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Never heard anything about moving your thumb back up to vertical after you had moved the safety down.
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He started insisting on both thumbs high/vertical near the end of his tenure, as reported by a couple of my friends who attended. According to them, he was quite adamant, and it can be seen in photos of him shooting the pistol.
I tried it on several occasions, as well as my thumb on top. Vertical weakened my grip so much that I couldn't use the gun well. Thumd on top blistered and skinned my thumb. I went back to horizontal, crossed thumbs.
On the "Spring Loaded" safety...not exactly one of his better suggestions. I admired the man very much, but some of the things that he espoused were a bit over the top.