Gun Question (Page 13): Colt .45 has redundant safeties, one reason I like them, then there is the 240 grain hollow cavity slug :)...

Bruce with a Canon Loc: Islip

jjwright71 wrote:

well i promise you that if i get ready to light of a round ,i mean for all16 rounds to be present ,and i may need then in place ,HAR!

Colt .45 has redundant safeties, one reason I like them, then there is the 240 grain hollow cavity slug :)

DougW Loc: SoCal

Bruce with a Canon wrote:

Colt .45 has redundant safeties, one reason I like them, then there is the 240 grain hollow cavity slug :)

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FRENCHY Loc: Stone Mountain , Ga

Bram boy wrote:

I may be a bit late , but my son teaches fire arms handling in Ottawa to new custom officers . he says the only time you keep your finger on the trigger is when your in battle . never when your busting a door down. and
any one who answer's otherwise on a test fails

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compfly

I carry a 445ACP, it has a round chambered all the time. You do not want to have to rack the slide in a situation.

FRENCHY Loc: Stone Mountain , Ga

compfly wrote:

I carry a 445ACP, it has a round chambered all the time. You do not want to have to rack the slide in a situation.

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jjwright71 Loc: Lubbock,Tx

Bruce with a Canon wrote:

Colt .45 has redundant safeties, one reason I like them, then there is the 240 grain hollow cavity slug :)

yep like the texas rangers carry 1911 45s,' cocked and locked ,at the ready

FRENCHY Loc: Stone Mountain , Ga

Bruce with a Canon wrote:

Colt .45 has redundant safeties, one reason I like them, then there is the 240 grain hollow cavity slug :)

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imntrt1 Loc: St. Louis

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I always remember while doing search warrants in the drug unit, following one of the detectives up a flight of stairs and looking down the barrel of the Colt 45 in his shoulder holster. I know he had the safety on, but knowing it was cocked and pointed at me was unsettling.

FRENCHY Loc: Stone Mountain , Ga

imntrt1 wrote:

I always remember while doing search warrants in the drug unit, following one of the detectives up a flight of stairs and looking down the barrel of the Colt 45 in his shoulder holster. I know he had the safety on, but knowing it was cocked and pointed at me was unsettling.

Well he was in the holster ,and can not go off by itself, you agree ?
You are right the business end of a .45 is not something to ignore

jjwright71 Loc: Lubbock,Tx

imntrt1 wrote:

I always remember while doing search warrants in the drug unit, following one of the detectives up a flight of stairs and looking down the barrel of the Colt 45 in his shoulder holster. I know he had the safety on, but knowing it was cocked and pointed at me was unsettling.

well there is one thing in this world i wouldnt be afraid of and that is following a colt 1911A up a stairwell is gonna get me shot ,i have heard all kinds of horror stories ,on a colt 45 ,,99.9 percent are untrue ,(the ones were true some one had jacked with safetys and firing mech,),HAR!

Dun1 Loc: Atlanta, GA

Proper handgun training will teach you never have you finger in the trigger unless you are going to wire the weapon. The finger should be outside of the trigger guard until you are ready to fire the weapon
Shooting sideways or gangster style is a movie thing
If you have a Glock the trigger has a safety built in to the trigger itself, a safety feature you press the trigger, if there is a round in the chamber the weapon should fire.
The best safety is presume that every weapon is loaded until you check the weapon to insure it is not YOURSELF, as Harvey stated above.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

Bruce with a Canon wrote:

Had the "gangsta's" had the benefit of US Army Basic Training they would have learned firearms protocol and perhaps the story might have been different.
Good that the low-life's do not watch war movies or combat footage.

Good that they watch each other and learn worse and worse technique as time goes on because they're just "posing" for each other as they pull the trigger. Too bad they don't spend more time shooting each other during their posing too.

jjwright71 Loc: Lubbock,Tx

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Proper handgun training will teach you never have ... (show quote)

where i was raised EVERy gun you picked up was loaded !!(till you checked it your self)

Dun1 Loc: Atlanta, GA

jjwright71 wrote:

where i was raised EVERy gun you picked up was loaded !!(till you checked it your self)

Yes that is rule one, presume that every weapon someone hands you check it and clear it, leave the cylinder out or the locked back. I can not tell you how many times we have all heard that someone was cleaning an unloaded weapon that fired. The majority of the time weapons don't fire themselves a person who has it in their hands pulls the trigger discharging what was allegedly an empty weapon.

davidheald1942 Loc: Mars (the planet)

Hi Jerry. I taught hand gun safty and marksman-ship in the U.S.M.C. back in 1959 at Paris Island. Back then if you were in a battle situation and you feared for your life you kept your finger on the trigger, but your thumb on the saftey. The *Colt* Goverment model of 1911 .45 cal. acp is the safest hand gun ever made IMHO. You ALWAYS carry it with one round chambered and the other 6 in the magazine, Cocked and locked. There were quite a few companys that made the colt goverment model of 1911. The company that surprised me most was the Singer sewing maching company. Gotta go for now & pop off a few rounds with my Actual 1911 made by Colt. Oh, BTW, I have left some 7 round magazines loaded to the brim for a couple of years and the madgazine springs were still good.
David