To: cpdiii
You still have to pull the hammer back to make it go boom. It is perfectly safe with the safety off even with a round in the tube. Just as safe as a revolver. It is NOT safe to carry a 1911 with the hammer down a loaded chamber.
55 posted on
10/22/2016 9:42:30 AM PDT by
MileHi
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To: MileHi
It is NOT safe to carry a 1911 with the hammer down a loaded chamber.That is the reason John Browing designed the half cocked mode in the 1911. That is how I carry.
65 posted on
10/22/2016 12:37:54 PM PDT by
cpdiii
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