ColoradoNick Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 (edited) Long story short I traded guns with my wife and her Shadow 2 is now mine. She wanted the extended safety, mostly because she didn't like dropping the hammer on it. I'm not as much of a fan as it changes the grip I'm used to a little bit. Do I go back to stock or get used to the extension even though I don't see ever really using it. Go easy, I'm brand new to USPSA lol. Shooting my first match in March after a safety class next month. Trying to get things dialed in though. Edited January 22, 2023 by ColoradoNick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Chimpo Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 22 minutes ago, ColoradoNick said: Long story short I traded guns with my wife and her Shadow 2 is now mine. She wanted the extended safety, mostly because she didn't like dropping the hammer on it. I'm not as much of a fan as it changes the grip I'm used to a little bit. Do I go back to stock or get used to the extension even though I don't see ever really using it. Go easy, I'm brand new to USPSA lol. Shooting my first match in March after a safety class next month. Trying to get things dialed in though. If the wider safety changes your grip for the worse then get rid of it. There's zero reason to try to get used to it when there's an easier path. Personally I absolutely can't stand wide safeties. I have never had nor will I ever own a pistol that needs a manual safety to be carried so I have no reason to get used to one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI5-O Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 My first S2 had the extended safety on the left side as I shoot with my shooting hand thumb riding the safety. On my second S2 it only came with the flat thumb safety so I tried it that way. During practice the slide would partially lock open for no apparent reason. After a few times I saw the thumb safety was partially engaged and I must have been pushing up on the thumb safety during recoil. A good friend gave me his extended thumb safety and I haven’t had any issues with the slide locking partially back. So I would use the extended thumb safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superkaratemonkeyfighter Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 (edited) If you run a safety your thumb has to be on it. and durning the mag change it’s that thumb hits the mag releases and go right back on top of the safety. Everytime I accidentally engaged the safety while shooting it was the support hand return back to the gun from a load Edited January 22, 2023 by Superkaratemonkeyfighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNshooter Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 The thumb safety is the ergonomic weak point of the CZ 75 in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Chimpo Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 15 minutes ago, MNshooter said: The thumb safety is the ergonomic weak point of the CZ 75 in my opinion. Agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Chimpo Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 50 minutes ago, HI5-O said: My first S2 had the extended safety on the left side as I shoot with my shooting hand thumb riding the safety. On my second S2 it only came with the flat thumb safety so I tried it that way. During practice the slide would partially lock open for no apparent reason. After a few times I saw the thumb safety was partially engaged and I must have been pushing up on the thumb safety during recoil. A good friend gave me his extended thumb safety and I haven’t had any issues with the slide locking partially back. So I would use the extended thumb safety. He said Quote I'm not as much of a fan as it changes the grip I'm used to a little bit. I've never had a CZ where I activated the slide stop by mistake. Only pistol that did that to me was a SIG P226, and it got sold almost immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunachaser Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I like the extended safety, it helps me keep my grip up as high as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Chimpo Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Tunachaser said: I like the extended safety, it helps me keep my grip up as high as possible. I have the opposite problem. It forms a barrier to how high I can bring my support hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadside72 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 You are asking about Carry Optics in USPSA. You don't use the safety. Gun starts hammer down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadside72 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 18 hours ago, Superkaratemonkeyfighter said: If you run a safety your thumb has to be on it. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MoreChains Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Coming from the SP-01 Shadow with the extended thumb safeties, I hated them. Ended up adding the DSperman heavier detent springs bc my support hand would sometimes bump the safety one. Ended up switching them out for the flat safeties. When I got the Shadow 2 (this is when CZ shipped them with both the flat and extended safeties) I put the flat ones on right of the bat and left it like that ever since. IMO, when shooting DA/SA guns there’s no need for a thumb safety in our game. Either your gun has the hammer down at make-ready in DA mode or you’re shooting. There’s a few videos online showing the different techniques people use to lower the hammer on a SP-01 or Shadow 2. Might be worth your wife watching them if she hasn’t. Plus if she does this a bunch of times in dry-fire it might make her feel more comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoNick Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 6 hours ago, broadside72 said: You are asking about Carry Optics in USPSA. You don't use the safety. Gun starts hammer down. Right, that's why I'm asking how many people actually have the extended safety. I ended up pulling it off. Nervous about bumping it during reloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoNick Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 6 hours ago, 2MoreChains said: Coming from the SP-01 Shadow with the extended thumb safeties, I hated them. Ended up adding the DSperman heavier detent springs bc my support hand would sometimes bump the safety one. Ended up switching them out for the flat safeties. When I got the Shadow 2 (this is when CZ shipped them with both the flat and extended safeties) I put the flat ones on right of the bat and left it like that ever since. IMO, when shooting DA/SA guns there’s no need for a thumb safety in our game. Either your gun has the hammer down at make-ready in DA mode or you’re shooting. There’s a few videos online showing the different techniques people use to lower the hammer on a SP-01 or Shadow 2. Might be worth your wife watching them if she hasn’t. Plus if she does this a bunch of times in dry-fire it might make her feel more comfortable. She's not allowed to touch MY shadow 2 anymore. I gave her my X5 legion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superkaratemonkeyfighter Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Jumping between a SA trigger and the shadow2 CO. I put an extended safety on to keep the same draw and hand position as the limited gun. Most use it as a shelf for your thumb and yes you don’t need to use it for CO as you start in DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superkaratemonkeyfighter Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 But if you have one you need your thumb on top of it or you will knock it on by accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoNick Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 6 hours ago, Superkaratemonkeyfighter said: Jumping between a SA trigger and the shadow2 CO. I put an extended safety on to keep the same draw and hand position as the limited gun. Most use it as a shelf for your thumb and yes you don’t need to use it for CO as you start in DA Is your limited gun another Shadow 2 or a TS2? I'm entertaining the idea of a second CZ for limited or production. Most people around here shoot limited or CO so I'm leaning towards the TS2 but a little worried about transitioning between the two guns. Fondled a TS2 today and it felt really nice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superkaratemonkeyfighter Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 TSO. It’s a great gun. I’ve been using a thumbrest that I modified to fit me. The fit is awesome. so if I did get s back up gun it would have to be drilled and taped. the base model TS2 isn’t. The TS2 orange that should be out soon is looking like the way I would go if the price isn’t $3000 or something ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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