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- From: cash@convex.com (Peter Cash)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: [Pistol] Hi-Power question.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.180319.3115@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 03:37:13 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: The Instrumentality
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- In article <C1GvxJ.56C@boi.hp.com> wes@hpbs2500.boi.hp.com (Wes Nielson) writes:
- #Shawn L Rinehart (srinehar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:
- #
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- I have a 1990 Browning Hi-Power 'Sport model' that might have a
- problem. My gun will not eject an empty magazine once the slide is
- locked to the rear (as happens after it is empty). If the slide is
- forward, it will usually pop it
-
- #This is normal. The pressure from the magazine safety is enough to hold
- #the mag in place. When the slide is forward the pressure of the magazine
- #follower on the underside of the slide is apparently enough the "pop"
- #out the magazine. The only fix I know of is to remove the magazine safety.
- #Any other ideas??
-
- No, it ain't normal! My Browning (and several others I've tried) eject the
- empty magazine partway no matter where the slide is. It's true that
- removing the magazine safety will reduce the friction on the magazine, and
- thus might be a kludge--but you're really breaking something to fix
- something else that's broke.
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