Oh and ps don't ever think you are above it
Always twirl your gun twice before putting it into the hidden holster in your leg?
Sent with my IPhone with electronics and fuzzy logic...
.... And Mikewood, I'll take you on at the range anytime.
I am always up for a range day not that it will prove much of anything other than a condition one 1911 is marginally faster than one in condition two....
My humble opinion says that a 2-1/2# trigger on a carry gun is way to light for carry. It's an accident about to happen. My Colt Combat Commander that I had set up for carry has a 4-1/2# trigger - about as light as I feel it should be for a carry gun. Two and a half pounds is ok for target shooting; just my opinion"
To the OP - I used to carry with a round in the chamber and hammer down - and woke up to the revelation that Condition One is safe. Assuming that your gun is mechanically correct i.e. Safeties work as they are supposed to; it's quite safe to carry with one in the chamber with the hammer cocked and safety is on. Thousands of 1911s are carried this way everyday!
My humble opinion says that a 2-1/2# trigger on a carry gun is way to light for carry. It's an accident about to happen. My Colt Combat Commander that I had set up for carry has a 4-1/2# trigger - about as light as I feel it should be for a carry gun. Two and a half pounds is ok for target shooting; just my opinion"
To the OP - I used to carry with a round in the chamber and hammer down - and woke up to the revelation that Condition One is safe. Assuming that your gun is mechanically correct i.e. Safeties work as they are supposed to; it's quite safe to carry with one in the chamber with the hammer cocked and safety is on. Thousands of 1911s are carried this way everyday!
Carry one in the chamber? And how do you do it safely?
So, I'm curious, if you do carry your 1911 for self-defense, how do you do it, and how have you overcome these concerns?
Why would anyone lower the hammer over a live round in a 1911?
What legitimate purpose would it serve?
The concept is illogical and completely foreign to me.....
Why would anyone lower the hammer over a live round in a 1911?
What legitimate purpose would it serve?
The concept is illogical and completely foreign to me.....
I bet there are more NDs from dummies lowering the hammer on a loaded chamber, than there are from guys that have a 2.5lb trigger. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, even if it's wrong.
It is an old school technique. The safe way to carry most revolvers in hammer down right? When folks were transitioning from lever rifles and revolvers to semi-auto pistols they held onto that technique. It also applies to most other guns 1897 Winchester shotgun, 1911 colt, lever guns, 1903 Springfield, 8mm Mauser. Just about every gun made about 1900 could be loaded, and manually de-cocked.
Looking at it from 2017 it must seem foreign but so does the idea of unloading your rifle. Attaching a knife to the barrel and running 50 yards as hard as you can directly toward machine gun nests hoping to jump into a trench and stab someone.