Why Did They Do Away With Grip Safetys

[cirelaw]

It was one less mechanical device to f%&* up!!

[HKMan]

All of that may be true but a grip safety is a very good Safety device on a single action only auto pistol!

I like the one on my Interarms Swiss Pattern 6" Mauser Luger. It's always been present on the 1911 .45 Auto.

[silverknife]

Originally Posted by HKMan

All of that may be true but a grip safety is a very good Safety device on a single action only auto pistol!

I like the one on my Interarms Swiss Pattern 6" Mauser Luger. It's always been present on the 1911 .45 Auto.

I find the grip safety akward on my Interarms imported .30 Luger. You sort of have to reach around the grip with your strong side hand to depress the grip safety in order to keep it from binding. Hugh Clark's modification of the grips helps a lot but I still do not like it. I find the military version much more comfortable, although I do understand that the Swiss pattern grip adds to the awkwardness (at least for me) of the firing position, I can see why it was omitted from the military version besides reducing the number of parts.

The 1911 grip safety bites pretty hard if you do not watch your grip on the weapon, and even the lengthened 1911 A1 grip safety which I put on my Colt 1911 bites me once in a while. Still, they are both great fun to shoot.

Regards,
Doug

Need a #23 side plate and toggle axle and a #01 hold open latch.