CCW......cocked and locked. Is it safe?

Get a good holster and you'll be fine. Seems like the hammer would be just one more thing to get hung up when you're trying to engage a threat, though.

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So how safe is it to be cocked and locked? Anybody here understand the mechanics of a gun that is cocked with the safety on? Can the gun accidentally fire? What do the 1911 people say?

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Always cocked and locked with safety on. Buy a quality holster and you are good to go. If the hammer fell with no manipulation of your finger on the trigger, you would be a millionaire from the lawsuit Sig would face. Just treat it like any gun, don't pull the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

I'm of the opinion not to have it cocked and loaded. Maybe the army got to me with being terrified of breaking the rules of engagement but I don't feel threatened enough for that. If I'm rolling through the hood then that's different. I feel conifedent in recognizing a threat though.

Do you put gas in your car?

ctiger69,
I've got 2 1911's that are part of my cc rotation, but I don't have a Sig 938. The 1911 is a very safe action. Unlike the 1911, the 938 does not have a grip safety. I don't know why Sig's specs call for such a heavy trigger pull; trigger pulls on SA handguns are usually in the 4# range. I wouldn't have any concerns carrying the 938, as long as it was IWB or OWB and as long as I'm comfortable and well-trained w/ the manual of arms for 1911 type guns. Learning the MOA will take more training than w/ a striker fired gun since you have the extra step of disengaging the safety. No one worries to any significant degree about a "cocked and can't see a lock" striker-fired gun"going off" even though there's no external safety lever and the trigger pull will be lighter than your 938; the difference is one can SEE the cocked hammer of a 1911 type gun, but not that of the striker fired gun.

Although there are a lot of folks here who like the Sig 238 (and presumably the 938, as well) for pocket carry, I'm not one. For pocket carry, I like the gun to be smooth w/o external safeties, external hammers and beavertails to catch on clothing during the draw; I also worry about the external safety becoming disengaged while in the pocket.

If you can handle the 938 adequately well, I'd say to go for it, as long as you have a good holster (one w/ side protection to protect the safety, see my pic below). Get a good belt designed for carrying a holster, as well. Some who carry 1911 type guns don't like ambidextrous safeties for concern the safety on the outside might be disengaged by clothing and such. If you know someone w/ a 938, borrow it one day and carry it around inside your waistband one day, unloaded and w/ the safety on; you'll find out it's quite safe. And yes, the 938 should be carried cocked and locked. If you're uncomfortable carrying it like that, get a different gun.

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I'm of the opinion not to have it cocked and loaded. Maybe the army got to me with being terrified of breaking the rules of engagement

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The US Army began issuing the Colt 1911 - which is always carried with a round in the chamber & the hammer cocked -- in 1911. Some military personnel still carry one.

If I were the OP I'd be more concerned about the difficulty of shooting a very small 9mm pistol, the rather small (compared to a 1911) thumb safety and the low capacity of that weapon.

btw, I forgot to mention my daily carry is a p938


every now and then I find that I knock the thumb safety down, just something to consider

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I have been told when carrying the gun needs to be cocked. With the hammer cocked back it is just in the back of my mind that if the hammer falls the gun will go off while i'm carrying it.

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I don't know what to tell you - you could have gotten a Sig P239 and kept the hammer down on a loaded chamber. No safety, you just draw and fire.

The 1911 system was/is a work of art, designed by one of the true geniuses in firearms history. But, at the end of the day, you have to be smarter than the firearm. Locked and cocked is the preferred method of carrying "at the ready" for a shite ton of good reasons.

If you're that concerned about it trade it for a P239. I PROMISE you won't be disappointed - I've now owned about 1 of every class of Sig Classic pistol, except the P239 and I expect to add one of those in the next year or 2.

The SA only pistols are wonderful. They are also obsolete.

938 has been my edc for over a year now. I trust my life with it. I'm more apt to carry a gun that's comfortable to carry and only holds 7 than I am to carry a 15+1 that's uncomfortable.

Some on this board need to realize there's no black and white for carry guns. Yea, 15 rounds in a big gun is nice. It's not nice to carry for everyone.

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I'm of the opinion not to have it cocked and loaded. Maybe the army got to me with being terrified of breaking the rules of engagement but I don't feel threatened enough for that. If I'm rolling through the hood then that's different. I feel conifedent in recognizing a threat though.

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You're fixated on the wrong point here.

The issue isn't whether or not you'll have TIME to disengage the safety or rack the slide.

The issue is whether or not you will have both hands available to get the gun into a firing condition.

If you ever have to draw your gun, you will be so dumped with adrenaline that everything will be automatic. The time a semi automatic pistol will malfunction more than any (statistically speaking) is when you are manually loading that first round. Why add extra complexity to your draw? If you don't train with a complex system in place, it isn't a question of whether or not you will remember to get your gun in a firing condition. You WILL forget.

There are no rules of engagement for concealed carry so you might as well stack the deck in your favor.