How to Safely Load and Unload a 1911 Pistol

In this episode we we learn How to Safely Load and Unload a 1911 Pistol with Freddie Blish. Freddie is an instructor at Gunsite Academy and he will show us how to properly and safely perform these basic pistol handling maneuvers.
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[@mredmundo247]

I just picked up my 1st 1911 This guide was great just simple and straightforward. Thanks for the video.

[@yrsued]

Glad it helped

[@themysteriousgentlemen1763]

I got 1911 today :)

[@chevynova-zf5jm]

I just bought my first 1911 and I am so grateful to you for making this great guide!

[@yrsued]

Glad this helps!!

[@comodice905]

Hezzbullah...nunca hamas no mas jamas

[@teb0072]

A neat trick I learned from a law enforcement officer: If you don’t keep a round in the chamber, “paint” the first round in your personal defense magazine. When you eject the magazine, if you don’t see the painted round, you’ll know it’s in the chamber.

[@yrsued]

A trick I learned at Gunsite: Rule #1 ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED!!!

[@Anonymous594]

Or you could just drop the mag and clear the chamber everytime.

[@pbunt1911]

I’ve seen some version of this before and while it’s totally rational, it’s best practice to take an irrational approach to gun safety. A round in the chamber is the threat so inspect the chamber, not the magazine.

[@amphibious3381]

I ordered Springfield’s MC OPERATOR not too long ago. This video is very helpful so I don’t become “that guy” when I go to pick it up. I’ve always been a rifle kind of guy but this is my first and only pistol I’ll ever own.

[@yrsued]

Well, congrats in becoming a Pistol Shooter, yes, stay tuned for more tips, we have many here!!

[@davidp4192]

Yeah they make great stuff

[@Ds-M556]

Pistols will grow on you. I foresee at least one more pistol in your future.

[@stevemellgard6393]

Springfield makes some fine firearms. Their 1911s are no exception. I bought the TRP about 3 years ago. I love it. Wasn't crazy about the full length guide rod so I went GI with flat wire recoil spring from Wilson Combat. No issues what so ever. Congratulations on your Operator. Nice pistol.

[@christianloudet7909]

Thanks a lot from France 🇫🇷 for this video. Safety is so important 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@yrsued]

Well, hello from Arizona!! YES, safety is #1!!

[@augustusbaumgartner7087]

I just ordered a Tisas 1911A1 Special Service model, my first 1911, thank you for the concise and practical rundown on operation of this handgun, it cleared up most questions I had immediately.

[@yrsued]

The Tisas is a good Choice, but this one on the Video is a Springfield TRP Stainless.

[@augustusbaumgartner7087]

@@yrsued I'm aware of that, I should have typed "this STYLE of handgun", as that's what I was referring to, a 1911, rather than a particular manufacturer.

[@yrsued]

@@augustusbaumgartner7087 Cool, just wanted to make sure.

[@user-ed8sy2mo2g]

Firearm safty is paramount. Tried and true. Follow the tried and true procedures. My father instilled this principal into me when i was three-year-old.

[@yrsued]

But you know, if you follow these safety rules you WILL be called a Fudd by the Force Recon Rangers from SEAL Team Delta...

[@saparbajev]

simple, understandable straight forward valuable information. thank you

[@yrsued]

Thanks for your comments

[@stevehoffman9735]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@personunknown5301]

I like that you put the editing software in the description :)

[@yrsued]

We add everything we use on the description, we have more gear to add!!

[@BikerDash]

The possibility of the ejector hitting the primer is why I di not use an extended ejector in my 1911. Makes it so there is less chance of having one of those detonations happening when ejecting a live round. I still will not try cupping my hand over the round to catch it, because less chance means there is STILL a chance it could happen. Excellent video. Informative and engaging.

[@yrsued]

The ejector hitting the primer is both an ejector and extractor issue, but believe it or not, it's more ejector than extractor, I've seen it happen, more than once, but mostly on .40, 9mm and .38 Super than .45.

[@PongoBird74]

This will be helpful for all the American students

[@yrsued]

This applies to ANYONE using a 1911

[@user-gp8cs7jy1q]

Nah the how to load an ar15 video is over there bud👉

[@walterminer4990]

Regarding ejecting and catching the round before it hits the deck. Jerry Miculek advises just like you gentlemen, "Don't do it"! He explained in all his years of shooting he had seen a disaster occur just as the round was caught 5 or 6 times. I figure bending over to pick-up a round is better than a trip to the E.R.! Best to ya' Yamil,,,,as always!

[@yrsued]

YUP, Jerry does have the years of experience to see what can happen when you start showboating with a pistol. DO NOT do that!! NOT a good idea!!

[@pbunt1911]

I haven’t been shooting nearly as long as Jerry, but I’ve trained and shot with quite a few shooters with a bazillion rounds down range; I don’t recall ever seeing anyone intentionally eject a live round on the deck. I guess I can see covering the ejection port on a 1911/2011 with your hand (even though this is the technique I see most often), but ejecting a live round in the air and catching it? Sure, it’s a bit flashy, but does that make it unsafe? I don’t think so, as long as you maintain some muzzle discipline. I’ve done it in front of some super fudd ROs and never been corrected.

[@glennschultz7685]

Thanks for the video very well done and instructional

[@yrsued]

My pleasure, thanks for watching!!

[@teefrankenstein4340]

Thank you for this video.

[@yrsued]

Our pleasure!!

[@Nativei]

This video saved my life

[@yrsued]

I hope you're OK now..

[@Deadpool-cf3ww]

How

[@zoobrizz]

That’s scary. You should probably take a gun safety class

[@Loose_Lucy]

Great video Thanks

[@yrsued]

My pleasure, thanks for watching!!

[@jerkface38]

I had a scary moment the other day as I was loading my work pistol. I've never had an issue so far but this time when I loaded it it seems like two bullets went into the chamber instead of one. I'm not really sure what happened still. I used the slingshot method as I pretty much always have. Long story short one of the bullets disappeared and for a second I had thought that it may have fired. I was in a very public location because I usually always load it at work and not before. Thankfully it just popped out and didn't actually go off. I was frantically searching for the bullet that was missing out of the cartridge. It was in the trunk still and I decided I'll watch as many videos as I can on safe ways to load it and see if I can find better ways. I'm pretty sure I made a mistake at some point but I can't figure out what and I don't think practicing in public with live rounds is a good idea

[@yrsued]

You just said something VERY commendable, you admitted that you might have made a mistake and you owned it!! GOOD FOR YOU!!! We all make mistakes, we learn from them!! I'm glad you're ok!! Keep being safe!!!

[@leecollard3001]

Yes, thank you for admitting a mistake. We ALL can be safer...for ourselves and those dear to us

[@comodice905]

Bloke u really f Ed up u got lucky Start paying attention firearms r no joke bucko

[@jerkface38]

@@comodice905 there was a meeting we had in the company and it ended up being that this was not my fault. They discussed this without me even bringing it up and he told me I did the right thing.

[@comodice905]

@jerkface38 bloke it wuz nein acto de diety...bucko start taking responsibilidad....pues Como que en El Dia en que LA conoci ist dein Auf Das licht blokey

[@2TNB2]

Yea I want to buy one soon and learning this was definitely something I want haha, I’ve never handled one of them before because there old school or whatever and I’m used to the present day or modern firearm

[@yrsued]

These are still as useful today as they were 111 years ago!!

[@stevemellgard6393]

You won't regret it. The trigger on a fine tuned 1911 says it all. Something most new school pistols just can't compare with. Rule of the thumb is "you get what you pay for". A little research goes a long way.

[@righteousredneck777]

Great video.

[@yrsued]

Thanks for watching!!

[@ilovepompomn1563]

Well explain... thanks guys

[@yrsued]

Thanks for watching

[@lawrence3242]

If I have the weapon in my hand I know when I pick it up if it is loaded. If I pick it up first drop the mag, then pull the slide back and locked open, check chamber. If the weapon came out of my holster I know if it has around in the chamber and if the mag is loaded.

[@yrsued]

We all have a process, as long as you're safe while doing it, you're good!!

[@parsavafaii6227]

You had greatest slide lock reload Pull slide back for unload for all times.

[@yrsued]

It's being shown the way it's taught at Gunsite.

[@parsavafaii6227]

@@yrsued So you agree the best slide lock reload is rack slide back ?

[@yrsued]

@@parsavafaii6227 OK, you officially lost me!! A Slide Lock Reload is done when your magazine runs dry while shooting and the slide locks back. Do you mean you want to unload the pistol?? You do whatever you want . I do it one way, you might want to do it another way. As long as you do it in a safe manner, who cares how you do it?

[@bosse641]

Thanks, Yamil

[@yrsued]

My pleasure!!

[@Joetheshow445]

I heard that you can’t ride the hammer forward like with revolvers, is that true?

[@yrsued]

I would NEVER do that!! That is an ND in the making!!

[@otto3967]

Thank You for this Gun Stock Reviews!

[@yrsued]

Our pleasure, thanks for watching!!

[@nordmende73]

Thanks!

[@yrsued]

One pleasure!!

[@mr.2d749]

Curious why you guys never mentioned the safety in loading or unloading?

[@yrsued]

It's implied that you follow the four rules of Gun Safety!! I didn't think I had to add that due to the fact that I've already done a Video on that!! But a new Video showing what NOT to do is coming...

[@yrsued]

I guess we assumed that people knew how to use the pistol, my bad!!

[@michaelpolete9894]

@@yrsued if you assume that people know how to use the pistol then why make an instructional video?

[@yrsued]

@@michaelpolete9894 You are correct, we assumed that shooters would know better!!! NOT a good idea. We will do an amended Video, NOT taking down a Video with over 12K Views

[@markdabrow7671]

For someone new to guns or the 1911 it's probably the most important thing you could have covered.

[@Nostradamus_Order33]

Well, I learned something today. Cartridges going off in ones hand.

[@rod5594]

This is awesome

[@yrsued]

Thanks for watching!!

[@rod5594]

@@yrsued yes sir

[@yrsued]

@@rod5594 Very happy to have you here!!

[@macksbear]

I got the same gun 4 years ago but it doesn't have trp stamp on the slide but the boxs says trp and it looks just like yours

[@yrsued]

Cool, maybe they forgot to stamp it?

[@mmma4096]

How do you think I can use this instructions since I have arthritis in both hands.

[@yrsued]

Takes a whole lot of practice for you to find what works for you...

[@Flatliner04]

Yamil seemed to have trouble removing his pistol from the Holster. I wonder if it is the holster

[@yrsued]

NEW Holster that needed break in, no longer happens, this is a carry holster, NOT a competition Holster, it's meant to keep the gun IN, with Break In and use, it is a bit looser, but NOT competition loose!!

[@brickd1]

how do pull slide and release it unless you are holding down the slide release?

[@yrsued]

If your magazine is empty, yes, you would have to do that, if the magazine is loaded, you just pull back and let the pistol do its job.

[@slyguyaction]

My Kimber Raptor II 1911 doesn't load like that. I have to lock the slide back, load a loaded magazine into the firearm, and then press down on the slide lock so the slide moves forward and chambers a round. I can rack the slide as many times as I want and the magazine will still remain full.

[@Marty1911]

Then that gun has a problem

[@ottergreen8190]

No joke, a local range owner demonstrated that old style of press check on a 1911 and now he only has 9 fingertips

[@yrsued]

That could happen, I do it sometimes, bad habit!!

[@mikewilson5332]

Only if you do it wrong. Practice

[@mikewilson5332]

You don’t put your finger in front of the barrel. Only a fool would do that

[@mikewilson5332]

Unfortunately there are a lot of fools on u tube. Great video for beginners. Thank you

[@juniorwetsworth]

How do you lock your 1911 without a magazine in? The only way mine locks is with a mag in. Then from there, I can’t get it to release. I then have to take the mag out again, then it will release.

[@yrsued]

Pull the slide back and push up on the slide stop, I can make a video tomorrow showing how to do that, we are going to the range tomorrow.

[@juniorwetsworth]

Yamil R. Sued perfect! Thanks!

[@yrsued]

@@juniorwetsworth Shot the Video today!! I should release it soon.

[@brettrogers5333]

Pulled mine back from the back of the gun,with thumb and index finger, it went off in the house....only happened once but I'll try it this way from now on

[@yrsued]

First, your ND had NOTHING to do with the way you racked the slide and one time is enough. Follow ALL rules of Gun safety!!

[@grasunmajjurach6026]

Verygood

[@yrsued]

Yes it is!!

[@thankgodimouttahere]

Excellent training. Going for my LTC and doing some live training. This video is very helpful. Thanx!

[@yrsued]

Our pleasure!!

[@markjackson1989]

May I ask 2 questions? I have never considered doing a press check. Is that to ensure the round is properly seated within the chamber? If you have a model with a cutout notch that visually indicates a round is load, is a press check necessary? Secondly, what are the functions of "half cock?" I am sometimes told that half cock can catch a falling hammer in the event of a genuine malfunction, but I do not know the exact specifics of that scenario. I have also heard that half cock has somehow been used as a method of carry. I assume it has to due with half-cock locking the trigger. I love the 1911, but it has some hidden features that I wish I completely understood.

[@yrsued]

Answer to your first question What if you have to load in low light?? Doing a press check with your finger guarantees you check when in low light. I would NEVER carry in half cock, that is not what it was meant to do, In all honestly, I don't remember what the original reason for the half cock was, I heard once, but I don't recall IMHO, the ONLY way to carry is loaded Chamber, Hammer Back, Safety on!!

[@maximanimo]

0:29 that gunshot came at the right time lol.

[@yrsued]

I don't get where you're coming from

[@DoneDeal2]

Can't you do a press check from the front of the slide?

[@yrsued]

So you mean by pushing on the slide from the bottom underneath the muzzle? Two reasons why not. First, this pistol ships with a Full Length Guide Rod, so you can't physically do it Second, I find that to be very dangerous by putting your thumb on the trigger guard and your forefinger underneath the muzzle. Mas Ayoob just wrote a VERY good Article for The Armory Life just about this particular Question. You should look into it!!

[@mbw65]

No mention of the safety as in cocked and locked?

[@yrsued]

We didn't do it in this Video, but we will on an upcoming Video on Conditions of Carry

[@zoobrizz]

Not necessary. The safety is on the handle .

[@yrsued]

@@zoobrizz "Frame", it's not handle, but Frame!!

[@grousedog88]

Easy , squeeze trigger till stop firing, then push magazine release.

[@yrsued]

That is the fast and EXPENSIVE way to do it. If you have that much ammo, good for you, I certainly don't!!

[@blkxdragon]

Can you eject a round with the safety on?

[@yrsued]

NO!!! The 1911 design locks the slide in place when the Thumb Safety is applied, in order to eject a round, the Thumb Safety must be on the Fire position and you must take all four safety rules into consideration when unloading the pistol.

[@hawghawg381]

I've never put my 1911 on safe.

[@EJubett]

James Caan press check in the film Thief.

[@GunStockReviews]

Where do you think he trained for that movie?? Three guesses and two don't count....

[@urbanlivingsecurityprofess9119]

I took my mag out and tried to rack the round out but it’s not racking. Any help ?

[@yrsued]

OK, what you mean is that when you racked your slide back, the round stayed in the chamber?? Is it loose or stuck there??

[@urbanlivingsecurityprofess9119]

@@yrsuedseems like it’s stuck. 1 in the pipe . The hammer is cocked back. I released the magazine. Took it off safety and tried to rack the slide to eject the round that is in the pipe. And nothing.

[@urbanlivingsecurityprofess9119]

@@yrsuedit will not rack back.

[@yrsued]

@@urbanlivingsecurityprofess9119 If you have a Live Round in the chamber, YOU HAVE A DANGEROUS ISSUE. It could be: 1- Damaged chamber 2- Bad Ammo But you IF YOU DO have a Live Round in the Chamber, this pistol is NOT Safe and you should take it to a Gunsmith ASAP Two questions: What Pistol?? What Ammo??

[@yrsued]

@@urbanlivingsecurityprofess9119 NOT good!!

[@Archdornan9001]

Never listen to Hollywood

[@yrsued]

NEVER when it comes to firearms and firearm safety and use!!

[@herrotto7787]

For once a GUY who knows how to operate a 1911-------> To all that watched this - This is how to do it.... Good Job

[@yrsued]

Thanks for your kind comments, Yes, Freddie KNOWS 1911's!!

[@herrotto7787]

@@yrsued I have carried one now for over 50 years...Yep I know a few things about the GREAT 1911

[@yrsued]

@@herrotto7787 So you know what good training looks like

[@herrotto7787]

@@yrsued Yes you could say that....

[@yrsued]

@@herrotto7787 We will have more 1911 content Both in training and reviews and upgrades

[@abramhepp8729]

When i do a press check i hold the gun by the grip i then put my index finger on the plunger and slightly pull back . seems pretty safe to me . if i pull the trigger and have an nd while press checking your gun your probably not to careful to Begin with .

[@yrsued]

If you have an ND while press checking, you are DEFINITELY doing something VERY Wrong!!

[@dannymanny6917]

Yamil, what is that insignia on your cap.

[@yrsued]

The Logo for Gunsite Academy, the worlds best known learning center for firearms training!! Established by Jeff Cooper in 1976, it's the best today!!

[@dannymanny6917]

Very nice! Am looking forward to getting back to the range, really appreciate that video. Thank you!

[@yrsued]

@@dannymanny6917 Come down to AZ and take a Gunsite Class!!

[@dannymanny6917]

@@yrsued Sounds great! Maybe when we get around this corner, I've plenty of family in AZ.

[@yrsued]

@@dannymanny6917 You won't regret it, Gunsite is a worthwhile experience

[@yunassaxer7119]

great!

[@yrsued]

Thanks....

[@gnoogie]

why does anyone teach people to pull the trigger and slowly lower the hammer to unchamber a round? i dont understand how thats gotten so pervasive with how dangerous it is and how safe this method is.

[@yrsued]

Who does that?? For sure NOBODY did that on this Video!!

[@gnoogie]

@@yrsued ITS CRAZY. Ive watched a bunch of other vids on how to unchamber a round in a 1911 and a bunch of them are spreading that dangerous misinfo.

[@yrsued]

@@gnoogie When you have a Retired Marine Lt Col with combat Experience that happens to be a Gunsite Instructor, you get GOOD information, glad you found it helpful.

[@jeffw8616]

Not a word about safety mechanism. Also, safety off when clearing the chamber?? What am I missing?

[@yrsued]

That goes under the Conditions of Carry Video, that you can't see because we shot it and KZbin locked our channel like they did to others in the Gun Industry!! Yay for Freedom of Speech!! Follow us on Rumble to see the Conditions of Carry for the 1911.

[@aciddiarrhea433]

I plan on getting gun and hunt in wild, not city

[@yrsued]

What to you want to hunt with it?

[@angelvalle9963]

In all fairness he is Steven Segal hes on another level.

[@yrsued]

He's a Movie guy, NOT a real Tactical Expert!! Trust me, I know folks that have been with him at the Range!!

[@RickyJr46]

Yamil, once a 1911 is loaded as you've demonstrated here and the slide has been released, with the thumb safety applied, is that known as Condition 1? Inserting a loaded magazine into an unloaded and uncocked (i.e. slide forward) 1911 would be Condition 3? I do not yet own a 1911 and will certainly take a class on its safe handling prior to using one! In the meantime, I like becoming familiar with its basic operations.

[@yrsued]

So, you're basically saying that you know more than a Gunsite Instructor, right??

[@RickyJr46]

Oh definitely not! Just hoping to connect what I see here with things written elsewhere.

[@yrsued]

@@RickyJr46 Well, this former Marine is a Gunsite Instructor, he teaches several classes and the 250 is one of them, this is how is taught at Gunsite!!

[@RickyJr46]

Sometimes I hear terms like Condition 1, 2, or 3 used in regards to the readiness state of a 1911. For example: sightm1911.com/Care/1911_conditions.htm Watching the video, I simply try to figure out which of these Conditions the pistol is in, that's all.

[@bigtrucklittlerv7969]

Just press the slide stop for battery.

[@yrsued]

That Is DEFINITELY NOT the way to do it, but you do as you wish!!

[@bigtrucklittlerv7969]

@@yrsued The hell it's not. Read the 1911 manual, US government and Colt designed it that way!

[@yrsued]

@@bigtrucklittlerv7969 Your gun, your choice, it's NOT called a Slide Release, it's a Slide Stop. You do you, I do me!! And no, don't tell me the Military teaches it this way, Ask Clint Smith what he thinks and he's a Marine!!

[@bigtrucklittlerv7969]

@@yrsued The release is knurled for that reason. Educate yourself!!! Moron kzbin.info/www/bejne/lauveWt-ic5sf68

[@johnmills837]

@@yrsued You need to stop a rethink your Trump beliefs. kzbin.info/www/bejne/amjHc56Fn9KBldk

[@ghostzero7584]

This did not give information I was looking for, I was hoping to learn the difference between 1911 and Glock which Glock is what I have always used when making the gun safe.

[@yrsued]

OK, PLEASE explain to me how a Video on "How to Safely Load and Unload a 1911 Pistol" has ANYTHING to do with the differences between a 1911 and a Glock?? IF you want to know those differences, that can be done, easily, you just have to ask for it!! Not come over and tell us that our Video is not what you wanted because this video is NOT meant to answer your question!!!

[@cop2506]

Why does yamil sound like Harold Zoid?!

[@yrsued]

I have no clue who that is..

[@tedbenton964]

This is Kristin on Ted's phone, first am glad you're trying to help people learn; however you should have been pointing down range. We can hear others on the range. Safety to check your weapon, point down range...

[@yrsued]

This is how it's taught at Gunsite, with the students facing downrange and using Dummy Rounds!!

[@janirajaquessjaques1680]

Tiago 123

[@yrsued]

You lost me here too!!

[@devlinmiller254]

Press Checks ????? REALLY ???REALLY??? THAT SCREAMS AMATEUR

[@yrsued]

Until you get into a firefight and your pistol goes CLICK!!! Then again you think that the Staff at Gunsite and Thunder Ranch are Amateurs, right?? This is the way they teach it at both schools!! I guess you know better... Where is your school?? I need to go there because you know better than all these amateurs...

[@yrsued]

Funny, you follow Yeager... Guess where James was last week?? Ya, at Gunsite, learning from all these Amateurs!! How do I know, I had lunch with him last week, I was there in a Private Press event...

[@studfinderball]

I got rid of my 1911 when good DAO's came on the scene in the '80's. Gun hobbiests have no business using the obsolete 1911. Needless mishandling risks. For what? There are plenty safer alternatives. Mine is the SIG 229 DAK. No grip safety, no decocking lever, no hammer safety. Rack the slide on a loaded magazine and you have an auto pistol that acts like a revolver. To remove a live round, eject the magazine, and rack the slide with the gun upside down. Round is ejected.

[@yrsued]

If you're not comfortable carrying a 1911, then, you should NOT carry one!! That is simple!! Most of us are trained to carry one, but you said it yourself, you don't trust yourself with it

[@studfinderball]

@@yrsued Myself and others.

[@yrsued]

@@studfinderball Well, most of us who are Gunsite Graduates and have been shooting USPSA for 30+ years are very capable and competent with the 1911

[@studfinderball]

@@yrsued Ah, yes, the Jeff Cooper wannabes. Good luck with that.

[@yrsued]

@@studfinderball NO, we ar the safe ones that can use a Grownup pistol without pissing our pants!! We can handle it safely, and carry it safely!! That why it has TWO Safeties!!

[@chuckschillingvideos]

So much easier just to let the slide stop do its job of releasing the slide...No need whatsoever to work the slide with your off hand.

[@yrsued]

IMHO, you should get some training then!! IT is a SLIDE STOP and NOT a Slide Release!! I'm NOT putting you down, but training is best with Professionals like Freddie, he didn't get where he got on the USMC by being a slouch!!! Trust me on that one!! HE KNOWS his stuff!! But you can do it as you want, it's just NOT the right way to do it!!

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@@yrsued Oh ffs. I don't care what YOU call it. Don't play the semantics game with me. It functions perfectly well releasing the slide and is a much faster and effective way to return to battery. I don't care what you or anyone else says. It's just a fact.

[@yrsued]

@@chuckschillingvideos Do whatever you want to do, it's YOUR Gun, YOUR life!! But don't come here and tell me and the Instructors at Gunsite that they are wrong!! You do YOU and leave us be!! This is America, you have the right to do what you want to do without anyone telling you otherwise, same with me!!

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@@yrsued Pretty sure I'm entitled to express my opinion. I'm also pretty sure that none of the instructors at Gunsite, including yourself...are gods or even demigods except in your own heads. No one is beyond critique, and to me if your instruction is based on a SEMANTIC understanding of a gun part, that instruction is in definite need of improvement.

[@yrsued]

@@chuckschillingvideos No semantics here, look at most, if not all manuals and catalogs, NOBODY describes this particular part as a “Slide Release”, they all describe it as a Slide Stop. But then again, you do you...

[@derrickwhite3114]

First thing they do wrong is point the weapon side range the whole video

[@yrsued]

This is how demos are done, at Gunsite and at Thunder Ranch!! We never fired to the side berm, but for decades this is how REAL Schools teach!! You might want to try getting REAL training before you talk!! Abraham Lincoln was RIGHT!!

[@homerscustoms7635]

Ok so you have one in chamber and hammer cocked and you decide not to shoot how do you safely put hammer back up with out firing

[@yrsued]

There is a video coming with conditions of Carry, this is ONLY how to Load and Unload. Conditions of Carry is a Totally different Video

[@ondago2]

Never mentioned the safety during loading or now importantly, after the please check and registering so I think he placed first pistol back in holster, off safety

[@yrsued]

NO, because this video is about LOADING and UNLOADING, and NOT and NEVER was meant to be about Conditions of Carry!! Read the other replies, I have replied to this several times already!!

[@Tigrebleau1]

Did you put it on safe before you re-hostered?

[@yrsued]

First....... What is the TITLE of the Video?? How to Safely Load and Unload a 1911 Pistol This is NOT conditions of Carry But ONLY How to Safely Load and Unload a 1911 Pistol There is a separate Video being produced about conditions of carry!! But this Vide is ONLY and ONLY about How to Safely Load and Unload a 1911 Pistol

[@davidzumbaum7962]

Don't really enjoy that sharp beavertail gouging in my chest. Always figure there is a round in chamber.

[@yrsued]

Why would you push your beavertail to your chest while doing a Press Check?? And.. You don't do press checks until you miss loading your pistol and you end up needed more than one round and you hear the loudest sound in a Gunfight.... CLICK!!!

[@davidzumbaum7962]

@@yrsued I don't, but the way the dude wants to check for a round in the chamber does not look comfortable.

[@yrsued]

@@davidzumbaum7962 You can do it many other ways, but this is the way it's taught at Gunsite, given that Freddie is an instructor there. YOu're supposed to learn it by touch, in case you have to do it in the dark and close to your body.

[@billlai3545]

Furniture inside and making instruction video of how to unload and load of 911 he did not mention at all activating any external safeties when using and holstering

[@yrsued]

This video is about Safely Load and Unload. We are working on a Video about "Conditions of Carry for both 1911's and Striker Fired. That is where you will see that information.

[@firstclassslayerhq]

Bro it's a dollar now tho... 😪

[@yrsued]

What is a dollar now??

[@NicoEl119]

Forgot to tell him to put it on safety before you reholster....Its a 1911... Right?

[@yrsued]

No, because this Video title is "How to Safely Load and Unload a 1911 Pistol", it does NOT say Conditions of Carry, does it?? That is a separate Video.

[@charlescasey9799]

Classic old gun but much overrated in general. I doubt it was ever meant to be carried cocked and locked the military never did it

[@yrsued]

The Military doesn't always do things in a logical way, remember, the Military started carrying this pistol in 1911, that is 113 years ago!! A couple of things have changed since. It is a heavy pistol, there are better options for EDC, but I know a lot of people who carry it.