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Originally Posted by k9870
i hate magazine safeties with a passion.
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I always think of action movies. What if the magazine gets knocked out in a hand-to-hand battle and all you have is one in the pipe? Improbable preparanoia, as per my norm.
It's still a flawed design though, probably the only pistol inovation Browning thought up that I don't like. If I ever get a High-Power (I think that was the first pistol he designed with that function), I either want one that doesn't have that safety, or has it deactivated.
According to wikipedia:
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"The standard trigger pull is heavy, especially for a single-action pistol. This disadvantage is a consequence of the Hi-Power's magazine safety design, which was initially added to the model to meet the requirements of the French military in 1935. The standard Hi-Power magazine safety is connected to the trigger and is released by a plunger pressing on the surface of the magazine. This action of the plunger on the magazine adds tension to the trigger pull, and the required force to operate this feature adds resistance as well. This problem is often resolved by removing the magazine safety entirely, thus voiding the pistol's warranty, or by polishing the interface surfaces between the safety plunger and the magazine."
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EDIT: Looked it up, the French military added to it's list of requirements for a new pistol "a magazine disconnect device". Since Browning died in 1926, his design was modified by gunsmiths like Dieudonné Saive (who invented the stagger double-column magazine). Not sure if it was him who added the magazine safety in the end, although Browning designed it to meet all the standards so it's not clear.