tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post8499277799201375126..comments2023-12-07T03:49:54.864-05:00Comments on The Arms Room: Old-Fashioned Safety.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-42676650526232382002009-10-30T00:59:23.427-04:002009-10-30T00:59:23.427-04:00Tam,
that's why I like Colt's firing pi...Tam,<br /> that's why I like Colt's firing pin safety. Much as I dislike adding more moving parts to the trigger action, if I am not able to wipe the thumb safety off consistently, let alone reengage it, the FP safety makes sense. (hand injuries have not healed)Willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-36483930887518892792009-10-29T17:13:53.208-04:002009-10-29T17:13:53.208-04:00It applies when you reach into the washer to rearr...It applies when you reach into the washer to rearrange the laundry, too.nkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060554734576700517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-64055949671649013072009-10-29T17:12:33.720-04:002009-10-29T17:12:33.720-04:00"There's people who trust safeties and pe..."There's people who trust safeties and people who don't". I think I learned that when I was thirteen.nkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060554734576700517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-22075011088889060492009-10-29T11:05:15.793-04:002009-10-29T11:05:15.793-04:00One of the nice things about the Star BM(don't...One of the nice things about the Star BM(don't know about the others) is that the safety physically cams the hammer off the sear and locks it; a very positive safety.<br /><br />Of course, if you're holding the trigger and release the safety it WILL go bang...Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-48096267829469869642009-10-29T06:10:50.492-04:002009-10-29T06:10:50.492-04:00The only thing I like about the thumb safety on 19...The only thing I like about the thumb safety on 1911s is that it's a true sear-blocking safety and permits lighter triggers with shorter travel; on a gun carried IWB in a boned leather holster, I'm not sure I'd want a minimum-takeup sub-5# trigger with only a grip safety between me and a bang.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-7009263209801845132009-10-29T03:56:56.370-04:002009-10-29T03:56:56.370-04:00Tam,
it would be interesting to find out if th...Tam,<br /> it would be interesting to find out if the thumb safety on those little Colts was designed by JMB, or added by Colt. It would appear that JMB was not a fan of thumb safeties. He did, however, like a grip safety, as he put it on quite a few of his gun designs. (some day I'll have to count them) Not surprising that he liked such a simple ambi safety design, as it would appear he was left-handed. Every photo of him holding a gun, that I have seen, shows him doing so as a lefty would. In fact, the .45 autos submitted for the Army tests in 1910 did not have a thumb safety, only the grip safety. He kept one for his personal use. Serial # in the high 80's. (Lost my data on this when my hard drive took a dump. Must remember to Back. It. Up. arrrrgh!) Somewhere there is a site with a lot of photos of those guns. <br /> Typical .gov process: demand a thumb safety be added for the issue guns, and then create an SOP Manual of Arms that mandates it's use be eliminated. (condition 3)<br /> The irony for me is to discover that the 1911 faithful have it backwards regarding which safety the Army demanded, and which one JMB preferred.<br /> There I was, working on a way to eliminate the thumb safety from my Colts, and I find that JMB beat me to it. It appears that he put the spring plunger inside the slide stop (probably explains why it is so thick at the back end), and mounted a short post for the plunger to touch.Willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-92005743547201143172009-10-29T03:09:11.326-04:002009-10-29T03:09:11.326-04:00>when we look back on this era of mandating har...>when we look back on this era of mandating hardware solutions to software problems and laugh. <<br /><br />I'll drink to that!Stringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399293868413376397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-76969158652167843672009-10-28T17:45:18.710-04:002009-10-28T17:45:18.710-04:00Everything old is new again. Roger that.Everything old is new again. Roger that.RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272679802964255567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36483455.post-32756036229353567402009-10-28T08:21:19.686-04:002009-10-28T08:21:19.686-04:00"We can only hope for a brighter tomorrow, wh..."We can only hope for a brighter tomorrow, when we look back on this era of mandating hardware solutions to software problems and laugh." <br /><br />Amen, Sister, Amen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com