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A Review of the S&W Model 681
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<blockquote data-quote="mtngunr" data-source="post: 4331460" data-attributes="member: 46104"><p>We were forbidden to carry cocked and locked with the 1911 in the Army, and so became quite adept at racking the slide on belt, holster, or even trouser leg seam on the draw, among other tricks long forgotten.</p><p></p><p>The Army fear of unintentional discharge is understandable, prior to the intro of (the sadly discontinued) Series 80 safety, which pre-80 failure I personally experienced, and now would not/do not carry a 1911 without it. </p><p></p><p>Combine a worn hammer cocking notch with a worn or poorly tensioned sear spring leg, and when you chamber a round, the hammer can jar off the notch as slide closes, the sear too slow to catch the hammer safety notch, and the gun WILL go off, as my bedroom mattress discovered, along with frame rail, and was lucky it did not keep going until empty and stitch up the wall into adjoining rooms. It CAN happen, but IMPOSSIBLE to happen with the Series 80 safety.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mtngunr, post: 4331460, member: 46104"] We were forbidden to carry cocked and locked with the 1911 in the Army, and so became quite adept at racking the slide on belt, holster, or even trouser leg seam on the draw, among other tricks long forgotten. The Army fear of unintentional discharge is understandable, prior to the intro of (the sadly discontinued) Series 80 safety, which pre-80 failure I personally experienced, and now would not/do not carry a 1911 without it. Combine a worn hammer cocking notch with a worn or poorly tensioned sear spring leg, and when you chamber a round, the hammer can jar off the notch as slide closes, the sear too slow to catch the hammer safety notch, and the gun WILL go off, as my bedroom mattress discovered, along with frame rail, and was lucky it did not keep going until empty and stitch up the wall into adjoining rooms. It CAN happen, but IMPOSSIBLE to happen with the Series 80 safety. [/QUOTE]
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