[Secret Agent Man]

Yeah, see that makes more sense. I don’t have a 1911 type pistol. I have a manual safety but the first shot is a double action.

I thought the safeties for the 1911s were in the back grip. I know so many different places make 1911 styles I would guess then there are some that don’t do this?

[TaMoDee]

A Kahr PM45 is not a 1911 clone. Entirely different design.
Hammerless, 5 shot mag, with a round in the chamber it is ready to go! It does have a little longer trigger pull which acts as a little bit of a “safety” if you want to call it that. Put a trigger guard mounted Crimson Trace Lg-434 on it and you have a real “Crime Stopper”!

[GilesB]

I have a Ruger 1911. The grip safety is an integral part of the 1911 design; I doubt if any 1911s do not have this feature.

My 1911 (and I assume all of the others) also has a safety on the side that can be disengaged with the thumb.

So, for a 1911, the safety would have to be disengaged and the grip held sufficiently tight (which is no more than a comfortable shooting grip) to disengage the grip safety before you could fire.

[MileHi]

I thought the safeties for the 1911s were in the back grip.

There are two, the grip safety and a manual thumb safety. That is why this single action pistol is carried "cocked and locked" with a round in the chamber, hammer cocked and the thumb safety engaged. To fire the weapon you must grip the weapon and disengage the manual safety.