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+1 to new S&W revolvers w/o the damnable frame lock -- they are making some nice wheelguns that I will never own due to the f'ing lock.
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Or a 9mm single-stack from a reliable manufacturer (no Hi-Point, Taurus or Kel-Tek) than can fit in a box this size:
Length: 6.5 in
Width: 1.0 in
Height: 5.0 in
and have the following features:
Trigger: DA/SA
Barrel Length: 3.0 in or longer
Magazine Capacity: 6 or 7 rounds
Sights: adjustable white 3-dot
Weight with empty magazine: less than 20 oz
Weight Loaded (1+7 rd magazine): less than 24 oz
A Loaded Chamber Indicator would be nice too.
Uh, Zeke, I thought the Model M was single-action... just that its hammer mechanism is completely enshrouded in the slide. ISTR that one of the bespoke smiths once built a kind of Model M/1911 hybrid, and that either Charlie Petty or Patrick Sweeney wrote it up for one of the mags...
Biggest thing I don't like about the Model M, though I've never had a chance to fire one, is the Eurostyle heel mag-release. Up-bore it to a 9mm NATO or .40S&W and redesign it to take Officers' Model mags with a 1911-style mag-catch and it might make a pretty decent backup/concealment iron...
I own a Type I Model M Colt, and the SA/DA thing is really irrelevant. I'm not sure what advantage there is to DA in a semi-auto. With the Model M, if you carry one in the chamber there will always be one there next time you pull the trigger...
...I'm not sure what advantage there is to DA in a semi-auto. With the Model M, if you carry one in the chamber there will always be one there next time you pull the trigger...
In the rare event that you get a FTF it gives you a second try on that round a lot faster than you can rack the slide.
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