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You can't carry a 1911 with the hammer down and a round in the chamber. It's possible but stupid since a 1911 doesn't have any decocking mechanism so you're slowly letting down the hammer right onto the firing pin which is touching a cartridge. The only way a single action pistol can be carried like this is if it has a decocking lever, ie. a Sig220. And even then, if you're carrying the pistol in case you have to use it, you don't carry a pistol without a round in the chamber, and likewise, you can't expect to have the time to draw the pistol, cock the hammer, and fire. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/74.111.151.244|74.111.151.244]] ([[User talk:74.111.151.244|talk]]) 22:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:The 1911 hammer has a half-cocked position. It doesn't rest against the firing pin. Lots of people carry a 1911 with the hammer down. What you say about thumb-cocking before firing is true, but that's a personal preference, not a saftey issue. ''—[[User:Thernlund|Thernlund]] <sup>([[User talk:Thernlund|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Thernlund|Contribs]])</sup>'' 20:46, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
::While some 1911 hammers have a half cock notch ([http://e-gunparts.com/DisplayAd.asp?chrProductSKU=258500B&chrSuperSKU=258500&MC= note] concave notch at front) some do not (such as [http://www.wilsoncombat.com/a_hammers.asp Wilson's], generally eliminated to prevent dinging the sear). Still, even without a half cock you can carry it hammer down on a loaded chamber, as it has an intertial firing pin, it is still a sticky issue, since you have to decock the pistol by pulling the trigger, which generally deactivates all safeties, except possibly in the Kimber, where the grip safety directly controlles the firing pin block and may allow a hammer drop when not depressed--I'm not sure if it still acts to block the trigger (I would assume so) or not. At any rate, I'm not aware of any justifiable safety concerns with cocked and locked carry; the idiots who can't be bothered to learn to disengage the safety upon drawing should carry a revolver, DAO, or decocker only gun. Decocker/safeties are just redundant, and usually ergonomically horrid to boot...decockers are generally just as ergonomically bad, but you generally don't need to operate them when someone's shooting at you. [[User:Fluzwup|scot]] 21:25, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
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