[ftw46]

What is the proper carry method for a Colt Mustang Pocketlite? Is it Condition #1 just like a 1911, Hammer back safety on, round chambered.
Or can this pistol be carried at half cock with a round in the chamber?
Thanks!

[stevelyn]

When I carry my Mustang it's in Thunderwear and Condition 2 (hammer down on chambered round). I've practiced dawing and thumbing the hammer back. I'm also left-handed and have not found an ambidextrous safety for the Mustang.

[Handy]

Alot of people carry the mustang cond. 2 because the safety is so small, and it's in a pocket.

If you're going to lower the hammer, do it correctly. Use the off hand, putting the index finger in front of the hammer and the thumb in back. Lower the hammer until the index finger is squeezed out by the slide. At this point the hammer does not have enough energy to detonate the primer. Take you finger off the trigger (to reactivate the pin block), and lower the rest of the way to the firing pin.

If you use that method, you can not accidently discharge the weapon.

Do not carry at half cock. Not only is it so-so for the sear, but if you drop the gun the sear will break, making the weapon unfireable.

[GrandmasterB]

I carry mine in condition 1, cocked & locked and use a proper pocket holster or belt holster that protects the safety from accidentally being disengaged.

[mattk]

Same as GrandmasterB
C&L in a GOOD holster.

[ftw46]

Thanks but I guess what I want to know is will a blow to the hammer cause it to fire with the hammer down on a live round?

[Hkmp5sd]

I'm not sure about carrying with the hammer all the way down on a live round, but you don't want to carry it half-cocked with a round chambered. The Mustang (at least the one I own and the others I've seen), will drop the hammer from the half-cocked position if the trigger is depressed even with the safety engaged. It was designed to be carried cocked & locked.

[Handy]

Mustangs have firing pin blocks, so it doesn't matter where the hammer is. But even an old one is safe to carry hammer down because they have inertial firing pins, which is more than enough protection against blows to the hammer.

[ftw46]

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