The Safety Bullet

[maxhunter]

I found a "safety bullet" listed on CL. Not knowing what it was prompted me to research it. A search of this forum came up empty with no information. I did not know that something like this was out there. It chambers in a handgun to prevent the gun from being fired by a kid or a home invader. Putting it on here so we can be enlightened.
http://www.safetybullet.com/

[Squib Joe]

The theory is that you keep a "safety bullet" in the chamber. If the trigger is pulled, a primer pushes a polymer slug into the chamber and makes the gun inoperable.

If you need to use the gun for defense, you first rack the safety bullet out of the gun.

I can't think of a worse way to keep your gun "safe"

[SSBotanyBay]

So the safety bullet has you carrying in what, condition 3.5?

Might be able to make the argument for being condition 5.

The most likely is condition 911 when you forget about the "safety cartridge" and render your firearm inoperable.

[Squib Joe]

The most likely is condition 911 when you forget about the "safety cartridge" and render your firearm inoperable.

Which is exactly what will happen at 2am when you hear glass breaking

[hornswaggle]

That just made the top ten list of dumbest ideas in the world. I can't think of the other nine off the top of my head but I'll know them when I see them....

So for a pistol you load two of those 'safety' bullets and in the event you actually want/need to fire the gun you simply remember to rack the slide twice to eject them and load a live round.

[george]

I don't believe these are for those who carry, this is a perfect product for those who want a gun but will not secure it any
better than a shoe box. There is no substitute for safe storage but there will always be those who will keep a pistol in
a real bad place, closet, night stand, basement, even between the mattress. If one thinks they can hide it from the kids, they
are not thinking.

Example; I was given a key to do some work at a place in Rochester, no shades or curtains, but a HK 9mm on the table!!!
You could see it from the side walk and the people were gone all day. I've seen this more than once.

Hell, I ordered 10 packs of various cal. for people like these. They will always be out there and this is better than nothing
for those types, you know the kind, the kind that have kids being hurt by there stupid storage practices.
I think they have a place, jest not in the carry side, at least not in MY CARRY.

[sprigfan]

I don't believe these are for those who carry, this is a perfect product for those who want a gun but will not secure it any
better than a shoe box. There is no substitute for safe storage but there will always be those who will keep a pistol in
a real bad place, closet, night stand, basement, even between the mattress. If one thinks they can hide it from the kids, they
are not thinking.

Only problem is, these kinds of idiots would never use this product in the first place.

[Snakeman721]

Worst idea ever. You're better off just keeping the gun unloaded at all times rather than risk it becoming inoperable.

[sprigfan]

Worst idea ever. You're better off just keeping the gun unloaded at all times rather than risk it becoming inoperable.

Exactly what I was thinking...just don't load the freakin' thing.

[jspace]

You're missing the point. You need to rack the slide beforehand because that's what they do in the movies.

[PHATSPEED7x]

I'll keep my guns loaded with real bullets thank you very much!

[river_boater]

Pretty ingenious, actually. I would never use one, though.

It's an absolutely terrible idea for a revolver (particularly a 5-shot), since you not only have to remember to advance the cylinder, but not to drop the hammer on the fifth "round" and brick your own gun.

[MNGunner]

Pretty ingenious, actually. I would never use one, though.

It's an absolutely terrible idea for a revolver (particularly a 5-shot), since you not only have to remember to advance the cylinder, but not to drop the hammer on the fifth "round" and brick your own gun.

It would not permanently "brick" it, you just have to reset the safety bullet by pushing back the "expander".

[MNGunner]

Lots of things are obviously sold not because they are the greatest invention in the history of the world, but because someone thinks that there is or could be enough of a market to make a profit.
I could see a potential market for it in certain situations.
If a burglar or a young ever somehow managed to get a hold of a gun that you needed to keep loaded, many would wish that it had one (or 2) of these loaded.
It's not that different from having to remember to operate the safety (Yes, plenty of people fail to do that too).

(And just to make it clear to some would be e-knight, no, I don't own any, I won't be buying any. they reduce magazine capacity, take time, require you to remember to do something that's not 2nd nature, racking the slide could give away your location when you would prefer not to, etc.)

[river_boater]

It would not permanently "brick" it, you just have to reset the safety bullet by pushing back the "expander".

Yes, I know. I watched the video(s).

Depending on the situation, it might brick the shooter though.