SERPA Rediscovered

[Edwardteach72]

I guess it is in slow motions. Still not at all showing how you draw when actually drawing and under stress of say a time to shoot a drill.

Nope just nice relaxed in a room sitting with both hands and not on the belt

 

[Edwardteach72]

Oh so on the belt makes it more difficult so why not show it on the belt? And at a range try and do a draw and first shot to an A zone on a shot timer?? How will it look then?

 

[Chevusa]

I guess it is in slow motions. Still not at all showing how you draw when actually drawing and under stress of say a time to shoot a drill.

Nope just nice relaxed in a room sitting with both hands and not on the belt

Which makes it harder as the holster is not stable where on a belt it is. Give it up. Nobody is driving out to a range to make you a custom video to prove something we already know. You have admitted to never owning one and you do not know what you’re talking about or how to use one. Leave it to the reasonable gun owners to handle. You would prolly feel safer with an air soft gun.

 

[Edwardteach72]

Which makes it harder as the holster is not stable where on a belt it is. Give it up. Nobody is driving out to a range to make you a custom video to prove something we already know. You have admitted to never owning one and you do not know what you’re talking about or how to use one. Leave it to the reasonable gun owners to handle. You would prolly feel safer with an air soft gun.

Something I already know. Yup cause I already have atleast one video showing how things work. Sorry you think that joke of a video proves that you couple never in no way ND with this junk ass holster


Haha calls himself a reasonable gun owner yet cant admit when something has a bad design ahhahahahhahah.

Ok bud you're cute that's just cute you think that

 

[Chevusa]

Something I already know. Yup cause I already have atleast one video showing how things work. Sorry you think that joke of a video proves that you couple never in no way ND with this junk ass holster


Haha calls himself a reasonable gun owner yet cant admit when something has a bad design ahhahahahhahah.

Ok bud you're cute that's just cute you think that

Anything can be dangerous when used improperly. Regardless of holster the finger is always to remain straight forward and indexed up high on the side of the slide until ready to shoot. End of story. Millions of others also know this golden rule. Sorry you don’t.

 

[Edwardteach72]

Anything can be dangerous when used improperly. Regardless of holster the finger is always to remain straight forward and indexed up high on the side of the slide until ready to shoot. End of story. Millions of others also know this golden rule. Sorry you don’t.

No shit it's supposed to remain forward but guess what this design lends that finger to do... not that hence design flaw. But imagine being to dense to understand that

 

[Chevusa]

No shit it's supposed to remain forward but guess what this design lends that finger to do... not that hence design flaw. But imagine being to dense to understand that

My finger always does exactly that. Millions of others too.

 

[Chevusa]

 

[Edwardteach72]

My finger always does exactly that. Millions of others too.

You cant say for fact it does 100% of the time.

 

[Chevusa]

You cant say for fact it does 100% of the time.

Sure I can. It never curves and always lands on the same spot on the side of the slide. Every. Single. Time. You can’t prove that it doesn’t.

 

[Edwardteach72]

Sure I can. It never curves and always lands on the same spot on the side of the slide. Every. Single. Time. You can’t prove that it doesn’t.

So you know for a fact that there is no single mitigation from where you think it is even a fraction of an inch.. wow man that's impressive are you a robot cause damn that's just so wow impressive.

 

[Edwardteach72]

Says his finger lands 100% exactly same place 100% of the time.. sees in his own video where he bumbled with reholstering.. but still that finger 100% certain does the exact same thing down to the fraction of an inch with out issue

 

[Chevusa]

Says his finger lands 100% exactly same place 100% of the time.. sees in his own video where he bumbled with reholstering.. but still that finger 100% certain does the exact same thing down to the fraction of an inch with out issue

The video proves that at the fastest speeds possible the finger remains in the exact proper position and your argument and claims have stalled. Reholstering means nothing in relation to your claims. Try it with any holster at full speed. You too will be slightly off a few times. It’s irrelevant.

 

[Criticalt]

Not dense, just not buying the bullshit that it’s the holsters fault that someone shot themself by putting their finger into the trigger guard when they should not have.

Heres the thing........
After doing some research, there are ALOT of people shooting themselves or having a ND with this particular holster......and only this holster.
Other people have ND with other holsters of course, but not ONE other holster has been near the amount of ND as the Serpa holsters....nowhere near. For that reason alone it seems the Serpa is a poor choice.
These are not all inexperienced shooters. There are certified trainers, cops, military instructors, operators and people with decades of handgun expierience.
ANY way to lower the chances of a ND is a good idea.
I use holsters with thumb breaks. They do basically the same thing with no fear of touching the trigger.

 

[Edwardteach72]

Heres the thing........
After doing some research, there are ALOT of people shooting themselves or having a ND with this particular holster......and only this holster.
Other people have ND with other holsters of course, but not ONE other holster has been near the amount of ND as the Serpa holsters....nowhere near. For that reason alone it seems the Serpa is a poor choice.
These are not all inexperienced shooters. There are certified trainers, cops, military instructors, operators and people with decades of handgun expierience.
ANY way to lower the chances of a ND is a good idea.
I use holsters with thumb breaks. They do basically the same thing with no fear of touching the trigger.

Yea but those guys clearly arent at the level or precision as elwood or chavez here.

If only those people who ND just knew to keep their finger off the trigger

 

[Chevusa]

Heres the thing........
After doing some research, there are ALOT of people shooting themselves or having a ND with this particular holster......and only this holster.
Other people have ND with other holsters of course, but not ONE other holster has been near the amount of ND as the Serpa holsters....nowhere near. For that reason alone it seems the Serpa is a poor choice.
These are not all inexperienced shooters. There are certified trainers, cops, military instructors, operators and people with decades of handgun expierience.
ANY way to lower the chances of a ND is a good idea.
I use holsters with thumb breaks. They do basically the same thing with no fear of touching the trigger.

Regardless of holster your trigger finger is in the same location.

 

[Edwardteach72]

The video proves that at the fastest speeds possible the finger remains in the exact proper position and your argument and claims have stalled. Reholstering means nothing in relation to your claims. Try it with any holster at full speed. You too will be slightly off a few times. It’s irrelevant.

It does mean something.

You have claimed how skilled you are ad nauseam with your trigger discipline and how its impossible to mess up and yet something as simple as reholstering in that video you did what?? Messed up even if ever so slightly

 

[Edwardteach72]

Regardless of holster your trigger finger is in the same location.

But with quality holsters my trigger finger isnt putting pressure on anything. Jesus how hard is this to comprehend

 

[Chevusa]

But with quality holsters my trigger finger isnt putting pressure on anything. Jesus how hard is this to comprehend

You should not apply heavy pressure and never with the tip of your finger. When the finger is straight forward it is impossible to curve it approx 50° and pull the trigger.

 

[Elwood]

Your entire claim is based on your perfect trigger discipline.

Lets say that the SERPA triples your chance of making a trigger discipline mistake while drawing compared to the alternatives. Given it's history and the opinion of professional instructors I think this is quite a conservative estimate.

You are saying that your chance is 0, so 3x 0 is still 0 and it's not a problem.

The other argument is that if it's not absolutely 0, then 3x whatever your personal failure rate on draw stroke trigger discipline is, it will result in 3 times the chance of an ND.

So, lets say you make a trigger discipline fault on one in 10,000 draws with a regular holster that would be one in 3333 on the SERPA. Even if you say "I'm better than that", OK, you're one in 100,000. Well that's one mistake in 33,333 with the SERPA.

Now lets say a trigger discipline fault has a 1 in 100 chance of leading to an ND.

Even if it's one in a million, and odds are you will never make a mistake in your whole life, the odds that you will are *still* much higher with the SERPA.

So, the only time the SERPA isn't less safe than the alternative is if it's either not more likely to cause the mistake (which we can argue, but consensus is that it is) or you are absolutely perfect.

You can argue that the increased risk is low enough and you are willing to take it, etc, and that is your right. If I go to the range and see someone else is drawing from one I'll give them a wide berth (at least).

I've never tried the SERPA (and based on it's reputation alone I never will).

Your familiarity with the product obviously makes you far more qualified to judge it than I am, but to simply write off all the concerns as "well, I just won't make that mistake" is a very dangerous mindset to have.

I don’t see the word perfect in any post I’ve made in the entire thread, wanna try again ?

 

[Chevusa]

Safariland has documented cases of guns going off while inside the holster. Their official website even has a notice warning of such. A quick search will reveal it. Therefore all people should throw that garbage holster away and stop using it. If not you are a hypocrite @Edwardteach72

 

[Edwardteach72]

You should not apply heavy pressure and never with the tip of your finger. When the finger is straight forward it is impossible to curve it approx 50° and pull the trigger.

It's still pressure and then add stress to this vs your leisurely video sitting at at desk

 

[Edwardteach72]

Safariland has documented cases of guns going off while inside the holster. Their official website even has a notice warning of such. A quick search will reveal it. Therefore all people should throw that garbage holster away and stop using it. If not you are a hypocrite @Edwardteach72

Ahhaha ok bud yup cause their ALS has as many ND as the serpa..

Please show me the notice on the website

 

[Chevusa]

Ahhaha ok bud yup cause their ALS has as many ND as the serpa..

Please show me the notice on the website

Do a search. There are many sights reporting officers guns discharging while holstered. The official site has a safety bulletin posted. See for yourself or bury your head in the sand. The choice is yours, but the big difference is one was user error (SERPA) the other was product failure (Safari).

 

[Edwardteach72]

Do a search. There are many sights reporting officers guns discharging while holstered. The official site has a safety bulletin posted. See for yourself or bury your head in the sand. The choice is yours, but the big difference is one was user error (SERPA) the other was product failure (Safari).

Show me let's see it? Show me the safariland notice?

 

[Elwood]

Heres the thing........
After doing some research, there are ALOT of people shooting themselves or having a ND with this particular holster......and only this holster.
Other people have ND with other holsters of course, but not ONE other holster has been near the amount of ND as the Serpa holsters....nowhere near. For that reason alone it seems the Serpa is a poor choice.
These are not all inexperienced shooters. There are certified trainers, cops, military instructors, operators and people with decades of handgun expierience.
ANY way to lower the chances of a ND is a good idea.
I use holsters with thumb breaks. They do basically the same thing with no fear of touching the trigger.

The reason it’s called a Negligent Discharge, is because someone Negligently Discharged a round, if they didn’t there would be no discharge or a serious issue with said firearm. Either way if your finger doesn’t contact the trigger you won’t have this problem unless you have a defective firearm or you put your finger on the trigger when you shouldn’t have, right or wrong ?

 

[Edwardteach72]

Do a search. There are many sights reporting officers guns discharging while holstered. The official site has a safety bulletin posted. See for yourself or bury your head in the sand. The choice is yours, but the big difference is one was user error (SERPA) the other was product failure (Safari).

I'm not burying my head at all I'd love to see the notice you are talking about on their website.. please post that on here others may want to see it as well

 

[Chevusa]

Service Bulletins - Safariland®

Product notifications and notices for brands from The Safariland Group.

www.safariland.com

Shooting during police funeral came from holstered gun

IMPD Det. Tom Lehn described the incident as a "freak accident" and "something highly unusual in my 31 years in law enforcement."

www.wthr.com

Redirect Notice

Details Emerge In Officer’s Accidental Shooting In School Cafeteria

New documents reveal that a key piece of evidence was the school security video.

www.wuft.org

There are more. Do your research. I don’t have to prove things that you are too lazy to look up.

 

[Edwardteach72]

Service Bulletins - Safariland®

Product notifications and notices for brands from The Safariland Group.

www.safariland.com

Shooting during police funeral came from holstered gun

IMPD Det. Tom Lehn described the incident as a "freak accident" and "something highly unusual in my 31 years in law enforcement."

www.wthr.com

Redirect Notice

Details Emerge In Officer’s Accidental Shooting In School Cafeteria

New documents reveal that a key piece of evidence was the school security video.

www.wuft.org

There are more. Do your research. I don’t have to prove things that you are too lazy to look up.

Hmm so the reddit post has to do with a gap to get a specific holster gun light combo to fit.. ok dont use that combo (this is the same as saying dont put your finger on the trigger that you keep screaming)

The last one had to do with the officer playing with his gun and holster.. still didnt see how it was the design of the holster in that article


Oh and hey let's talk about that on the website.. has to do with one specific model of holster and that specific model does not use the ALS or GLS...

Guess what wont buy that holster just like why would I buy a shitty serpa (granted those discharged all seemed to be linked to the holsters combined with sig guns, guess I wont buy the 6070 if I plan on carrying a P226 or P229)

 

[Edwardteach72]

And the 1st article I dont see mention of what holster was used.. but good job using that