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From: nstar!bluemoon!jamaass@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Jeffrey A. Maass)
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Date: 7 Jun 91 12:26:28 GMT
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syoung%pecanpi.UUCP@mathcs.emory.edu writes:

# 
# In article <35246@mimsy.umd.edu> snitor!petert@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Toth) writ
# # [...]
# #
# #Apropos: for the longest time i've been puzzled by magazine safeties.
# #Can anyone explain what are they good for besides rendering the gun less
# #than useless while reloading ?
# #
# #Thanx
# #
# #Peter Toth
# 
# Peter, the "noble intention" of a magazine disconnector is, of course, to
# keep the gun from firing when folks take out the magazine.  Not a bad idea
# on a target gun -- but a terrible idea for a protection gun.
# 
This assumes, of course, that the magazine safety doesn't cause
the trigger to be less than wonderful. I just (_today_!) received
my Browning Hi-Power back from a pistolsmith who removed the 
"safety" (after I wrote a note explicitly requesting him to do
so) along with the full "tune-up". The difference in the trigger
is amazing!

I have often read that removing _ANY_ factory safety device will
count against you should you ever have cause to use the gun in
self-defense, so be alert to that. I shoot only paper with mine,
so the trigger is of primary importance. 

 This is from
     jamaass@bluemoon.uucp
     jamaass%bluemoon@nstar.rn.com
who doesn't have their own obnoxious signature yet