David E says
I've been reading this forum long enough to see that JMB designed the hammer to be a safety and therefore is a safe carry condition.
If the 1/4 cock position is just a cost saving modification (makes sense) that was allowed to be installed on a series 80 pistol with a firing pin block, even if the hammer fell off the shelf the firing pin is blocked and therefore safe. (well you know, as safe as the series 80 firing pin block is) and by admission, the hammer can not generate enough speed to induce a primer strike, then it's also safe (well kind of.. again.. gun = unsafe)
anything on a pistol that is broken = unsafe. Things break, it's part of how this world is, nothing is perfect, things break. Once the gun hit the floor until it is inspected to be unbroken it should be considered unsafe.
contradictory things.If 1/2, then something needs to break or already be broken for the hammer to fall.
I agreed it was designed as a "safety."
The real question is: "why would anyone chamber load a 1911, then lower the hammer to 1/2 cock when page 16 of the owners manual specifically states NOT to manually lower the hammer and that the sear engaged in the 1/2 cock notch is NOT a safe carry condition?"
I've been reading this forum long enough to see that JMB designed the hammer to be a safety and therefore is a safe carry condition.
If the 1/4 cock position is just a cost saving modification (makes sense) that was allowed to be installed on a series 80 pistol with a firing pin block, even if the hammer fell off the shelf the firing pin is blocked and therefore safe. (well you know, as safe as the series 80 firing pin block is) and by admission, the hammer can not generate enough speed to induce a primer strike, then it's also safe (well kind of.. again.. gun = unsafe)
anything on a pistol that is broken = unsafe. Things break, it's part of how this world is, nothing is perfect, things break. Once the gun hit the floor until it is inspected to be unbroken it should be considered unsafe.