Magazine Safeties- Revolver Safeties

[MistWolf]

A magazine disconnect is not worth having. It complicates the pistol and is just another thing to go wrong. If an officer has time to press the mag release during a struggle for the pistol, the officer can press the trigger. A self loader without a mag in it is useless. If the mag is in the same drawer, the child only has to insert it. If it's someplace else, you're disarmed until you find it. Just Say NO to Magazine Disconnects!" and "Silly Sheeple, Disconnects are for Anti-Gunners".

Manual safeties for revolvers are also not worth having

 

[beatledog7]

I don't have manual safeties on any of my revolvers. And those S&Ws with the internal lock thingy--that's not a safety in the functional sense. It's an onboard trigger lock.

I can see no practical advantage to a mag safety, and I would never trust a mag safety to keep a gun from firing with a round in the chamber and the mag out. Would you?

With any firearm, would you chamber a round, set the safety (whatever kind it has), point the gun at your big screen, and pull the trigger?

The best safety device for a carry gun is and has always been the mind of the person carrying it. Next in line is a firm, predictable, DA trigger pull. That's why I carry only DA firearms.

Everyone is different, though, and I don't fault anyone for their preferences.

 

[Hangingrock]

Personally I have no problem with the magazine disconnect on S&W semiautomatic pistols. My S&W 4506 acquired in 1988 and my more recent MP9 both have this feature and have not proved to be problematic.

The first revolver that I can recall with a built in lock system was an H&R top break in 22RF.

 

[easyg]

I prefer pistols without a magazine disconnect because I wouldn't want my pistol to be useless without a magazine.