Series 80 to 70?
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removal of Series 80 firing pin block
Yes, it's possible.
However, the act of removing or overriding an existent safety may expose you, and unnecessarily so, to liability.
You can (instead) choose a design that does not use these unnecessary "series 80" parts.
STI or Norinco, for example.
Yes, it's possible.
However, the act of removing or overriding an existent safety may expose you, and unnecessarily so, to liability.
You can (instead) choose a design that does not use these unnecessary "series 80" parts.
STI or Norinco, for example.
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The Series 80 safety and the Kimber II Series Firing pin safeties are not the same thing. The II Series are de-activated by squeezing the Grip Safety(Swartz-type) just as you naturally do when gripping the pistol, The Series 80 are de-activated by squeezing the trigger. I still have all my safeties active, and my series 80 trigger happens to be fantastic(As is my Kimber trigger). Try it before removing stuff, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it! When they are executed properly, there really isn't a drawback to them.
I was turned away from the Barrie Gun Club...I went to shoot a PPC Match but i had a Hi-power with the mag safety removed.....I was told that the club only allows firearms to be used on their ranges if all factory safeties were functioning.......
Seems as though they turn a blind eye to all the IPSC shooters with pinned 1911 grip safeties....
Never been back to that range since then......
I also think that the liability issue of altering firearms is a myth from the USA regarding CCW....A search by many has turned up nothing to suggest that it is true.
sillymike
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Personnaly, in a quality gun I can't really feel a difference between a trigger with/whitout the disconnector...
I'm sure if you look hard enough, you'll find somebody who had issues with it. But the only thing I've seen go wrong on a 1911 is a broken sear.
I'm sure if you look hard enough, you'll find somebody who had issues with it. But the only thing I've seen go wrong on a 1911 is a broken sear.
You might be correct.
RCMP ERT members using the 5946 have fewer parts in their 5946 than other members. (Why? To make them like the 226 used by other ERT members.) Apparently, it's okay for some but not others. Liability? I guess not.
On the other hand, for those among you thinking "this is a U.S. CCW myth", I would suggest you consult with (former RCMP Cst.) Michael Ferguson, who three times stood trial in Alberta for an Oct.3, 1999, shooting of one Darren John Farley in the Pincher Creek (Detachment) cells.
I'll quote from the Canadian Press report:
"The Crown also pointed out that three safety features on the officer's 9-mm hand gun were removed."
He was eventually found guilty of manslaughter.
Just a myth? Yeah, sure.
I am sure that the crown pointed out many things during the trial, but having an altered firearm is not what got the fellow convicted.
Cocked&Locked
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I had a colt combat elite, and the trigger was absolute crap. My springfield was a much nicer gun......
And my Colt Combat Elite is great...
