If this is a poll I vote nay.
raz-0 said:the only reason I'd want one is to give me a place to rest my thumb without hitting the slide stop accidentally. (and of course the little extra recoil management you can get riding a thumb safety)
ClosetCaseNerd said:Because I sure do.
If they would make the current MP40 and MP40c with the same active safety on the MP45 I would be delighted. I got to fool with an MP45 yesterday and honestly, its the best implementation of an active safety I've used. The way the ergonomics all come together on that pistol, it was great (the fit and finish on the extractor though, was another matter...).
I am hoping that S&W won't wait long before putting out both models with the option of an active safety, and have an entire line up similar to the USP series.
For now I'll just keep my M&P40, but soon as the active safety series hit the shelves I'll get myself another full size and a compact!
DukieDog said:The M&P 45 Safety just blocks the trigger bar. It does NOT block the hammer and sear like the 1911 design. It also does not hold the slide closed to avoid knocking out of battery.
In my opinion, all the M&P45 safety does is keep idiots from pulling the trigger.
Keeping your freaking finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot will do the same thing.
The only reason it is on there is that the specs for the military contract wanted it.
Even the great John Moses Browning never saw a need for a thumb safety and such a device didn't exist on his designs until the military demanded he add one.
The greatest safety is between your ears. Use it regularly.
It is my opinion that a manual safety may actually contribute to someone shooting themselves as they ignore the rules of safe gun handling. How many times have you seen someone press the trigger on purpose BECAUSE the safety was engaged? Just as people have ADs with guns they "know" are unloaded, one could just as easily have an AD because they "know" the safety is engaged. IMO, a pistol without a manual safety helps the halfway intelligent gun owner to treat the weapon as if it is loaded at all times because he only has to remember one thing - keep your finger off the trigger.ClosetCaseNerd said:its one more thing that could potentially stop the extremely unlikely situation of someone from shooting themselves
DukieDog said:The M&P 45 Safety just blocks the trigger bar. It does NOT block the hammer and sear like the 1911 design.