I am a Glock user, and I have a problem. Mainly that I qual with the M17 in 3 weeks for the first time and need to figure out the manual safety. My question is for those that use manual safeties on a striker gun is when you are turning the safety on/off.
On the M4 I'm one of those people that tries to use the safety whenever possible: that means in before executing a reload, during malfunctions (if the hammer isn't forward), and any sort of movement/level change.
While I ride and can deactivate the M17 safety with my firing hand thumb without issue, it is pretty stiff and I find myself having to use my support hand to activate it consistently. A silky 1911 safety it is not.
Per Table VI of the new Pistol Qual, you fire 10 rounds standing unsupported, reload, fire 10 rounds kneeling, reload, and then stand and move towards and engage the remaining 10 targets. This is all continuous unlike the prior qual. Per the TC we are expected to safe the weapon between level changes after the reload.
For range qual that's fine, but off the range I'm inclined to disengage the safety once I get into a thumb-pectoral index and leave it off until it's time to reholster. What are other folks doing? Thanks!