Poll: Magazine Disconnect... Good idea or bad idea for CCW... Talk amongst yourselves.

[Capn Jack]

No one seems to have addressed the main factor involved here...

A pistol, unlike a revolver should never be out of action while being reloaded.

Take away that feature and it's becomes just a short piece of pipe.

Jack

 

[farmdog]

Looks like it has been pretty well covered already. I do not like them for just about every forementioned reason given.

 

[Stick]

whats a magazine disconnect?

 

[JC9995]

Well, I think it is pretty clear what we all think of the Mag Disconnect. Thanks for the discussion, and for your thoughts.

 

[coop44]

If any leo got close enough for a BG to grab at his gun, and I know every situation is different, he (or she) should rethink their career choices.

If a BG is focused on taking your gun, and you are only focused on "retaining" it, your training is somewhat lacking.

If the bad guy is so focused, he has almost always left himself open to a disabling blow or strike.

Maybe if some one is trying to take your gun, it may be time to pull the trigger.

The magazine disconnect is something to count on when everything has gone bad, and you have made every mistake in the book.

 

[OneManWolfpack78]

Magazine disconnect was designed for law enforcement people that can't keep the criminal from getting their hands on their weapon(ie: there's a struggle for the pistol & officer pushes mag eject making gun inoperable). What a bad idea...1st law of carrying is perspective of yourself in relation to your surroundings. If you can't keep somebody from taking your firearm you have no business carrying. C'mon! Really? For me the magazine disconnect issue falls under the catagorey "If it ain't broke don't fix it", and a gun with more internal parts = a gun that is more prone to mechanical failures...my $0.02
But thanks for the Post...great topic!

 

[phathom]

I am definitely not a fan of them, if you need that one round and the mag gets dislodged, or you happen to have a loose round you need to load into it but you've already dropped the mag, it's a lot easier to load it into the chamber than to load the mag and then chamber it.
I have a Walther that HAD a magazine disconnect on it, key word here is had, because as soon as I found out it had one, I disassembled it and removed it. If you really want the Ruger, go ahead and get it, but then have it removed if it's a concern for you.

 

[Stick]

according to the book that came with the LCP my girlfriend bought, it will fire without the magazine

 

[Greg]

There's a good article that talks about disabling magazine disconnects in the current journal of the Armed Citizen's Legal Defense Network journal.

 

[phathom]

There's a good article that talks about disabling magazine disconnects in the current journal of the Armed Citizen's Legal Defense Network journal.

Here's the link for all those who don't feel like searching for it http://www.armedcitizensnetwork.org/images/stories/journal/Network_2011-03.pdf

That Marty Hayes gives good advice.

I removed mine as I use it for target shooting and not to carry for self defense, but I guess if it did come down to it any and all of my guns would be used for self defense.

 

[ExTXAstro]

A little off topic I suppose, but Stick is right. The LCP doesn't have a magazine disconnect.