ClarkEMyers
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More useful than repeating other threads on cocked and locked
More useful than repeating other threads on cocked and locked is noticing that Sergeant Loughnan is NOT Mr. Gaylord's ideal for using the 1911 but rather an example of an individual under orders overcoming the handicap of a bad policy when he can't change it.
The story goes that Sergeant Loughnan was shot once when he was not able to do anything with an empty chamber and determined that would not happen again. Under orders to carry an empty pistol there was no option for cocked and locked or loaded and hammer down so loading in a hurry was his choice.
Bill Jordan was not a fan of the 1911 in his book No Second Place Winner and I don't think anybody ever mocked Mr. Jordan for putting his finger on the trigger of his revolver early in his fast draw - almost certainly not to his face. Similarly there is no reason to expect today's consensus behavior from other folks 50 years ago.
Doubtless today Sergeant Loughnan would follow the modern technique of holding the pistol sideways
More useful than repeating other threads on cocked and locked is noticing that Sergeant Loughnan is NOT Mr. Gaylord's ideal for using the 1911 but rather an example of an individual under orders overcoming the handicap of a bad policy when he can't change it.
The story goes that Sergeant Loughnan was shot once when he was not able to do anything with an empty chamber and determined that would not happen again. Under orders to carry an empty pistol there was no option for cocked and locked or loaded and hammer down so loading in a hurry was his choice.
Bill Jordan was not a fan of the 1911 in his book No Second Place Winner and I don't think anybody ever mocked Mr. Jordan for putting his finger on the trigger of his revolver early in his fast draw - almost certainly not to his face. Similarly there is no reason to expect today's consensus behavior from other folks 50 years ago.
Doubtless today Sergeant Loughnan would follow the modern technique of holding the pistol sideways