Muss M I think all Red is saying is that Condition 1/Cocked & locked carry was the exception rather than the rule until well into the 60s or 70s.

As a guy on the upper side of 60 who's father was a police officer and competitive pistol shooter in the 50s through the 70s...IIRC......revolvers ruled both on the street and on the range well into the 70s......Dad got a Model 41 in the early 60s to shoot rimfire..... but most still shot the Model 17........ Colt 1911s all had to be rebuilt at big bucks (for the day) for the range..... so most stuck to the Model 14 or 19 with a 6" barrel.

Gold Cups were the exception but were $$$$s and only seen on the range in the hands of .... LOL... Doctors and Lawyers...

When I was growing up auto's were more curios.....or guns carried by the bad guys in movies..... not in the main stream.