Since I intend to re-audit the Black Badge course next month, I been doing a lot of reading from my library on "Combat Pistol Shooting" from the early Jeff Cooper days when 'smiths like Armand Swenson were still alive. If that name doesn't ring a bell, fuggedaboudit .....
These guys invented the game that morphed in what we know as IPSC and what they didn't know about the 1911 platform isn't worth knowing. IDPA is the closest current off shoot.
In the early era of customizing/accurizing the 1911, it was recommended that if you wanted to drop the slide from 'lock back', then it was a good idea to hold back the hammer with the thumb of the shooting hand while doing so.
This was due to the propensity of guns with 'tuned' triggers to allow the hammer to follow. Then you were dependent upon the 'safety' hammer notch to catch the hammer and had to either rack the slide to chamber another round (which could louse up your game plan) or thumb #### the hammer to full ####. Either way, it was expensive, time wise.
It was also recommended especially for the Colt 'Gold Cup' to protect the trigger/sear engagement. I had an AD once after releasing the slide stop on my Gold Cup, but it was because I was sloppy and didn't have my trigger finger out of the trigger guard while so doing.
These guys invented the game that morphed in what we know as IPSC and what they didn't know about the 1911 platform isn't worth knowing. IDPA is the closest current off shoot.
In the early era of customizing/accurizing the 1911, it was recommended that if you wanted to drop the slide from 'lock back', then it was a good idea to hold back the hammer with the thumb of the shooting hand while doing so.
This was due to the propensity of guns with 'tuned' triggers to allow the hammer to follow. Then you were dependent upon the 'safety' hammer notch to catch the hammer and had to either rack the slide to chamber another round (which could louse up your game plan) or thumb #### the hammer to full ####. Either way, it was expensive, time wise.
It was also recommended especially for the Colt 'Gold Cup' to protect the trigger/sear engagement. I had an AD once after releasing the slide stop on my Gold Cup, but it was because I was sloppy and didn't have my trigger finger out of the trigger guard while so doing.
if I had a Glock, perhaps I would to
. I couldn't resist
. I have handled a few but the feel and look of them just never appealed to me so I've never owned one. Truthfully though, should I ever get one, it will receive the same handling 'considerations' as the rest.
