety was bumped off....still have to engage the grip safety and pull the trigger for it to go bang.

Unless you tape the grip safety down. Mine rattled too much until I replaced the spring, so skate tape did the job.

I came a long way from being worried about it going off accidentally

 

[CMEBoston]

That’s why I like my DA/SA with a decocker

 

[houdini]

I bought a 1911 in 2008 was nervous about carry it cock and lock but over the years it got easier to carry it cock and lock with no problem.

 

[kalash]

Did you have a 1st gen? The only issue was with the striker and afaik was fixed way back when it first came out. Mine is a 2019 and I’ve carried it daily since then. I don’t see how it can be dangerous with the trigger safety plunger, striker safety block, and even added safety lug on the striker in the wild event the striker lug shears off. Thanks for the mags btw. I have no concerns about carrying this at all. I also don’t appendix carry. What concerned you? Was it how you carried it?

Take this with a grain of salt, since it's about my subjective comfort level:

All of the internal safeties on a P365 have a single point of failure - the lug on the sear. I've found very, very few reported examples of strikers breaking in that spot and proteq on YouTube demonstrates how strong it is, but with that knowledge I just couldn't keep carrying it around my kid. That was my only concern and maybe it's overblown, idk. I really like that the Glock 43 that replaced my Sig has redundancies that make it physically impossible for it to be fired without the trigger being manipulated.