The Wilson is a Professional Lightweight with some extras that I want: Flattened/Serrated top of slide, Checkered on front and bottom of trigger guard, checkered rear of slide, extended magwell, full tightening and tune, and a couple of other things. It adds up quick, but for me, it will be a zero comprimise carry gun... it'll probably end up being the perfect carry gun... for anyone... but I'll just say for me so I don't start a war.
When it comes to manual safeties... we can all debate it forever. I've stated my opinon before, but I'll paraphrase here. Grip/Trigger safeties are really not safeties at all. The only thing they prevent is an idle gun sitting on a table or somewhere, by itself, untouched... from somehow firing. There are very very few statistics that show that dropping a modern gun will somehow cause a discharge. That's in the movies... really nowhere else.
There are, however, many cases where an accidental discharge has occured on draw. We've all probably seen the vid where the cop is talking to a class of children, draws his Glock and pops himself in the leg. This is not rare. Granted it's not all the time... but it happens. You can say all day long that the guy is a moron, not trained, etc. You can say that the "first safety is you" and all that. None of it matters in realistic world where what "should" happen is rarely what does. The other potential danger is a violent encounter. If someone attacks you, either has their hands physically on you or is rapidly approaching, your panic instinct imediately kicks in and if you grab for the gun your finger will almost suredly go right to the trigger. I've been to many classes and training camps where this has been proven... even in scenarios where everyone knew what was going to happen. I've seen cops, well trained ones, been full on engaged and almost 100% of them... and everyone in the class for that matter, put their finger to the trigger as indicated by dye or a buzzer depending on the class. It's natural instinct. Only the most highly trained individuals will likely overcome that. You and I are not one of those people. You can dress the part, you can't play it, though.
The things is, you will never invet the time and money to train to that degree. What you can do, however, is practice drawing and swiping the safety. You can do that sitting on the couch and do it over and over. When I used to shoot ISPC, we drew from the cocked and locked position. You trained to draw and sweep. It's very reasonable to believe you can commit that to muscle memory with some practice. I've seen for myself and read enought case studies to know that if you're in fear for you life, you will instinctively grab for that gun and have your finger on the trigger before it reaches safe engagment. Even officers, who are trained, and get caught off guard in a violent traffic stop, will sometimes have two or more shots fired straight into the ground as they draw, run, and re-engage. It's just human nature. I prefer to train things I can easily overcome and that I can easily do.
My two cents, I'm sure there are plenty who will disagree. But I have yet to have anything make me know otherwise.
