Kan ikke helt si jeg forstår at både pistol og magasin skulle ha tau sånn rent praktisk. Må bli en fin knute å få opp i kampens hete.
Etter en runde på Google finner jeg denne påstanden. Litt søkt men...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/pistol-lanyard-with-colt-1911-ring-clasp-/171553298249
The lanyards were a necessity when training with the M1911 Colt for mounted use.
There were several incidents in which soldiers accidentally shot their horse when pulling him up while using the M1909 Bridle
(with both curb and bridoon reins). If the horse bolted at the sound of the pistol firing, and the trooper quickly tried to use both
hands to pull him up, it was a natural action to clinch your fingers, thus causing the M1911 to fire, hitting the horse in the neck.
The rapid, repeatable firepower of the automatic pistols had their advantages, but you had to have constant awareness to safely use them.
The trooper no longer had that long double action pull of a revolver to lessen the chance of an accidental discharge,
and with the issue of the M1911 had only to pull that trigger a quarter inch for it to fire...
and keep firing seven times each time the trigger was pulled. Finally, specific orders had to be issued that when the horse bolted,
to drop that pistol and let it hang by the lanyard, to lessen the problem. (Of course, just the issuance of such an order isn't the first thought in a
soldier's mind when you horse runs away. there were many "personal lessons"
imprinted on the faces of privates by sergeants to get such a problem resolved.)