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Old December 13, 2019, 01:43 PM   #16
KyJim
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I know, I'm being sarcastic, it just seems to me that the presence of both thumb and grip safeties is rather superfluous. I know, I know, a 1911 has been configured that way for a century.
Of course, the grip safety was added to the 1911 during initial development at the request of the Army, specifically to make the gun safer for cavalry soldiers on horseback. I think the idea was to make it safer during action when a soldier might have the pistol cocked and not locked. If dropped during the battle, it was less likely to discharge if it hit the ground or perhaps the saddle pommel when swinging from a lanyard. As a side effect, it made the pistol more modular --- just alter the grip safety for a more-customized grip.

I think the idea of the pistol being safer if it is dropped is still valid.
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