Right now appendix and striker pistols are all the rage, so I'm prepared for a bludgeoning of hate, but hear me out...To preface, I'm not even a huge fan of appendix carry for the same reason that I don't allow people to sweep me with their firearm or appreciate people making joke pictures pointing a gun at their head even after they safety checked it... sure, if you don't pull the trigger nothing will happen, but I believe that you don't point the barrel at anything you aren't willing to destroy, which depending on how you're standing or seated w/ appendix could be your femoral artery leading to a quick bleed out death or worse your D&B and you survive.Although heralded as outdated, here's why I would reconsider ye olde hammer DA/SAs if appendix carrying specifically:Trigger compromise: A striker tries to be a compromise between the safety of a DA trigger and the accuracy of a SA, which means its neither. The more it leans one way, the worse it is at the other. While consistency is great, there's something to having a really long extremely deliberate first shot for that extra safety margin against error, with fly-swatting follow-up shots.Holstering: The trigger paddle safeties are nice, but its never going to be as safe against freak snag holstering incidents as a hammer DA/SA where you can decock/safety the firearm, put your finger over the hammer, holster, and then disengage the safety.Unholstering: If its a regular non-emergency, you can safety the firearm before unholstering and handling, covering the hammer, and have that longer heavier DA first shot as ultimate full-tard "woops" protection compared to a typical striker. And even w/o safety for self-defense unholstering, that DA trigger is still a little safer than the compromise striker that's in the in-between DA/SA zone of pull length and weight.Thanks for listening, now feel free to remind me why mommy shouldn't have held her breath so long during my delivery. via /r/CCW https://ift.tt/31Om4C2
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