Decocker vs Safety

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Kyle S

Kyle S

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Hey fellas.

Just picked up a CZ P09c today as my first hammer fired gun. Shot striker fired for years so I’m not a pistol “rookie” by any means (still suck at shooting 😏) . Kinda in over my head with the Decocker vs safety thing. What’s the consensus amongst the room? In all the research people hate on safeties because of the “added” second it takes upon presentation of the firearm. I’m active mil and our M18s have manual safeties so I’m used to that already. TIA!
 

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I have a p-07. Want to love it but its just too chunky to conceal in FL. Handles well, but cant shoot anywhere close to my 226 in terms of accuracy and consistency. Will prob sell the P-07. Both hammer fire, no safety, but I dont keep one in the chamber, to answer ur question.
 
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Kyle S said:
Hey fellas.

Just picked up a CZ P09c today as my first hammer fired gun. Shot striker fired for years so I’m not a pistol “rookie” by any means (still suck at shooting 😏) . Kinda in over my head with the Decocker vs safety thing. What’s the consensus amongst the room? In all the research people hate on safeties because of the “added” second it takes upon presentation of the firearm. I’m active mil and our M18s have manual safeties so I’m used to that already. TIA!
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This is just my two cents and this is not a representation of FE or any FE affiliated advertising partners. In my humble opinion, I think you should do a safety. I have several 75 variants and I have found that I like having the safety because I can manually (very carefully walking the hammer down) decock the gun and run it chambered in double action for the first round with the safety off. I also have the option to to run it “cocked and locked”. I think it’s a more versatile system and it matches my needs more. It’s all personal preference though. Best of luck and keep us posted!
 
Congrats, beautiful pistol there. I have pistol preferences BUT do not divide that among safety v. de-cocker v. striker fired. It depends on where I'm going and doing what, which reinforces the awareness brainology of just WTH am I, situational awareness. The SIG 2XX series I have are all with de-cocker, love them. My B&T MkII has a safety, no de-cocker, but they put that safety in probably the best ledge ergo locale I've seen. Yup, the de-cock takes a bit to get used to when you load and make ready for the social work, duty, etc., just need a little extra focus on the rituals and safety. The CZs are deceptively boring; accurate, reliable, dependable. Don't sell it until you're about to lose the house! Drive on Brother, thanks for being there.
 
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