The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Curious, what's the BEST handgun safety design?

RickB · March 28, 2014, 05:59 PM

I think you have to have some sort of positive firing pin block. I don't know that the corporate lawyers would allow a new design without one.
I'd insist on at least the option of a non-passive manual safety. Frame-mounted, swept-down to fire is intuitive, and ergonomic.
A tactile loaded-chamber indicator (rather than just a window on the barrel to see a chambered round) might be a good idea, but I've never owned a gun that had one, and have never found myself wishing I had one. In general, I don't like trusting something like that; people should check the chamber.

March 28, 2014, 05:59 PM	#2
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,556	I think you have to have some sort of positive firing pin block. I don't know that the corporate lawyers would allow a new design without one. I'd insist on at least the option of a non-passive manual safety. Frame-mounted, swept-down to fire is intuitive, and ergonomic. A tactile loaded-chamber indicator (rather than just a window on the barrel to see a chambered round) might be a good idea, but I've never owned a gun that had one, and have never found myself wishing I had one. In general, I don't like trusting something like that; people should check the chamber.