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From: browne@Apple.COM (Sean Browne)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: Magazine Safety
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Date: 12 Jun 91 01:38:24 GMT
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# the same situation, are there any other situations, or any mechanical
# reasons, why a magazine safety is "bad"?
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#             |  Edward Hefter         gt2852c@prism.gatech.edu   |
#             |  Currently Surviving the Georgia Tech Experience  |
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I had the mag safety removed from my Browning Hi-Power. I was using it
frequently to shoot tactical in ipsc with some friends. At the end of
each stage the drill is to drop the mag, clear the chamber for the RO
(range officer) and drop the hammer on the empty chamber by pulling
the trigger. To do this I would have to put a mag back into my gun.
This could be rather inconvenient and RO's prefer you don't use a loaded
mag to reinsert into your gun while trying to prove it's unloaded.

I also felt that my trigger improved a great deal with the mag safety
removed. As in a real combat situation, in ipsc you don't want to run
your gun dry so your dropped magazines will still have a couple rounds
in them. -Sean Browne. browne@apple.com