Is having a hammer for Appendix carry worth changing platforms?
I have been going back and forth on my off duty carry.
On duty I have a Gen 4 G34 as a primary and carry a Gen 4 G26 in a pocket as a backup.
I have been very happy with this setup and have been trying to focus on having one main platform (Glock, M&P, HK) and focusing more on shooting and less on changing guns/equipment all the time.
At the same time, over the past couple years I have come to really love appendix carry for my off duty setup and with great holsters like 5Shot, JRC and JMCK it makes it easy to carry a mid to full size gun appendix.
I began carrying a Glock 19 off duty and was very happy with it.
However, more I read on PF.com about appendix carry, I guess I started to develop a "fear" you could say of carrying a gun appendix without it having a LEM or DAO type setup where you could trap the hammer down with your thumb.
This caused me to go out and buy a HK P30 in LEM.
I very much like this gun and shoot it well, but again, I would really like to consolidate my carry pistols to the same platform/sights/triggers.
Do you think that carrying the G19 off duty (being striker fired) is un safe enough that I should begin to buy holsters/mags/etc for the P30 off duty, even thought he P30 has different trigger, mag release, feel than the guns I am trying to focus and train around?
I guess what I am asking is, is the Glock carried appendix so unsafe that it is worth investing time/money/energy in 2 different platforms, just to have a hammer on my off duty carry?