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Originally Posted by JTStreet
For you single-action carriers. . . Do you carry with the hammer back, or what?
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Cocked and locked all the time. With both its thumb safety its grip safety, the 1911 platform is one of the safest to carry cocked and locked. Another safety most of the 1911s today have is a firing pin safety, which takes the safety of cocked and locked carry one step further. Most firing pin safeties are released by the initial stroke of the trigger, like in an 80 series Colt 1911. My S&W 1911 firing pin safety is released by the grip safety instead. This makes the trigger pull feel much better like a 70 series non firing pine safety equipped Colt 1911.
If a 1911 goes off unintended, someone's hand was wrapped around the gun when it happened. Just like every other gun out there, keep your booger picker off the bang switch until you are ready to shoot and there won't be any problems.
For comparison, a lot of striker fired pistols are internally fully cocked when you chamber a round. The Smith and Wesson M&P, Ruger SR9 and SR40, and the Springfield XD are fully cocked once you put one in the chamber. Glocks are about 2/3 of the way cocked. Most folks don't get the heebe-jeebies with these like they do a gun with a visible hammer, but in reality they are just as ready to go as a 1911 is with the hammer back.