How was the 1911 designed to be carried

[grabbin' asphalt]

I preform a manual safety and grip safety check (2 safeties w/ a trigger pull) with an unloaded 1911 before actually carrying. I always do it at the range with a live round pointed down range before and after I shoot to make sure eveything is in operational order. But for simplicity, the manual safety is a physical~visual one and the grip safety is a physical~non-visual one, even though they both ARE physical material design inside the gun that cannot be seen.
I suggest anyone considering carrying a 1911 study up on the actual design so you can SEE whats really going on. After I did this study, i was very confident carrying it cocked n' locked. Although when you do it for the first time you will be a tad nervous and thats good, always respect that you are carrying, but since you studied up on the internal design, it WILL help calm you down.
After the first couple times carrying it, you're good with nerves, nerves are just that, just nerves of the mind, but to have TWO physical safeties and 1 physical Trigger pull puts a lot of things in play and they ALL have to happen for that gun to fire

*so for the question,
Would I carry on a loaded chamber instead of cocked and locked???

Answer:
Absolutely NOT, why would I carry it in another form that takes away from the design of both safeties AND will cause me a chance to actually shoot myself by having to manually cock the hammer back or causing me to be slower to react to a bad situation???
Question with a question....lol

 

[DMGun]

I have been looking for a Ruger 1911, but ya'll are talking me out of it... Just Kidding - I still want one for a range toy, just not as a primary carry piece.

 

[Shemp]

I always preform a manual safety and grip safety check (2 safeties w/ a trigger pull) with an unloaded 1911 before actually carrying. I always do it at the range with a live round pointed down range before and after I shoot to make sure eveything is in operational order. But for simplicity, the manual safety is a physical~visual one and the grip safety is a physical~non-visual one, even though both ARE physical material design inside the gun that cannot be seen.
I suggest anyone considering carrying a 1911 study up on the actual design so you can SEE whats really going on. After I did this study, i was very confident carrying it cocked n' locked. Although when you do it for the first time you will be a tad nervous and thats good, always respect that you are carrying, but since you studied up on the internal design, it WILL help calm you down.
After the first couple times you're good, but to have TWO safeties and 1 Trigger pull puts a lot of things in play and they ALL have to happen for that gun to fire

I'll freely admit that when I first starting carrying 1911s it did make me nervous carrying it condition 1. I was so paranoid that something would bump the hammer and I'd bleed out through my leg...that lasted about a week.

It felt "safer" than a Glock or other striker gun. Glocks kinda freak me out carrying with one in the pipe...i know, I'm the only guy like that lol

 

[BigTime]

Loaded with hammer back, safety on.

 

[grabbin' asphalt]

I'll freely admit that when I first starting carrying 1911s it did make me nervous carrying it condition 1. I was so paranoid that something would bump the hammer and I'd bleed out through my leg...that lasted about a week.

It felt "safer" than a Glock or other striker gun. Glocks kinda freak me out carrying with one in the pipe...i know, I'm the only guy like that lol

Yup, I remember my first time carrying it cocked n' locked, doing valet in Atlanta runnng around hopping in cars and exiting them A LOT!!
Probably everyone does remember it and are nervous because you SEE the hammer, but carrying one in the chamber in a glock style, no safeties and 1 Trigger pull is more dangerous than having 2 safeties and 1 Trigger pull. Mathematically it's Safer also

 

[Bypass]

I carry with the hammer down. Just the way I do it.

 

[mtdawg169]

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Thanks, I didn't have time to find the video.

 

[grabbin' asphalt]

I carry with the hammer down. Just the way I do it.

I'm not an expert or anything but just from personal studying, I believe the average height was 12 feet dropped DIRECTLY on hammer for it to fire the cartridge when hammer is down. Which in reality, who really is 12 feet tall and how many times could you drop a gun on its hammer DIRECTLY anyways?? So i really look at the difference in the two ways as slower/faster to respond to a threat, but obviously a CLEAN hammer pull is required for the hammer down way.

*cannot remember the difference of the different series models doing that test, so I just cock n' lock it....lol

 

[Bypass]

I'm not an expert or anything but just from personal studying, I believe the average height was 12 feet dropped DIRECTLY on hammer for it to fire the cartridge when hammer is down. Which in reality, who really is 12 feet tall and how many times could you drop a gun on its hammer DIRECTLY anyways?? So i really look at the difference in the two ways as slower/faster to respond to a threat, but obviously a CLEAN hammer pull is required for the hammer down way.

I don't really even carry my 1911s anymore anyways. I carry a glock 20 or a 19 for the most part. The holster I have for my 1911 safariland drop leg requires me to cock the hammer back to holster the weapon. I will never use it unless the world as we know it has ended.

 

[grabbin' asphalt]

I don't really even carry my 1911s anymore anyways. I carry a glock 20 or a 19 for the most part. The holster I have for my 1911 safariland drop leg requires me to cock the hammer back to holster the weapon. I will never use it unless the world as we know it has ended.

Hahaha, I would go to the high cap variety if the world craps out, the 1911 will sit pretty til i run out
Hey read the story how you got your screen name Bypass, awesome thnx for your service