Is the 1911 Dangerous to Carry?

[MN.Militia]

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OMG a 1911 in a Serpa? Blasphemy

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Not my actual holster; just a random pic for the meme. My holster is leather, exactly as God intended when he told John Moses Browning to make the 1911...

 

[Ozarker]

Been carrying them my entire life. I have never seen a discharge yet. Sig mine dumb asp proof.

Ive seen them thrown from tracks, branches pulling them out of holsters. Yet never a discharge.

I have only ever carried with a chest or shoulder rig.

Someone might think its not what you carry, but how.

Never saw a 3-year-old carrying a 1911 I didn't like, just be safe.

 

[mreed911]

Never saw a 3-year-old carrying a 1911 I didn't like, just be safe.

Didn't like the 1911 or didn't like the three year old? Grammar matters.

 

[Ozarker]

Didn't like the 1911 or didn't like the three year old? Grammar matters.

Intentionally left it for interpretation. It's difficult for an old man to speak about three-year-olds these days if they aren't in the family or reply to men who have carried all of their lives.

 

[mreed911]

Intentionally left it for interpretation. It's difficult for an old man to speak about three-year-olds these days if they aren't in the family or reply to men who have carried all of their lives.

I'd be more impressed by a three year old carrying a 1911. Officer size, I guess?

 

[DunRanull]

About the "retention factor":


Well, IMO that might be interpreted in a different way: The malefactor had the time to reach and grab the gun because the good person didn't have the time lower the safety and shoot. Or even forgot to lower the safety himself, due to the stress.

That's why my weapons don't have safeties.

Sorry, no personal offense meant, but that's just absurd. When the pistol is up and pointed down-range, the safety is thumbed off- as natural as breathing with a 1911 or BHP... that's why we practice until we know our weapon...