On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:11:30 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:15:43 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:52:55 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:


I know why the current batch of semis are liked, pull it out, squeeze trigger, don't worry
about safety. Stuff happens fast, less steps, better chance of winning. I just don't
ever want an AD.

I thoroughly enjoy shooting my 1911's but I wouldn't carry one. It's
too easy to forget about the safety under stress.

Then you are not shooting a firearm with a safety often enough. You
dont have any muscle memory trained into your thumb.

That's exactly right. Fortunately, I know it.

My CQB instructor recalled a Navy Seal who once forgot the safety on
his 1911 in heat of battle, very nearly ending him. Seals train a
hell of a lot more than I ever intend to.

Gunner. who never "thinks" about removing the safety..but she ALWAYS
goes bang when she is supposed to.

Your thumb is smarter than my thumb!

40 yrs of shooting 1911s and similar have trained it better than your
thumb.

Gunner






One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch