You kinda have to know a little about the Army mindset circa 1910 or so.
Horse Cav was the "SOG" of the time. What the Cavalry wanted they usually got.
Trying to manage a pistol with one hand, on a horse thats gone ballistic in a fire fight can be a real situation. The Cav folks on the board felt Brownings original scheme was inadequate for mounted service- changes were made so troopers could safely reholster the gun at a gallop. Laynard rings were standard on magazines... you could drop a mag and let it dangle until things died down so you could secure it later. Obviously- times have changed.
If you ever get a chance study up on the original "manual of arms" for the 1911 Government Pistol. Seveal of my ancestors were Troopers going back to the post Civil War period... one of my great uncles was around in the 30's and made the tconversion from mounted to mechanized.
I have heard several WW2 vets relate that they prefered to carry their 1911's chambered, with the hammer on the half cock notch. Why? the notion was it was a lot quieter and simpler to ease the hammer back. Of course... this is in a military full flap holster... and that practice was not in any offical Ordinance manual.
Horse Cav was the "SOG" of the time. What the Cavalry wanted they usually got.
Trying to manage a pistol with one hand, on a horse thats gone ballistic in a fire fight can be a real situation. The Cav folks on the board felt Brownings original scheme was inadequate for mounted service- changes were made so troopers could safely reholster the gun at a gallop. Laynard rings were standard on magazines... you could drop a mag and let it dangle until things died down so you could secure it later. Obviously- times have changed.
If you ever get a chance study up on the original "manual of arms" for the 1911 Government Pistol. Seveal of my ancestors were Troopers going back to the post Civil War period... one of my great uncles was around in the 30's and made the tconversion from mounted to mechanized.
I have heard several WW2 vets relate that they prefered to carry their 1911's chambered, with the hammer on the half cock notch. Why? the notion was it was a lot quieter and simpler to ease the hammer back. Of course... this is in a military full flap holster... and that practice was not in any offical Ordinance manual.