Just my opinion but the sear safety and ALL magazine safeties are poor ideas.... especially the mag safety. Good periodic training is a better solution. The open loop hammer on the SIG-P6 used by the West German, and later unified German, police is another example of a poor idea.
The Astra 600 I once owned had a thumb safety, grip safety and a magazine safety... massive overkill and the absolute worst trigger of any pistol I've ever shot. I didn't keep it long.
Another pet peeve of mine are those who quake at the thought of carrying a 1911A1 in condition two: loaded chamber and the hammer down. Their concern is that lowering the hammer on a loaded chamber is dangerous. Having done that literally thousands of times without a mishap, I've concluded that a person who can't should never own a 1911 or 1911A1. I'm not a big fan of the Series 90 firing pin safety either.
Again, these are my opinions.
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