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A noteable feature of this pistol is that it has no magazine safety. Most pistols will not fire if the magazine is removed. The M1911 will fire. You can remove the magazine, but if there is a round in the chamber, the weapon will fire. This has surprised several people over the years; I know of several accidents and near-accidents that occurred because someone was screwing around and ‘didn’t know it was loaded’, thinking they had unloaded it by removing the magazine.
Looking at the illustration in this article captioned ‘A basic version of Smith & Wesson's SW1911 with user-installed Pachmayr grips.’, I see the manufacturer has stamped a warning about this on the barrel. Putting in a magazine safety would seem a better idea, but maybe the design will not allow that modification?
Some discussion of this could improve the article, maybe even warn someone who does not know. Also, has any version of an M1911 ever been made that has a magazine safety? 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:54D6:2A36:5AF1:B439 ( talk) 14:07, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
“Language cautioning against pulling the trigger with the second finger was included”. This is not clear to a lay person. What does it mean? (I.e., how could you pull the trigger with your second finger? Mithalwulf ( talk) 13:08, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
No mention of long barrel versions and related US competition target shooting use? [1] https://www.guns.com/news/2013/11/05/size-matters-six-longslide-1911s 64.121.176.58 ( talk) 05:53, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
That 1938 price seemse very misleading. I've seen mention of Colt contract prices for the Army in the early days of $14.50. 67.225.123.161 ( talk) 20:46, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
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A noteable feature of this pistol is that it has no magazine safety. Most pistols will not fire if the magazine is removed. The M1911 will fire. You can remove the magazine, but if there is a round in the chamber, the weapon will fire. This has surprised several people over the years; I know of several accidents and near-accidents that occurred because someone was screwing around and ‘didn’t know it was loaded’, thinking they had unloaded it by removing the magazine.
Looking at the illustration in this article captioned ‘A basic version of Smith & Wesson's SW1911 with user-installed Pachmayr grips.’, I see the manufacturer has stamped a warning about this on the barrel. Putting in a magazine safety would seem a better idea, but maybe the design will not allow that modification?
Some discussion of this could improve the article, maybe even warn someone who does not know. Also, has any version of an M1911 ever been made that has a magazine safety? 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:54D6:2A36:5AF1:B439 ( talk) 14:07, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
“Language cautioning against pulling the trigger with the second finger was included”. This is not clear to a lay person. What does it mean? (I.e., how could you pull the trigger with your second finger? Mithalwulf ( talk) 13:08, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
No mention of long barrel versions and related US competition target shooting use? [1] https://www.guns.com/news/2013/11/05/size-matters-six-longslide-1911s 64.121.176.58 ( talk) 05:53, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
That 1938 price seemse very misleading. I've seen mention of Colt contract prices for the Army in the early days of $14.50. 67.225.123.161 ( talk) 20:46, 11 December 2023 (UTC)