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You brain safety statement is top shelf. I like it.

dihappy,
You kinda new here so dont know me real well yet. The old hands think I am prejudice toards 1911s in genral & Kimbers in particular. I aint prejudice really, just like 'em cause there the.... well cause there 1911s.
What more can be said.

Mithras61,
you sure are fast on the keyboard. Good job.

Remove your magazine. Rack the slide & LOOK into an empty barrel.
Return the slide to battery & pull the trigger. I hold the hammer w/ thumb & index finger & let it down. Mag may be reinserted or left out.

Correct jbird.
IMHO, I respectfully disagree w/ lrb111. Of all the wrong carry options discussed for carrying a 1911, I consider the loaded chamber & hammer down the worst.
You can rack a slide faster than thumb a 1911 hammer.
That is a premature discharge nightmare. The awkward hand position required to do it w/ only strong hand is a good way to drop the gun. At best it is a half cock probability.

1911s were built to carry C&L. All other modes are just trading one wrong answer for a different wrong answer.
My .02 cents & many think it worth less than half that.
LT

Many of us carry 1911's. Everyone I know personally that carrys a 1911 does so C&L.
Flintknapper did a post on the 1911 as the safest carry weapon. It was worth repeating. If you would repost that, I would copy it for saving & use as training info. Pretty long as I remember but an excellent read.