[RocktimusPryme]

Originally Posted by 72LuxuryLeMansLa.

I'm a 1911 man myself. I have a Springfield Loaded Model and love it. I even had the trigger polished so it breaks at about 3.5lbs. Personally the hammer back doesn't bother me. You still have to disengage the thumb safety and engage the grip safety then squeeze the trigger to get it to fire. The drop tests done from 50ft onto a concrete slab never caused them to fire so I figure I'm good.

Right, I feel I am more likely to make a safe accurate shot flipping a thumb safety and pulling a 3.5 lb trigger than I am pulling a long squishy Glock action or similar under duress.

The manual safety is the lesser of two evils for me. But really it all comes down to what you are comfortable with. There is a ton written on what caliber minimum you should carry. Lots of guys say it should start with a "4". But you know what, if the gun you are comfortable both concealing and firing accurately is a .22 wmr then carry that. And this from me who carries a .45. I assure you most people (myself included) will call timeout as soon as you point a gun at them. Let alone actually shoot them. And I personally believe if you come upon one of those madmen who arent put down easily the .45 probably wont make as big a difference as some people think. Especially if you arent comfortable firing it accurately.

The human body is pretty easy to kill, but when determined its hard to stop quickly.