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- From: gmk@falstaff.MAE.CWRU.EDU (Geoff Kotzar)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: M1911 operation
- Message-ID: <1h4rioINN57f@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 23:59:55 GMT
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- In article <9212171146.aa06373@claudius.pica.army.mil> erudnick@pica.army.mil (FSAC-SID) writes:
- #
- #A question for owner/operators of M1911 pistols:
- #
- #
- #So to satisfy my curiosity more than anything else, how do you drop the
- #hammer on a loaded chamber with one hand with an M1911? Or can't it be
- #done? I realize that this is not a common requirement, but I'm just
- #curious. Thanks in advance.
- #
-
- I originally thought that this was not possible but I have seen it demonstrated.
- The trick is to take your thumb, not your weak hand thumb, and pull the hammer
- all the way back until it contacts the grip safety. Keep pulling back until
- the grip safety is deactivated, just af if the web of your hand was wrapped
- around the grip. With the hammer ALL the way back pull the trigger and lower
- the hammer with your thumb. Once the grip safety has been deactivated and
- the trigger pulled the grip safety no longer needs to be held down. The hammer
- will lower all the way down to the frame. This can all be down without the use
- of your weak hand. It feels a little tricky because you must control the gun
- with essentially only the three fingers wrapped around the grip. Your trigger
- finger and thumb are spread pretty wide apart and do feel like you have much
- leverage; but, it can be accomplished quite safely with the standard 1911
- hammer. This does not work well with the bobbed Commander hammers.
-
- For those of you who remember the movie where Steve McQueen portrayed Papa
- Thornton, the bounty hunter, this was how McQueen uncocked his 1911. I cannot
- remember the movie's name, but, if you do, you can rent a copy and see exactly
- how this is performed.
-
- geoff kotzar
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