Honestly, I don't think it requires that much to be safe and competent with a 1911 or Hi-Power. Certainly by the end of a class like LFI-1 or Gunsite 250, a shooter with no experience drawing or holstering will be competent with their 1911. They won't be Todd Jarrett, but they'll properly operate the safety.
It really isn't that hard. More repetitions are good, but you don't need thousands and thousands to get the hang of it.
Each of us are different in terms of coordination, muscle memory etc. What you are suggesting flies in the face of respected trainers of the 1911 and that would include Ayoob himself.
The ability to draw and fire
under stress is much different than even in a training situation. More than a few IPSC shooters have even fumbled the presentation in a match when under duress. The issue here isn't proper presentation
most of the time, but proper presentation
all of the time. If it appears to you that I am overstating the case, then perhaps you are understating it. In combat too, Murphy's Law seems to work optimally. There is no substitute for experience, but since most of us have, thank God, not had to use a handgun in combat, the best way to compensate for it is to practice, practice, practice...it's really that simple.
I don't know what your experience level is, or again how well coordinated you are under stress, in your case, you may be fully competent, but I am speaking in generalities here. We fight like we train, and we have to train and that requires practice. This is a time honored concept that has been proven time and time again. The 1911 as a defensive pistol is not a handgun for the novice, but requires dedication as its manual of arms is different from that of other types of handguns. There was a very good reason why the Army always mandated Condition Three carry (although frequently ignored).
It may be that the transition of double action to single action of a traditional DA auto is harder to learn than presenting a 1911 in Condition One. Personally, I have never found it to be much of an issue which only shows the variance of the human condition.
For the record, I have always carried a 1911 in Condition One and that includes carry of said pistol professionally as an officer in the United States Army. I am not advocating Condition Three or Condition Two (hammer down on a live round and thumb cocking the pistol), but then I practiced presentation. I am just saying that if you are going to carry a 1911 make absolutely sure that you know the manual of arms for it stone cold.
You may disagree, which of course is your perogative.
Mark L.