I've carried a 1911 since the early 80s......for the first few years the thought of carrying cocked and locked was unnerving. I took a weekend combat pistol course.
It was a small class, only 8 students and the instructor. We would shoot, maybe multiple targets, multiple times, never knew when the instructor would tell us to shoot another round into the head or torso of the targets. At the end of each round he had us engage the safety and holster our pistols. In the middle of a drill we would empty the mag and insert a loaded mag, this could come at any point during our time on the firing line.After shooting aprox ,450 rounds that weekend, I have carried some version of 1911 cocked and locked and have never felt uncomfortable
It was a small class, only 8 students and the instructor. We would shoot, maybe multiple targets, multiple times, never knew when the instructor would tell us to shoot another round into the head or torso of the targets. At the end of each round he had us engage the safety and holster our pistols. In the middle of a drill we would empty the mag and insert a loaded mag, this could come at any point during our time on the firing line.After shooting aprox ,450 rounds that weekend, I have carried some version of 1911 cocked and locked and have never felt uncomfortable