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Walther P38's and P4's can be as well so guessing the PPK series has the same fault when safety is off, this was fixed in the P5,

Also while not certain cant Series 70 and older 1911's drop fire if not on half cock ?
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In the early 60s I dropped a P38 from waist high and it landed on the hammer spur and the dent was still the pine floor when we sold the house about 5 years ago. The gun didn't go bang.
On a pre 70 Colt 1911A1 with the hammer down the firing pin is not resting on the primer. Larry