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Well, actually I do have considerable experience with the colt 1911A1 (govt. mod), colt commanderand variants of the 1911 by other manufacurers, I carried one for several years of military service in the 70-80's and performed repairs. The last statement I made was not what I was trying to say (sorry)., My point was that although this weapon has both a thumb safety and grip safety and can be carried cocked and lockedfor combat purposes, range quickfire, etc., commonsense should prevail and the individual would have no reason to carry this weapon holstered in the cocked and locked position at a picknick or non-threatening situation. Now speaking militarily we always carried this weapon in the non-cocked position except when in a "combat" situation (i.e. on patrol, Close-quarters Battle). Be aware that in a well used 1911, if the sear's safety shoulder is wornthe thumb safety stop stud may not be able to prevent the sear release, leading to a possible AD, and you won't know this unless you do regular function checks. I wasn't critisizing the individual only expressing an observation. Jake