Comments on: Stupid Inventions http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/15/stupid-inventions/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:39:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Weer'd Beard http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/15/stupid-inventions/#comment-35449 Weer'd Beard Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:17:25 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7183#comment-35449 I don't even tell people about the LCI on my S&W1911s, It's easy to not have enugh light to see the case, and it often requires you to point the muzzle of the gun in an unsafe direction hunting for a good light/angle combination. Just do a damn press-check and be safe about it, otherwise handle the gun like it's loaded. Still the Mag disconnect is even worse IMHO. Nothing like a device that easily turns your gun into a poor club when you might most need it....or give you a false sence on security handling a gun with a round in the chamber! I don’t even tell people about the LCI on my S&W1911s, It’s easy to not have enugh light to see the case, and it often requires you to point the muzzle of the gun in an unsafe direction hunting for a good light/angle combination.

Just do a damn press-check and be safe about it, otherwise handle the gun like it’s loaded.

Still the Mag disconnect is even worse IMHO. Nothing like a device that easily turns your gun into a poor club when you might most need it….or give you a false sence on security handling a gun with a round in the chamber!

]]> By: HTownTejas http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/15/stupid-inventions/#comment-35421 HTownTejas Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:00:37 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7183#comment-35421 I like the LCI on my Kahr PM9. I can quickly tell if it's loaded without doing a brass-check. I don't ever use to confirm the opposite though, I do check manually to make sure it's unloaded. I like the LCI on my Kahr PM9. I can quickly tell if it’s loaded without doing a brass-check. I don’t ever use to confirm the opposite though, I do check manually to make sure it’s unloaded.

]]> By: Claude http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/15/stupid-inventions/#comment-35393 Claude Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:04:42 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7183#comment-35393 The loaded chamber and and striker status indicators can be helpful in the dark when you need to positively test the gun's ready to go. It would be nuts to rely on it prior to say cleaning your gun. <a href="http://www.springfield-armory.com/xdfeatures.php" rel="nofollow">XD features here</a>. The loaded chamber and and striker status indicators can be helpful in the dark when you need to positively test the gun’s ready to go. It would be nuts to rely on it prior to say cleaning your gun.

XD features here.

]]> By: mostlygenius http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/15/stupid-inventions/#comment-35392 mostlygenius Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:11:15 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7183#comment-35392 LinkP: I just haven't got to the magazine disconnect yet. LinkP: I just haven’t got to the magazine disconnect yet.

]]> By: Link P http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/15/stupid-inventions/#comment-35391 Link P Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:18:12 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7183#comment-35391 I don't mind the LCI on my Walther P1. However, I only use it reaffirm what I already know: the weapon *is* loaded. If I want to verify that the weapon is clear, there is only one valid method: manually clear the chamber by ejecting the magazine and cycling the action. I nominate the magazine disconnect for the stupidest firearm 'enhancement'. That makes for a dangerous weapon! I don’t mind the LCI on my Walther P1. However, I only use it reaffirm what I already know: the weapon *is* loaded. If I want to verify that the weapon is clear, there is only one valid method: manually clear the chamber by ejecting the magazine and cycling the action.

I nominate the magazine disconnect for the stupidest firearm ‘enhancement’. That makes for a dangerous weapon!

]]> By: gattsuru http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/15/stupid-inventions/#comment-35388 gattsuru Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:19:40 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7183#comment-35388 I like them, but more for making sure something's full rather than it being empty. Moving your hands needlessly before checking that can be a little frustrating. I like them, but more for making sure something’s full rather than it being empty. Moving your hands needlessly before checking that can be a little frustrating.

]]> By: Justin Buist http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/15/stupid-inventions/#comment-35387 Justin Buist Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:36:20 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7183#comment-35387 Posting what I posted over there: I like ‘em. My S&W 1911 has a little notch on the top that lets me see brass if there’s a round in the chamber, though I think Springfield did it best with their XD pistols as you can feel a hump if there’s a round in there. Of course, I only use them to make pretty sure the gun’s got a round chambered in it, not the other way around. It isn’t unloaded until i’ve got visual confirmation and my pinky doing a prostate exam on the chamber. Posting what I posted over there:

I like ‘em. My S&W 1911 has a little notch on the top that lets me see brass if there’s a round in the chamber, though I think Springfield did it best with their XD pistols as you can feel a hump if there’s a round in there.

Of course, I only use them to make pretty sure the gun’s got a round chambered in it, not the other way around. It isn’t unloaded until i’ve got visual confirmation and my pinky doing a prostate exam on the chamber.

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