What I learned about my p-64 today . . .
Posted: March 15th, 2008, 10:31 am
Guys, I have been away for a while but I think we had gone over the safety issues a while back.
When funcioning properly the p-64 is as safe as any DA revolver. The hammer cannot travel forward and contact the firing pin unless the trigger is in the rearward position like a modern DA revolver with a transfer bar. Saying that you should never carry with the safety off says you should never carry a DA revolver.
My CCW instructor is a retired policeman . He recommended not to carry with the "safety on" if you are going to carry. The safety is between your ears. He also told some of the people not to carry some of the pistols they brought to the range session as they didn't have a transfer bar or could go off when dropped.
He said that if you need to use your gun chances are it will be quick and a safety may get you killed.
I have been around firearms my whole life.
I am also a lefty so flicking a safety on or off is not easy.
I carry with a round chambered and safety off. If the gun is not safe to carry this way I won't carry it.
The p-64 and cz-82 are as safe as any modern DA revolver to carry with safety off. If it makes you feel safer to use the safety then by all means it is your right.
Those that carry with the safety off are not unsafe at all nor do they need to move.
When funcioning properly the p-64 is as safe as any DA revolver. The hammer cannot travel forward and contact the firing pin unless the trigger is in the rearward position like a modern DA revolver with a transfer bar. Saying that you should never carry with the safety off says you should never carry a DA revolver.
My CCW instructor is a retired policeman . He recommended not to carry with the "safety on" if you are going to carry. The safety is between your ears. He also told some of the people not to carry some of the pistols they brought to the range session as they didn't have a transfer bar or could go off when dropped.
He said that if you need to use your gun chances are it will be quick and a safety may get you killed.
I have been around firearms my whole life.
I am also a lefty so flicking a safety on or off is not easy.
I carry with a round chambered and safety off. If the gun is not safe to carry this way I won't carry it.
The p-64 and cz-82 are as safe as any modern DA revolver to carry with safety off. If it makes you feel safer to use the safety then by all means it is your right.
Those that carry with the safety off are not unsafe at all nor do they need to move.