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Old 01-25-2010, 03:13 AM
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A little wear gives it character. Gusn are meant to be used. Just take out the mag disconnect and you'll have a beteer trigger, and well, you wont have a stupid mag disconnect.
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Old 01-25-2010, 03:18 AM
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I don't think I even own a non worn/scratched guns. It's not because I'm not careful, but because I'm too cheap to buy anything new
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Old 01-25-2010, 03:22 AM
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I've gotten to the point where I don't care much about finish wear or rub marks, but pitting is in a league of it's own. It's kind of like the difference between scars and zit pop marks.

I do agree that the magazine disconnect is kind of a dumb idea but I never minded it in my 5906 because I could lower the hammer with the decocker. Since the Hi-Power is single-action and has no decocker, if I want to lower it, the mag hast to be in, which is really annyoing.I definitely intend to get it taken out once I have the means.
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Old 01-25-2010, 03:29 AM
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How would you go about taking out the mag disconnect? The one on my 4506 is getting on my nerves
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Old 01-25-2010, 03:35 AM
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All you have to do is take out the trigger group and then pull out the mag disconnect, from what I understand. It's relatively simple, I just couldn't get the trigger pin out after a few taps with my punch and hammer, so I gave up before I damaged the gun.

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Old 01-26-2010, 04:40 AM
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I love it! Actually, I have a slight preference for the circular hammers, but don't get me wrong...still a beautiful gun.
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Old 01-26-2010, 05:47 AM
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Yeah I was steering toward a round one initially (I even wanted to replace my 1911s hammer with a Commander style) but I was having so much trouble finding one at a good price that I decided I didn't care what type of hammer spur was on it. I might save up and get a round hammer too sometime down the road.

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How would you go about taking out the mag disconnect? The one on my 4506 is getting on my nerves
The FN and Smith & Wesson Disconnects are very different, and while I understand how to remove the disconnect from the Browning, I never figured out how to do it on the Smith & Wessons. In hindsight I believe placing a pin where the ejector spring is to keep it propped up would work, but I'm not sure.
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Old 01-26-2010, 05:01 PM
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Both my personal and issued Hi Powers still have the mag disconnect (one's a collectible, the other would lead to some very one-sided questions from the quartermaster) - it's not condusive to a good trigger, but frankly you're never going to have a match trigger on a Hi Power anyways. You actually can drop the hammer without putting in a mag, just stick your middle finger up the mag well and press in the disconnect in the front.
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Old 01-25-2010, 03:49 AM
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A HP can be done with a pin removed and slide it out...the smith, no idea. I hate mag disconnects since they give you a disadvantage. If you bend feed lips on magazine and cant get the mag to seat right or feed, you may need to load one at a time into the chamber.
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It's a beautiful gun
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