Does it have a working HALF COCK SAFETY ? I bought two 1911-A1s that did not till I replaced the hammers with Colt hammers. You never use it till you install a 22lr conversion and don't want the hammer resting on the long, non rebounding firing pin and a round in the pipe.

Yes it does. You can adjust the trigger reset to take that out or put it back in. At least you can with an adjustable speed trigger if no one has done an action job on it.

FYI, I just sold it. Sorry.

The two I had did NOT have a half cock notch cut in the hammers. There was a note in the box from the factory saying that they have NO half cock safety. I thought it was a POS so I installed new colt hammers. I still have the hammers I took out if anyone wants them, I will part with them cheep. How much money would you think they save by not cutting all the notches for the sear to engage in the hammers, about a dime.

I can only state that my gun DOES have a half cock safety. But the loaded model has a lot of extras included.

Fredo-"half cock safety" the half cock position on a 1911 is NOT a to be carried safety position-will get you hurt or killed.

Correct!!! The half cock is there only to catch the hammer if the sear should fail or the thumb should slip while cocking or dec-cocking. I cannot prove it but would bet more AD`s are had with the 1911 while de-cocking or re-cocking the 1911 pistol than all else combined. The pistol is designed to be carried `cocked and locked` the safety is so designed as to put solid steel between the hammer and frame. Even if dropped the hammer will break before it can come off-cock and a AD would be a freak of nature to align the broken hammer section with the firing pin. axolotl

AX is correct in all points.

AXO - So "cocked and locked" is safer than "half-cocked" ?? Right??

I have to be able to explain this to my father-in-law. - He thinks half-cocked is the way to go. And he is a WWII vet and doesn't like to listen to a whipper-snapper like ME!

I have asked him why he thinks that is safer; and his response is always the same....."What's Wrong With Half-Cocked?!?!"

And I don't have a good answer. 

Maybe I am using the wrong terminology. My gun has 3 distinct hammer latching positions.

The first is close to the full down position and the hammer will fall when the trigger is pulled.

The second is approximately 1/2 way to the full cock position and the hammer will not fall when the trigger is pulled.

The third is fully cocked. It works as it should. 

I only carried my 1911 once. I carried it with no round in the chamber.

I do carry my p-250 with one in the chamber.