I'm in the process of adding a few pistols to the barn and started to question the direction I was taking..I own and carry both on and off duty DAO Glocks(19 and 26)..I also own an FNX-45 DA/SA which for now is a recreational fun gun. I'm on the 1911 kick now and am looking to buy one before the years done. Question is do you think switching between the 2 action types is necessarily a bad thing or is it something that makes you sharper.Has anyone found themselves making mental errors such as looking for a safety on a Glock or forgetting to deactivate it on a 1911?. Do many of you keep a mix of both or generally stick to one?

Personally, if you are mandated to carry a Glock and you spend time training with anything other than a Glock you are making a mistake. That Glock is lifesaving equipment and you should be able to use better than any other handgun you own.

 

"Beware the man that owns only one gun, he probably knows how to use it"

 

Or as Bruce Lee said:

Yeah I've carried the Glocks for 15 out of my 17 years OTJ(S&W 5946 first 2 years..don't get me started with that thing) so I've probably ripped about 17k rounds through Glocks..The FNX and 1911 are more of "side pieces"..lol and just for fun..not really carry rigs..just curious if the back and forth has caused any brain farts with experienced shooters. .agree that your first priority is training with what you carry..

 

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My opinion and mine only...... I shoot all kinds of firearms. But I Train with the one I carry. I carry a 1911 so the action of thumbing off the safety for me is imprinted but I have seen people qualify with say a 1911 and repeatly fail to disengage the safety as their training imprint was draw aim engage if needed. Sans any active safety. Again my opinion only. Good luck and be safe.

I had an SA TRO Operator, an HK P2000 and a SW MP45. I liked all three guns very much. However, if I spent a weekend, or a training class, or a competition shooting one of them - when I went back to the Glock, I was a soup sandwich.

 

I found that if I adhered to a personal time and accuracy standard with the Glock, and after playing with the other guns I shot my Glock until I met that standard, I could shoot other guns with little to no impact on my ability with my duty gun.

 

Eventually I realized that as much fun as it was shooting the other guns, the juice wasn't worth the squeeze. I decided that if I was going to shoot, I may as well shoot with the gun that was going to save my life.

 

I sold the other guns, and now have a few Glocks.

HE agree, I advocate for being familiar with just about any firearm you will encounter but train with one type and only deviate if I have to, fortunately I no longer have to worry about what gets issued...... Most of us would benefit by buying less and spend the money on training.........Regards and Take care be safe.

It depends on what your "software" will accept and how much your willing to train. For me personally I can easily float between an HK LEM and 1911's. But if you toss a DA/SA into my mix I go to shit with all of them within the same shooting session. So I only own 1911's and HK LEMS . But I have seen it enough times, people that put copious amounts of ammo downrange with many different systems can float between them seamlessly. But I do mean ALOT of rounds down range!