I know it was not fully cocked but later found that half cock safety didn't work. That is the best I can figure what happened to it, was in half cock and slipped off.
A Para Ordnance.
With a passive firing pin safety that doesn't allow the firing pin to reach the primer unless the trigger is pulled and held to the rear.
A Para Ordnance...with a quarter-cock shelf that positions the hammer too close to the slide to light a primer even if the firing pin could get past the passive block.
Uh huh.
Originally Posted by WinThePennant View Post
My point exactly. The 1911 fanboys never get it.
Not a fanboy at all. I'm actually rather fond of revolvers. I just have a lot of experience with the 1911 pistol and I understand exactly how it functions.
I also understand that whenever I hear those words:
"I don't understand it. The thing just went off!"
I know that I'm hearing sheep dip.
This, whether it's a 1911 or a Glock or a double-action revolver.
Pulling the trigger is what makes the gun fire. If you shoot yourself in the foot while drawing your gun, you pulled the trigger. If you shoot your dog...you pulled the trigger. If you put one through your wife's SUV...you pulled the trigger. You may not have meant to pull it. You may not have been aware that you were, in fact, pulling it...but you did. It's just that simple.
Today is Sunday. There were countless thousands of action matches shot in various insundry places all over the country yesterday and today. About 10 million 1911s and its variants were drawn, fired, reholstered, and drawn again. If it were all that dangerous, the news channels could no wise report all the injuries and deaths.
But...do carry on.