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09-18-2016, 01:04 PM
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Capt. Allee was wearing his when My Dad and I met him at Chats coffee shop in Corpus. I was only very young, and it was the first 1911 I'd ever seen. I wouldn't shut up about "The Captains automatic". As soon as we got home, Dad and I went down to the beach and I got to shoot a 1911 for the first time. I was impressed, to say the least.
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09-18-2016, 01:31 PM
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I've carried 1911A1s on active duty and in the National Guard. I followed orders and kept a loaded magazine in the gun, but with the chamber empty.
However, in private life, I've owned a number of 1911s and have no hesitation carrying them fully loaded, cocked and locked. I am SO familiar with the mechanics of the gun, and I know if it is properly fitted, it would take an act of God to make it go off if it was in that condition.
The Series 80 firing pin plunger makes fine-tuning the overtravel of the trigger a nightmare, and it is indeed a solution to a non-existent problem. Just something else added needlessly that has a high probability of going wrong. Jeff Cooper recommended its removal from any Series 80 gun. A heavy firing pin spring, even without a titanium firing pin, precludes any possibility of an inertia-driven firing pin setting off a primer, even if the gun was dropped muzzle down on a hard surface.
John Browning designed the sear-hammer interface with a half-cock notch in the hammer. This will catch the hammer if the nose of the sear breaks off or slips from the full-cock notch.
The M1911 has been an enduring and popular design for over 100 years. It's entirely safe as originally designed if the owner/operator is not a fool.
John
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09-18-2016, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Arik
I've never heard of one. And I've actually never seen a 1911 holster with a snap unless it was for a shoulder holster.
The most common holsters today are some for of kydex and seems like it works fine
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Here you go Arik. This is a new custom holster made for me by Snubbyfan, a member here. However, I have been carry my 1911s in similar holsters for over 50 years.
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09-18-2016, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by johnnyflake
Here you go Arik. This is a new custom holster made for me by Snubbyfan, a member here. However, I have been carry my 1911s in similar holsters for over 50 years.
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Beauties. Im close to getting my carry license, so I may be contacting our "gimpy Injun" to make me one. 
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09-19-2016, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by keith44spl
Well, we all know Colt's 80 & 90 series have the firing pin block....
I've carried a pre-70 series 1911 for decades in the likes of this thumb break rig,
But, I also use open top design holsters with equal confidence.
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That is a good looking rig; can you tell us some about it?
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