I'm not saying gun safety isn't important. I assume these people all have scars on the strong hands from being bitten by their gun's spur hammers and lack of a beavertail? I know some purists will say that these things keep a gun from being a 1911. Lately, some smith's have been modding the thumb safety and/or frame to allow the slide to be cycled while the safety is engaged. Para and others brought us the double stack, firing pin safeties of different designs have been added. Competitive shooters(and some carriers) used to pin or tie down the grip safety. Evolution has always been part of the 1911's heritage. To me the core of the 1911 is the grip angle, the single action only operation, the straight pull trigger, and the looks. I think just removing the safety and leaving the trigger pull on the slightly heavier side shouldn't disqualify it from still being a 1911. Wouldn't a 1911 without the thumb safety be even quicker into action and a lot simpler in training?ĭidn't take that as argumentative at all, no worries here. If a Glock is safe enough to carry with only a trigger safety, wouldn't such a 1911 be even safer with its grip safety? How many of us have fired a 1911 and had our strong side thumb bump and engage the safety while firing? I have, yes, I have since trained a lot and fire with my strong side thumb holding the safety down, but wouldn't it be easier if it just wasn't there? My Glock is cocked when I carry it, not in the sense of a traditional hammer cocked weapon, but functionally the same. I carry a Glock that has 1 safety, keeping my finger off the trigger.
So I carry a 1911 that has three safeties, Thumb, Grip, and keeping my finger of the trigger. The only manual safety on it is the one integrated into the trigger face. I also have and CCW a Glock 21 with 4 pound connector bar. This is also not the first 1911 I have had do this. The safety is fine and is not worn/broken and engages/disengages with appropriate pressure and a nice little click. This is not the first time this has happened to me. It had not been out of its holster ( a Galco strong side pancake) since being put on that morning. Of course, my finger was nowhere near the trigger, so nothing happened and I was not even alarmed, just a bit curious as to what managed to come in contact with it and disengage it. Recently, when unholstering my Kimber at bedtime, I discovered the thumb safety was disengaged.
Here is what has lead me to this conclusion. I'm thinking more and more that the thumb safety on a 1911 is pointless, even when carrying cocked. Also, I know there are plenty of legal/liability reasons to not actually modify a gun this way, but here are my thoughts.
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