I have come to the conclusion that I'll get a DAO in a Para LDA or Sig P220 Carry DAK. At the moment I carry a Sig 228 SA,DA. But the combo is no good for carry.
It's not at all that I think the SAO 1911's will do something they are not supposed to do (I know this from research and sterile carries around the house as mentioned above). Nor is it that I think my 2 year old will set it off when I pick her up and she inadvertently kicks my weapon. I will choose the DAO simply for the length or weight of trigger pull.
Recent studies have established that profound and unavoidable changes take place in the human body and brain when a person is severe stress - such as a deadly force interaction. These can include one or more of the following:
-Spontaneous urination or defecation
-Shivering or shaking. When threatened, the body will withdraw blood from the extremities and concentrate it in the major muscles.
- Loss of color perception
- Loss of coordination
- Loss of mental coordination
- Degradation of eidetic memory
- Tunnel vision
- Auditory Exclusion
- Muscle tightening
-Time space distortion
I have personally felt the effects of several of these symptoms. Since I know them to be true, I believe that in a deadly force situation I would be safer, as would surrounding innocent people around me (such as my two year old and wife), with a trigger pull that I had a harder time setting off with shivering or muscle tightening.
This in conclusion to the thought of someone holding my family hostage and me needing to use precise deadly force without injuring my family.
I know there are tons of 1911 SA's being carried safely every day. For me it goes beyond the carry. Based on my research and what I know about my body, my safest bet is the DAO. I can shoot it just as fast and accurate as the SA's.
I really like the 1911's, dont get me wrong. There are days when I think threee isn't enough.
Part of my research and some sentences above were directly quoted from "The Farnam Method of Defensive Handgunning" by John S. Farnum. A Very well written and very informative soft back.