Single action question - empty chamber

[1911Tuner]

I happen to own a 1911 Colt as well since the topic of discussion has turned to that. I don't even keep a bullet in the chamber, let alone go around cocked and locked.
In a self defense situation, I'll rack it and deal with the situation from there. I don't want to blow my leg apart and bleed to death with accidental discharge.

That's the beauty of the 1911. You can carry it pretty much any way you want to with relative safety...but the danger with a cocked and locked 1911 isn't while it's in the holster. It's when you grab for it in a hurry that things can go sideways. That's where repetitive training comes in.

In the holster, there are so many things that have to go wrong at the same time in order for the gun to "go off" that the chance of the perfect storm finding you is so remote that it can be ignored.

But...at the end of the day, it's your choice...a choice that Browning provided with the pistol.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

does it make any difference if I keep loading, firing and reloading and use one cylinder chamber less than the rest?

You probably couldn't do that if you tried. In the normal course of events, in handling and cleaning the gun, you'd lose track of the "one" chamber and next time you loaded it would be a different chamber left empty.