One of the things that comes up from time to time is the usefulness of lanyards for pistols.  Some of the 1911’s offered today by custom makers are offering the lanyard loop again on the mainspring housing.  This leads us to ask, “Is this practical or simply tacticool?” This is a tricky one, because there is no hard and fast rule to help you decide.  If you want a lanyard loop on your gun, so you can say you have one, it is...