Posted: 7/23/2026 3:40:15 PM EDT
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Overtime I've been interested in and carried a few different kinds of guns. At some point here somebody explained to me the proper way to switch off a thumb safety during the drawstring. Up until that point I kind of had it in my head that you draw the gun and then you make the decision to turn off the safety etc etc. Once it was explained that using the thumb safety is just apart of the drawstroke, then I started practicing, a lot. Now that I'm working with the striker fired gun that does not have a thumb safety I've noticed that every time I draw the gun I operate the safety even though there is not one there. It's sort of like going from a car with a standard transmission to an automatic transmission and automatically trying to press the clutch or change the gears. Anyway I'm just asking if there's any reason to believe this could be some kind of a problem. I've noticed I hear the slide stop going click when I reholster as my thumb sweeps it up. Personally I'm just fine with it. But if it could cause some kind of an issue then I probably need to reconsider it. That's it, thanks. |
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When you draw, you will begin to point the pistol forward at the target. Let your thumb lay on the safety from the moment you grip the gun, and as you bring it up and level it, that rotation of the pistol will force the thumb to disengage the safety naturally. No thinking involved. It happens automatically when you do it right, and its as fast as not even having a safety. |
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Originally Posted By JoeDevola: Just put in the reps to reprogram muscle memory for the striker fired gun. I too carried and shot 1911s, but transitioned to Glocks 20 years ago. Just a matter of repetition. My thinking on this has been that I can't personally see any problem with just treating the striker fired gun like a 1911, so just use the same thumb safety procedure for both and call it good. But there might be some severe problem I cause by doing that, that I am not aware of. That's why I asked. |
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Roger, makes sense. For me, it represents wasted motion, and unnecessary movement on the gun. I mean, it's not a huge deal, but I wouldn't purposely continue to manipulate a control that's no longer there, I'd be happy it's gone, really, and know that things are just that much smoother and straightforward. I didn't even think about it much when I transitioned, just saw that going forward, my draw, presentation and reholstering now required less extraneous movement, which I think is better. |
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Originally Posted By JoeDevola: Roger, makes sense. For me, it represents wasted motion, and unnecessary movement on the gun. I mean, it's not a huge deal, but I wouldn't purposely continue to manipulate a control that's no longer there, I'd be happy it's gone, really, and know that things are just that much smoother and straightforward. I didn't even think about it much when I transitioned, just saw that going forward, my draw, presentation and reholstering now required less extraneous movement, which I think is better. Yeah. That also makes sense. Thanks. |
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Originally Posted By R_S: So I draw my pistol with thumb flagged... which is very efficient for when my support hand joins I can simply drop the primary thumb on top of the support hand thumb. This is a good way to say what I was gonna say. Basically I flick off when my support hand makes contact. Then I flick on when I pull my finger out of trigger guard and start the motion down to reholster. |