I didn’t say it was a great idea to put it into this state - I said that it was a safe way to carry a Series 80, which has a firing pin block. Too many people think all 1911’s are alike - they’re not. There’s at least three major variants within the years 1911 to 1985 or so, before we get into the 1990’s and the clones took off.
Personally, I don’t like Series 80 1911’s - it’s very difficult to make their trigger pulls very crisp and clean. There’s some variants of the S-80 FP block which are just awful, and some which are acceptable, but none of them are good triggers. I’d rather carry a Series 70 cocked, with the safety on, and with a proper holster that won’t move the safety while holstered.
Agreed.