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Bart wrote:

WildBill wrote:

Bart wrote:Condition 2 is fine for a SIG or others with a decocker but with a 1911 you have to press the trigger on a loaded pistol when you don't want to shoot. It's safer to keep it in condition 1.

I am comparing Condition 2 versus Condition 3.

OK. To get a 1911 into condition 2, you have to press the trigger on a loaded pistol when you don't want to shoot.

This is true. Some would argue that this can be done safely.

Bart wrote:

WildBill wrote:

SCone wrote:Seems that Mr Browning's original design didn't even have a thumb safety. It was added to meet the Army's design criteria. And since the Army taught the weapon to be carried in "condition 3" until needed....... wouldn't it make sense to say that Mr Browning designed the gun to be carried in "condition 3"? And the thumb safety is a way to easily make the gun "safe" for short periods of time?

Why not Condition 2?

Condition 2 is fine for a SIG or others with a decocker but with a 1911 you have to press the trigger on a loaded pistol when you don't want to shoot. It's safer to keep it in condition 1.

I am comparing Condition 2 versus Condition 3.

SCone wrote:Seems that Mr Browning's original design didn't even have a thumb safety. It was added to meet the Army's design criteria. And since the Army taught the weapon to be carried in "condition 3" until needed....... wouldn't it make sense to say that Mr Browning designed the gun to be carried in "condition 3"? And the thumb safety is a way to easily make the gun "safe" for short periods of time?

Why not Condition 2?

NcongruNt wrote:I also noticed that he did not approach the issue of the possibility of need to draw one-handed.

I think it approached it from the point of view that he was right and if you didn't agree with him you were an idiot.

Liberty wrote:Then again almost all of my combat training was from drill sargeants. Most have them had rougher language and worse attitudes.

I am glad that you learned something from video. I did also, but that doesn't mean that I did not find it offensive.

I am not a prude when it comes to rough language or attitude, but when in the proper context. The guy in the video is not a drill instructor in front of the troops, nor does he have the training or experience of a drill instructor. IMO, he's just another rube with a video camera.