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rm9792:

Based on your last comment, then maybe I DID see a 1911 slide
racked backwards with the safety on.

For the life of me, I can't remember which brand of 1911 the
Bullet Trap employee was using in the show-and-tell, or I'd
share it with y'all.

SIA

jester and Andra:

Thank you for disabusing me of the notion that
a 1911 slide can be racked with the safety in "up safe" mode.

SIA

1911-knowledgable shooters:

I believe that some of the questions posed on this thread may
relate to the unloading of a 1911 that has been carried cocked and locked.
Hence the issues revolve around the assumption that the hammer must be
dropped manually.

Tell me whether what I remember is true or not:
One day I was at the Bullet Trap in Plano, there were hardly any customers
in the store, and I was talking with one of the employees about 1911 manual of
arms issues.

IIRC, he had a 1911, empty of rounds, with the safety in the "up safe" position.
He surprised me by racking the slide backward as if he was going to empty the
chambered round.

Do I recall this correctly? Can a 1911 have the safety on and the slide be racked
backwards in order to eject the chambered round?

If so, then this ability would negate ever having to drop the hammer manually
on a chambered round.

When my PT111's safety is on the slide can't be racked backwards.

Thanks in advance.

SIA