1911 Grip, thumb over or under safety?

[Xringshooter]

For two hold, I do like TonyF. For single hand hold my thumb is below the safety (feels better for me).

[jofreder]

Putting the thumb under runs the risks of flipping it to safe. Can't have that when you need to pull the trigger NOW!

[DaveM55]

For the record, I like it on top!!!

[rtrageser]

When i first got my 1911, I used to shoot with thumb under the safety. Lycan told me to try the high grip, thumb on top, and I've never looked back. Much more accurate, for me anyways.

[Skullz]

High grip, thumb on top.

Thumb underneath also gives you the ability to activate the safety unintentionally... that would be bad when you REALLY need the gun to run.

[Swamp Yankee]

My thumbs never even get near the safety. The joy's of being left handed. And no I do not have Ambi's on any of my 1911's and never will.

Mike Mc

[BigMikeM31]

Thumb on top!!

As was said above, having the thumb under the safety is likely to engage it at an inopportune moment. I played around with the safety on my SA Loaded and it does not take much movement at all to engage the safety. A firm squeeze in a tense moment could manipulate the switch just enough to make that a problem. As far as Tony's suggestion, I'm not all that inclined to agree. I've got big hands, so covering a large area isn't a problem for me. In order to have one thumb under the safety switch, your support hand would have to be too far back on the frame of the gun. From that position, you wouldn't be able to properly support the gun. Ideally, the tip of your support thumb should be even with the tip of your trigger finger when you extend the trigger finger down the frame outside of the trigger guard. Positioning the support hand in that position helps accuracy BIGTIME.

[Lycanthrope]

That's what Tony means.

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