DougDubya
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Vern Humphrey said:With a revolver, you have two controls to deal with -- a trigger and a hammer. With an M1911, you have three -- trigger, hammer and grip safety. That greatly increases the danger of a Negligent Discharge -- and that's why Ahern puts a thumb between hammer and firing pin.
But very few revolvers have both grip safety and thumb safety lock -- so why go through all those gyrations to make safe? Just engage the safety lock and holster the gun.
Which is why I said - I want my ambi safety on my 1911 (preferably, Commander length). Just because it can be done one way doesn't mean it really should.
I also get a kick out of those saying "get a CZ-75" if you want to carry it hammer down - except for the CZ-75 BD, the PCR and the P.01, you have to lower the hammer under manual control rather than a firing-pin negating decocker. In other words, it's just as dangerous to decock, and the only advantage is the long trigger pull to get the '75 live.