1911 Lowering hammer on chambered round

[G50AE]

This is all way too complicated. Get yourselves a Glock, chamber a round, and holster it. It's not rocket science.

[mappow]

IN COND 1,
A.)Drop mag
B.)Disengage thumb safety
C.)Place your opposing hand over breech port and pull slide back and lock it.
You've now rendered your weapon safe.
If you can't do simple ABC's your next step is to take safe weapon to a Gun store and sell it. NO NEED in stressing your gray matter further.

[Cocked _and_Locked]

So are you willing to accept my personal experience (that I've been carrying a semi automatic pistol in condition 2 for years w/ no ill effect) as proof that my declaration it really isn't all that unsafe is correct?

That's like saying I live way out in the country and been driving on the wrong side of the road for years, haven't hit anything yet.

You might get away with it, but you're still tempting fate.

Any y'uns need to stop with the all y'all stuff. It's annoying to people that don't speak your dialect.

[Treo]

That's like saying I live way out in the country and been driving on the wrong side of the road for years, haven't hit anything yet.

Not really we're both dropping the hammer on a live round from a semi automatic pistol the conditions are the same. It's not like he said don't drive on the wrong side of the hiway and I said it's no different than driving an the wrong side of the Podunk Turnpike

[G50AE]

If you can't do simple ABC's

It's easy as 1, 2, 3, A, B, C.

[mappow]

It's easy as 1, 2, 3, A, B, C.

Yea and he's where he sould be. Too bad it's wasn't as simple as......

[6shootercarry]

If that's what floats your boat....

BUT, personally, I don't see the benefit of going to half cock and THEN racking the slide and recocking the gun as you eject the chambered round. IF your hand was to slip while working the slide, I'm not willing to gamble on the half cock notch saving me from a negligent discharge. With the hammer left at full cock, the resistance on the slide is slightly less (you don't have to recock the hammer) and if your hand slips, the hammer is locked at full cock already and is not a factor. No hammer movement, no big "BOOOM!" at an inopportune time.

What I do is I leave the safety alone (meaning it is ON) and drop the mag. Once the mag is secured (pocketed, back in the mag carrier, on the table, ... whatever), I thumb the safety off and immediately rack the slide. At no time is my finger any where near the trigger. Once the gun is verified as cleared, I can lower the hammer as needed safely.

I've tested the 1/2 cock notch and it works. I understand the function of things and test them to make sure that they work. Its kinda my nature and what I do for a career..

Unloading a condition 1 1911 is not the ideal thing to have to do. The technique I use works for me and has for some time. I'm attentive when doing it and aware..

If you were to let go of the slide and the hammer was between 1/2 and full cock position it would fall to 1/2 cock anyway. If it did not I'd have the firearm checked.

[G50AE]

Yea and he's where he sould be. Too bad it's wasn't as simple as......

Where can you find pleasure
Search the world for treasure
Learn science technology
Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true
On the land or on the sea
Where can you learn to fly
Play in sports and skin dive
Study oceanography
Sign up for the big band
Or sit in the grandstand
When your team and others meet

I've always found this song to be rather patriotic, BTW.

[Treo]

I thank God evey day that The Village People didn't have a fetish for the Army

[uscg4good]

Here ya go, the right answer, not just a bunch of opinion. Always follow the manufacturer's instructions. This way, also, your butt will be covered if you do have a negligent discharge and injure someone, or damage someone's property. These directions are straight from the Springfield 1911 owner's manual.