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Originally Posted by Loosedhorse
Condition 1, cocked and locked. The way it was designed to be carried.
Train to make sure the safety is taken off "automatically" as the gun comes on target.
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Actually, the original design wasn't meant to be carried locked and cocked. 1911's were designed to be carried with the hammer down (Condition 2). The by-product of use is how we evolved into Condition 1.
I love my P938; my favorite sub-compact semiauto and one that gets carried the most. There's a video floating around about a tragic story where a father and his son were killed because he was carrying his pistol without a round in the chamber and he couldn't get it into action fast enough. If you don't carry with a round in the chamber, you might as well not even carry. The time it takes you to draw and rack, you could just leave or find cover; however, when you need to draw immediately to engage or engage from an awkward position, you will need that first round chambered.
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