I was going to ask how the grip safety got depressed but I see, beaver tail grip safety. There was a reason Browning designed it with the original grip safety. I like straps over or under my hammers, depending on the gun, at the very least a leather thong. Still confused as to how the trigger got pulled in a IWB holster. May be a defective firearm. Half cock has a notch machined in it, so without the trigger pulled and the grip safety pressed it will not fire, unless dropped. Beaver tails do get caught on clothing, I personally would never use them.
The grip safety had nothing to do with this since he carried hammer down, not even on half cock.
Can somebody explain how the 1911 grip safety works? .
The protrusion sticking out of the grip safety sits up against the trigger bar, which only moves straight back when the trigger is pulled. Once you grip the grip safety, is rotates, moving the protrusion upward, out of the way of the trigger bar, so that it can move backward pushing aginst the sear, clearing the hammer.
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