Cocked & Locked Carry?

Speaking of BS, Cornbread, I'll believe your story about the bet when you post copy of the check.


As for posting links, uh, ever try just ordinary books? There are a good many on the subject. (Wherein the astute reader will note many accounts of 1911's accidentally discharging from a blow on the hammer, when carried in condition 2.)





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You apparently belive everything you read except what I write.

Test the gun for yourself to see if you can make it fire a primed case with the hammer down. You will not get it to fire by a blow to the hammer.

Also if am were to belive everthing I read I would tend to belive that there have been thousands of cocked and locked ADs.

The internet is full of people claiming that it happend to them.

Unlike some I have the ability to understand the design for myself. I do not have to rely on dumbass gun writers that are paid to write favorable tests to explain to me how my gun works.

I can have the hammer,sear and disconnector out of a 1911 and on the table in just a couple of minutes. Those that have problems even field stripping their guns have no busisness discussing firearms design.

If you are not capable of understanding something as simple as a rebounding firing pin you dont need a firearm.
 
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No problem. Hey, I actually learned some interesting stuff today.

And they say the Internet is a waste of time! Huh!
 
defox...

It is hard to have a discussion with someone when all the brain cells involved in the discussion are your own. So I think I'll take my brain cells and go elsewhere for conversation. Don't bother replying, as I won't read it. Feel free to look at the vast majority of the other responders on this post and you will see that you are in the minority here on the Cond. 2 subject. I'm out of here!
 
Reasonable conclusion. Why beat the details to death while not allowing common sense to enter the fray?

Next thing you know we'll be discussing how its safe to carry the Glocks condition 2. It can be done but you cant allow common sense into the room while you do it.
 
Safety

John M. designed the pistol with a safety but without a grip safety. The grip safety was insisted upon by the Department of the Army, Browning fought it and only added it begrudgingly.
 
Defox:

My preferred mode of carry of a BHP is hammer down, round chambered. I recommend this wholeheartedly as the safest way to carry a SA pistol.
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The only unintentional discharge of a BHP that I have ever been witness to (knock on wood) was with an old Chinese Inglis carried in condition two (hammer down on a chambered round).
In that case it was due mostly to improper maintenance (http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8495&highlight=HiPower+discharge) but it may be relevant to you as well.

Also, take a look at this thread http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/poll.php?s=&action=showresults&pollid=169

More than a few discharges have happened when someone tries to lower the trigger on a live round. The BHP is also has a pretty heavy hammer.

If the Hi-Power fails from cocked and locked, it will still catch on the half-cock notch. Beyond that, Hi-Powers built after 1989 have an internal firing pin block that will stop the gun from firing if the trigger isn't pressed to the rear. For a modern BHP to fail from condition one requires the simultaneous failure of three safeties.

In the end, how you carry is your business as long as you can do it safely; but I strongly encourage you to research and experiment with this (safety first of course) on your local range. I think if you compare the various methods, you'll find that Condition Two is the worst of all worlds - less safety than condition one and no faster than condition three.
 
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