Vern Humphrey
Member
For you guys who do carry semi-autos pistols similar to mines, if you have a bullet in the chamber, with the safety switch on, how safe do you guys feel carrying it around?
First of all, put the whole cartridge in the chamber, not just the bullet.
Next, the M1911 was developed under the functional proponency of the cavalry, who needed a gun that was safe on the back of a terrified and bucking horse. That's why the Army demanded all the safeties (Browning though simply de-cocking with the thumb would be adequate.)
Carrying the M1191 cocked-and-locked is the safest mode -- chambering a round in the midst of an attack can be dangerous, and chambering it before the situation escalates to an attack can be a criminal act.
Cocked-and-locked is the way to go.