Sgt127,
No doubt you were and are a trained
exception, especially in the 1911.
But I feel this thread is one of
generalities as to trigger weights
and not about the exceptions who
might, and I stress might, be
very safe gun handlers with
3-pound SA triggers.
May I ask, were all the officers
you worked with as well trained
and proficient as you? And did
you trust them as much as you
trusted yourself?
The vast majority were. We are talking early 80’s. IPSC was in vogue. A lot of our guys shot IPSC. Especially on SWAT. I was a firearms instructor early on and I always preached the safety was a part of the trigger.
I actually ran them with a PACT timer. Finger off trigger. Safety off, fire on the beep.
Finger off trigger, thumb on safety, fire on the beep.
There was no difference in time.
We’re they all that skilled? Sadly, no. But we had very few AD’s. I recall one an officer was searching an attic. Fell through the ceiling. Hand tightened, gun went bang. It was a 1911, safety off. But, that inadvertent clenching likely would have fired any handgun. (Except, as pointed out to him, a 1911 with the safety on).
I also appreciated a safety on a duty gun. Any Neanderthal that can wrap their hand around a Glock, Or DA revolver (any gun without an off switch) can fire it. A manual safety buys just a little time.
I’m really old school. I originally only shot revolvers. My first formal firearms instructor in 1984 (and close friend for 40 years) was a personal student of Jeff Cooper and, one of the first Instructors at Gunsight.
Any reasonably short light trigger is better served with a manual safety and, the skill to use it.
I think short light triggers are ripe for accidental discharges.
And, as much as I consider myself a top tier gunslinger (insert sarcasm emoji) I generally carry a Sig P239 DAK or, a lowly revolver.