Calhoun, I was just commenting on your blanket statement that 1911s are not safe to carry locked and cocked, which is NOT true. Even if the hammer slipped off the sear on my Kimber, there's always the half cocked position that would catch it. Remember that? Even it did fall all the way and contacted the hammer, it still wouldn't fire because the grip safety would NOT be depressed. As far as hammer follow, that's a completely different type of malfunction that could happen when actually shooting, but not when carrying. However, since my Kimber has a firing pin block safety, if I caught it in time, I could stop the "full auto" malfunction by loosening my grip and releasing the grip safety so the firing pin safety would re-engage. But, anyway, my Kimber would NEVER go "full auto" if dropped muzzle down because the first round would never fire because the firing pin can't even extend past the breech face due to the firing pin block safety.