Magazine Safetys

What is your thought on Magazine Safety's?

  • YES - I want to be able to disable my gun if needed.

    Votes: 5 8.9%

  • NO - I want to be able to fire no matter what.

    Votes: 45 80.4%

  • Dosen't matter to me.

    Votes: 6 10.7%
  • Total voters
    56
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GunGeek

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There have been ahundred polls about manual safety's, cocked & Locked, ect....

But what is everyones feeling on Magazine Safety's? Personaly I refuse to carry a gun with a Magazine Safety, I hate the fact I can't do a tactical reload while covering somebody and shoot if I need to. Then again I was a Marine Guard so that may not come up often in self defense often.
 
IMO, "while covering somebody" is NOT the time to perform a reload... tactical or otherwise.

Do you really want to exchange a known good feeding device for one off your belt, that may have worked fine the last time, but which Murphy may have played with since?
 
Even if not covering somebody, being able to fire that one shot is nice when reloading. Never know what might pop up.

Sam
 
I'm sure there are others. The only pistol I'm familiar with like this is the Browning High Power.

For the HP, the other reasons to dump the magazine disconnect are improved trigger and helping mag's to drop free.
 
I'd put "It don't matter", except for one thing: I like to be able to dry-fire with the magazine out. To me they're more of an annoyance than any kind of tactical liability or asset.
 
The only firearm that I have with a mag "safety" is my Marlin Camp Carbine. I don't like it one bit.

I don't see how it improves the safety of the weapon. If you need the mag disconnect to stay safe, you shouldn't be handling a firearm. If you are in a firefight it's a liability.

Plus, the main reason I hate it is it prevents the mag from dropping freely. All my semi-autos have drop free mags except this one.
 
IMO, "while covering somebody" is NOT the time to perform a reload... tactical or otherwise.
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Sure I would agree with you if you knew there was only one BG to worry about. But I hate to be jumped by the guys buddy while I only have one in the pipe and an empty mag.

And for everyone asking what good is a mag safety, the thinking was if a cop got in a struggle and lost a weapon he could try to get the mag out as a last resort. There have been situations where this happened and saved the cops life, but for me it's not worth the tradeoff.
 
The magazine safety was one of the main reasons I sold off my S&W semi autos (pre agreement :) ) Maybe it is a lack of training, but they really do bug me.
 
Fine for range work, but I would not carry one.

They are a problem that think they are an answer to a problem which is actually non-existent. Does that make sense?
:p
 
I always thought they weren't about cops so much as people who think that removing the magazine makes a weapon safe.

Either way, I'm with Chipperman and think they're an answer to a question nobody asked and I refuse to own a weapon with one. 'Course, mostly this means I can't have a Smith auto, so it's not really much of a stand. ;)

Steve
 
I believe alot of the S&W semis have magazine disconnects Im not sure when they started this though. I was told (not sure if it is true) that this was developed for cops, prison and court personell so if they are with a prisoner they can make their gun safer in case it was taken away from them. personally I dont care for this "OPTION" on my 6946, for I would rather get the round in the chmber on its way if necesary. One final note there was an episode of COPS or some show like it where the bad guy took the gun away from the cop. As he was losing his grip on the gun the cop popped the mag out. When the bad guy tried to shoot the cop no bang, and one gratefull cop who then pulled out his back up weapon to shoot out the BG tires and aprehend him.
So no definate answers here just some food for thought

Be safe
RM
 
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