Is this a Problem? Or a Feature?

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Meiji_man

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I have a 1991a1 Compact and a Galco IWB holster for it. When I was trying it on and drawing the weapon, (read: Playing) I realized that when I unsnapped the holster, the safety on the gun goes from "Safe" to the "Fire" position. real nice because it saves me a step, but it also means that for a brief time I have a Cocked and Locked .45 sticking down my pants! Is this supposed to happen?

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"Take your weapon with reluctance. Draw it with dread. Grieve for those who fall to your bullets. But make every shot count."-Robert Shea
 
I don't about anyone else but this would raise my "pucker factor" to an unexceptably high level. :eek:

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Gunslinger

I was promised a Shortycicle and I want a Shortycicle!
 
Is your next post going to be "I blew my hip off" The only time the safety comes off is when the shooter has the weapon clear of the holster.
 
No - That is NOT supposed to happen!
Options:
1. Return the holster to the store you got it from.
2. Notify Galco ASAP. See what they would have you do.
3. Take out a sharp little knife and examin the rig with gun in it and see whats happening to cause this - and perform some surgery. (I find I do this to all my holsters anyway for various reasons - but never this one!)
 
That's a potentially fatal problem, not a feature. Your safety should be on when you draw, and you should not off-safe until the muzzle clears a 45 degree angle with the ground.

Yet another reason why I don't buy Galco junk anymore. Get a good custom leather holster or a kydex holster.

M1911
 
One of the big reasons I've never been comfortable carrying a 1911 cocked & locked...

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Smith & Wesson is dead to me.

If you want a Smith & Wesson, buy USED!
 
Its a problem, not a feature.
When you unsnap the holster and this moves the safety in \to "fire" position, you have a cocked and UNLOCKED .45 pointing in such a way that AD will cause rather radical reduction in your gluteus maximus, and I would not call it cosmetic lyposuction.
Send the holster back were you got it and also include some hamm on ice and tell them that it came off when you drew the weapon. :)
Also examine the safety lever on your handgun
and see it functions tight enough.
Theoretically, as long as the grip safety is not depressed and you finger in not on the trugger, the hummer should not fall.
Having said that I never rely on this "should not". I don't like to conduct wound ballistics experiments on myself.
 
I've checked the safety and it's as nice and tight as any other 1911 I've seen. I think I can "Fix" the holster so it doen't do that. Theres a plastic plate that holds the snap in place. I beleave if I remove it, then that problem will go away. But don't worry, It's currently not on my list of "working" parts. and it only cost me $20.

And anyone who has seen me knows, I can't afford a liposuction. I aint got that much to begin with!!! :)




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"Take your weapon with reluctance. Draw it with dread. Grieve for those who fall to your bullets. But make every shot count."-Robert Shea
 
I have to agree with Gunslinger, the "Pucker-Factor" would increase exponentially with such a rig... :eek:

Also George Hill had a good idea, sometimes you can modify or "Tweek" a holster or other gear to fit your specific needs.

Be safe, and hopefully your situation can be resolved without too much inconvenience.

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SHOOT,COMMUNICATE AND MOVE OUT !
 
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