A safety feature that makes a gun less safe
The problem with a magazine disconnect safety rears its ugly head when you have to dry fire the gun – because you can’t dry fire a gun with a mag disconnect safety unless you stick a magazine in it, the “slide forward/hammer down” step requires additional manipulation of the gun beyond what you’d see with a Glock or 1911.
I concur. I have the hole in my floor to prove it.
March 23rd, 2009 at 6:05 am
It’s possible to make the magazine “safety” even worse. I know someone who, against my advice, bought a .22 pistol from Phoenix Arms. If you remove the magazine on a closed bolt, which is how many experienced gunnies will start the gun-clearing drill, the bolt is now locked closed, with a round in the chamber. You have to put the magazine back in to empty the chamber.
Second thing, where I served in the Air Force, the SP’s (AF military police) always cleared their weapons on entering the cop shop. Remove magazine, rack the bolt back, try to catch the flying round, look at the chamber – then point at a sand barrel, close the bolt, and pull the trigger. The guy at the desk only has to see the last step to check that the gun is cleared, and it not only makes *sure* the gun is clear, it ensures everyone knows if you effed up the previous steps.
IMO, making that impossible is an anti-safety feature.