harmon rabb
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I think the reason for the firing pin block is.....lawyers.
freakin lawyers
oh wait. i'm a lawyer
I think the reason for the firing pin block is.....lawyers.
Now someone is using their noggin!I gave up my 1911 I went with a 54cal Flintlock pistol If I miss theirs a smoke screen to cover my get away That's tactical . Can trust a pistol only a 100 yrs old Need a proven pistol.
As far as cocked and locked, I read one in American Handgunner. Cop goes into rest room stall in police station and hangs his “cocked and locked” M1911 on the coat hook. Somewhere, sometime the locked part of this equation becomes unlocked. As he reaches to lift his pistol off , the trigger bumps the coat hook. It fires. The recoil moves the M1911 back and forward, bumping the trigger on the coat hook with each discharge, until his M1911 is empty.
The problem is not mechanically cocked and locked, it is when the user thinks it is cocked and locked, but the safety is off. Some M1911’s have a stiff safety. Others have these extended safeties, ( Swenson types are on both sides) with the extra leverage and a rounded safety cam that are easy to disengage.
After that, all it takes is 3.5 pounds on the trigger.
freakin lawyers
oh wait. i'm a lawyer
I hear ya. Everyone forgets about the greedy plaintiffs. No plaintiff, no frivolous law suit.
While not specifically about the 1911, the following article regarding terminal ballistics as viewed in a morgue may influence your choosing a 1911 in 45ACP as a carry gun.
http://www.gunthorp.com/Terminal Ballistics as viewed in a morgue.htm
JB
I see an average of 8.2 autopsies per day/365 days per year
The very question that popped up in my mind. Now with a different design that might happen, but not with an M1911.What was the grip safety doing during this fabulous magic act? I assume it was disengaging on the elf in the stall.