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Here are some photos of the gun in the holster in question. Can you tell us what's "wrong with the holster?"

There was nothing "wrong with [my] holster." But the safety was exposed and could be brushed off my anything that bumped into it at the right angle. I was conscious of this and made efforts to prevent that from happening. But over the years, it happened a few times. Besides the grip safety...

I've found my safety off several times in the decades that I've been carrying. Sometimes on duty and sometimes off duty. Not a big deal, there's still the grip safety at work and besides, I carry a Glock at times.

As I understand this, the half‒cock position was not intended as a "safety device." Rather it was a fail‒safe device. It was only intended to be forced into service if the sear failed to maintain engagement with the hammer hooks, due to wear, or if the hooks broke. If that's the case, then it...

If you wear the cylindrical foam ear plugs, it's virtually impossible to insert them quickly in time to take a shot at game. It's more than just shoving them into the ear. Here's a video from 3M that describes the procedure. I've come across few folks who do it properly. If they're not...

I'm no expert on these matters but isn't the second set of hooks (the "half cock" position) on the hammer supposed to prevent the gun from firing if the sear or the first set of hooks fails? That's how it worked when my stepfather's 1911 had the sear fail. (Note: he had thinned the sear down...

EXCELLENT POST Double Naught Spy! I've had this conversation a couple of times on a couple of forums. Almost always it goes the same way, with someone making a similar statement that if one only fires a few rounds, there won't be "significant" hearing damage. You explained clearly why, in...

The "I don't want to rely on a battery operated device for life threatening circumstances" argument strikes me as silly. There's a car crash on the freeway and one of the cars is leaking gas with people trapped inside it. How do you get EMS and the fire fighters on their way, CELL PHONE...

And yet Mr. Dicken prevailed when his opponent had a rifle and he had a pistol. It's obvious that we have a different ethos. I'm aware of all of the situations that Styx mentioned in his last post, just above yours. Self‒defense situations are rare in the first place. Layoff shooters are...

I have no idea what you're talking about. I quoted a post of yours and then responded to your comments. Not sure why you're confused now, but it's not worth it to me to straighten you out. Here's what you wrote, My objection was to the part that I've placed into bold. And I replied...

You quoted my entire post and then wrote, "I disagree …" Which part of my post do you disagree with? I wrote, You too, tried to avoid the hypothetical. Fact is, at 40 yards YOU MIGHT get shot in the back as you fled! Fact is the average shooter CAN EASILY get hits out to 100 yards on a...

I'll assume you're referring to my "40 yard" question, based on the mall shooting in Indiana where Mr. Dicken stopped an active shooter by shooting him. That's hardly "made up [or] anecdotal" Some of the situations I've proposed are hypothetical. And of course they're "worst case,"" I believe...

"Try[ing] to escape" might get you shot in the back as you fled. You're at 40 yards now. Even with irons he can easily get hits out to 100 yards, on a human. If he's got any kind of optic, he can get hits at even greater distances. If you had a RDS your accuracy "with a compact pistol"...

Sorry to see you go. Especially in light of this report from Fox News, just last night. Part of the problem is how the FBI defines "active shooters." The FBI has changed from being the foremost investigative law enforcement agency in the world into a political machine, highly biased for...

I'd not put a "10 yard" label on point shooting. For some it's 10 yards, for some it's 5, for some it's 3. Someone reading this who is only "effective" at 3 yards might say, "OK this guy says it's good out to 10 yards" and may in a self‒defense situation use it, only to discover that it's...