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Geoff PR,

I carry a striker-fired semi-auto pistol with a round in the chamber–and I carry it “outside the waistband but inside the belt” at the “3 O’clock” position (on my hip) in a holster which covers the trigger. That pistol should NOT go bang in the holster on my hip. And even if it did for some odd reason, it is pointing down at the ground and away from my body, even when sitting.

In a perfect world, I would carry a semi-auto pistol with a hammer and decocking lever (e.g. the CZ-75 platform)–and I would carry it in a holster which covers the trigger, with a round in the chamber, safety off, and hammer down. Unfortunately I was experiencing economic hardship when I purchased my striker-fired pistol and could not afford something like the CZ-75 platform.

I never feel “safe” with any muzzle pointed at my body in any fashion, but simply “safe…er” with the trigger safety.

Welcome to the conundrum of AIWB.

Yep…

I wouldn’t feel any safer with the trigger dingus.

I hear you can put a tire stem behind the trigger as well to be super safe. 😉

1,000 percent agree, that’s why I don’t carry striker-fired, I consider it potentially too perilous to risk.

Car guns, home guns, striker is just fine, but not for carry, IMO.

Actually, I might carry a Glock if it had that horrid 14 lb. trigger…

Generally agreed. A round in the chamber is optimum.

However, carrying a striker-fired in AIWB is a bit different than hammer-fired, or OWB, or such. SFAIWB presents a situation in which the muzzle, by nature of its positioning, is pointed at the bearer’s manfruits or femoral artery when in a seated position (think driving, working at a desk, sitting in church). Of my two primary EDCs, one has an integral trigger safety lever (CA model gun), and the other does not (non-CA roster gun). The latter offers a superior trigger and higher round count in its mag, but has no safety when carried AIWB. When I carry the former, the thought of an ND while seated is never on my mind due to the trigger safety, but would always be a concern with the latter, so with that one I carry it “Israeli”.

As I’ve mentioned in the recent past, my training includes draw-and-rack. For the uninitiated or those who seldom go to the range for practice, I do not recommend Israeli. But once you begin training, the action from concealed holster to full draw becomes smooth just as with any other gun. I liken the additional step of racking to the additional step of pulling back the hammer on a heavy-triggered revolver. You get to the point where only a half second is added to the full draw.

TEHO. I prefer the peace of mind, and the super-miniscule chance of that extra half second costing me my life is worth the trade-off of the security I give myself while constantly having the muzzle pointed at my nutz. I offer no derision to anyone who chooses to carry their own EDC otherwise.

More likely, probably not.

Saw a DGU video about 2-3 weeks ago (?) here or the, *cough*, other, *cough*, blog where homie extracted his firearm, and tried to rack it. He repeatedly botched the maneuver.

Fingers turn into flippers during a massive adrenaline dump, and there’s no way to accurately train for that, no mater what you might think.

I recognize that, and keep my carry guns chambered, hammer down, and let the long, heavy trigger pull be my safety…