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I think safety off when pressing out and on target is probably the most acceptable and safest way of doing it.
Can I run my procedure by you guys and why I settled on it?
I currently run a TSO with ambi wide safety in competition from 3 o'clock OWB AlphaX holster.
I currently carry a P365 with standard manual safety AIWB.
For competition, the wide safety ledge is a thumbrest for my crush grip so I get the grip as I come down onto the holster and the safety comes off as I establish grip in the holster. My thought is... the OWB race holster isn't pointed at my leg and doesn't sweep my body on drawing and I try and have good finger discipline at all times. In my mind, it's no different than running around a course with the safety off with just one hand on the gun (as long as the draw doesn't sweep the body).
For carry, I do a similar thing.
When I get my grip in the holster for the P365 the safety automatically comes off as the gun comes out of the holster.
My thought being that I don't want the process to be any different from any other CCW gun or draw and I don't want to "add" a step to the press out.
People draw regular P365s without safeties all the time and if I disengage the safety in the holster, then I'm basically drawing a non-safety gun which I'm comfortable with.
It also lets me change between safety and non-safety type guns seamlessly.
It also removes a failure point if my OODA loop is interrupted during the press out.
If I flicked off safety during press out, what would happen if you got hit or tackled before you could press out? Or if you couldn't press out and had to shoot from retention or non-standard shooting position. It might be enough cognitive overload that you could fail to disengage the safety when you really needed it.
So for me, if the gun comes out of the holster it's live and ready to fire. Just like any other gun.
I basically only use the safety to reduce chance of discharge when it's in the holster as extra redundancy or in case the gun accidentally comes out a little from the holster (I don't like super tight retention in my holsters, but if I were to carry a non-safety gun I'd increase the retention on the holster.
Thoughts?