Curious, what's the BEST handgun safety design? - Page 2

Micahweeks · April 6, 2014, 02:04 PM

I'd go vote the USP and FNP45 type of safety. I just think it's the most versatile safety design and that it can accommodate almost any shooter, from no active safety types to sweep down 1911 guys to decocked with safety on. I think there is a strength there in that anyone can pick it up and carry it their way with little or no retraining. That's a big deal to me, and it's partially why my former agency used them in the 90's until 2011. Well, that among many other reasons, but still that.

barnbwt · April 7, 2014, 12:00 AM

Anyone here (with experience using them) like the FNH Five-Seven pistol safety style? They put it right above the trigger (ambidextrous) and it is flicked down as you move your finger from the ready position on top of the safety to the trigger. I find it to be the most intuitive active/selectable safety design I've used, even though we're all used to thumb safeties. It has the added bonus of more or less forcing you to keep your finger on the right spot when you draw. But then our import laws went and screwed it up by forcing FNH to add a magazine-safety to the thing

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April 6, 2014, 02:04 PM	#26
Micahweeks Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2009 Location: North Mississippi Posts: 854	I'd go vote the USP and FNP45 type of safety. I just think it's the most versatile safety design and that it can accommodate almost any shooter, from no active safety types to sweep down 1911 guys to decocked with safety on. I think there is a strength there in that anyone can pick it up and carry it their way with little or no retraining. That's a big deal to me, and it's partially why my former agency used them in the 90's until 2011. Well, that among many other reasons, but still that.

April 7, 2014, 12:00 AM	#27
barnbwt Senior Member Join Date: May 17, 2012 Posts: 1,085	Anyone here (with experience using them) like the FNH Five-Seven pistol safety style? They put it right above the trigger (ambidextrous) and it is flicked down as you move your finger from the ready position on top of the safety to the trigger. I find it to be the most intuitive active/selectable safety design I've used, even though we're all used to thumb safeties. It has the added bonus of more or less forcing you to keep your finger on the right spot when you draw. But then our import laws went and screwed it up by forcing FNH to add a magazine-safety to the thing TCB