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RBid · July 26, 2013, 08:00 PM

kraigwy and pax nailed it.

When it's the real thing, your brain will be processing a lot of information in a very compressed window. You'll probably experience tunnel vision, narrow mental focus (albeit with an odd clarity), and rationalizing that something VERY BAD is happening. In that moment, you want something so natural it's instinctive.

That intimate understanding will be best prepared by training, practice, and familiar equipment.

At this point, I'm becoming more convinced that no thumb safety or a BIG thumb safety (1911 or similar) is best. I can't see having to present a firearm and dropping the safety on a Shield with someone in my face, for example.

July 26, 2013, 08:00 PM	#21
RBid Senior Member Join Date: March 10, 2012 Posts: 1,059	Self Defensive Handgun Rotation kraigwy and pax nailed it. When it's the real thing, your brain will be processing a lot of information in a very compressed window. You'll probably experience tunnel vision, narrow mental focus (albeit with an odd clarity), and rationalizing that something VERY BAD is happening. In that moment, you want something so natural it's instinctive. That intimate understanding will be best prepared by training, practice, and familiar equipment. At this point, I'm becoming more convinced that no thumb safety or a BIG thumb safety (1911 or similar) is best. I can't see having to present a firearm and dropping the safety on a Shield with someone in my face, for example.