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- From: n9020351@henson.cc.wwu.edu (James Douglas Del-Vecchio)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Hi-Power mag safety
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.225158.15666@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 01:26:00 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Western Washington University
- Lines: 35
- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- cash@convex.com (Peter Cash) writes:
-
- #For me, the Browning High Power is a combat pistol _par excellence_,
- ...
-
- A lefty I know wants to buy his first centerfire pistol for a
- "fun gun" for use by himself and kids. His two tenative qualifications
- are 1) that it have a manual safety, 2) it has controls for lefties,
- manual safety at the very least.
- He also indicated that he prefers SA.
-
- The three that popped in mind are the Browning, the CZ-85, and the
- Firestar (if it's not too small for him).
-
- The Firestar is SA, and may(?) have the capability to switch the
- mag release, but not the slide release.
-
- The CZ-85 has ambi C&L safety and slide release but is DA.
-
- The Browning standard with the molded grips seems like a good
- starter gun and very good gun in general, but I have a concern:
-
- 1) The standard has safety on one side only. What models have the
- ambi safety, and how much extra work/cost is it to order an ambi
- safety for the standard model?
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- I was thinking that the most accident proof first pistol ought to have
- a hammer drop safety, but how many decent guns have this?
-
- I was thinking about the Radom again. Single action with grip safety
- and a decocker. That seems like a pretty good idea actualy. Ready
- whenever you need it, easy to to "de-ready" w/o risk of AD.
-
- Jim Del Vecchio
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