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?
AIWB and high volume live fire
A big consideration for me with carrying AIWB is how much live fire I plan on doing. GJM touched on this some.
I'm okay with carrying a Glock 19 AIWB...but heavy live practice with it is another story. If you're doing a hundred draws in a live fire session, its just way to easy to get complacent about holstering procedures (and start speed holstering). Its just difficult to maintain the necessary mental discipline to slow down and do it right when the reps add up.
I'd much rather use my P30 for heavy AIWB live fire sessions...its just that much more forgiving, and the added safety benefit of a longer trigger stroke and a hammer that gets thumbed tips the balance for me enough to actually practice extensively.
I'm not saying my mental discipline is bad or unsafe, or that I speed holster....but I could see the potential to fail at some point in the course of the next however many decades I'll be carrying. And when/if that happens, much better to have that long trigger and hammer.