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Unread 01-11-2013, 01:58 PM   #1
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Hi Ithacaartist,

thank you for your answer.

i own both, KGP68 and KGP68A. I already found out, that the A-Version was for the US-market. I didnt understand the reason, why they had this.

Magazine-safeties are nonsens, if you loose the magazine, its impossible to use the last bullet, the one in the chamber.
you just can throw your gun.
This was also a (if not the only) reason, why Walther-Safety was removed from the Police-Luger.

I found that thread and your posting, so i hoped, you know the reason. But it isnt so importent for me to keep you busy with a reasearch. thank you for your offer anyways!!

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Magazine-safeties are nonsens, if you loose the magazine, its impossible to use the last bullet, the one in the chamber.
you just can throw your gun....
Klaus
The last shot can be fired by pushing the mag safety bar up into the handle, as the mag itself would. Cursory examination of this system leads me to believe that the entire mag safety bar could be removed, eliminating the problem entirely. My problem with it is that the safety prevents the action from being opened/worked for diagnostic reasons. It takes three hands to dry-cycle these pistols!

The 1968 regulations seem anemic in comparison to what is currently happening: Knee-jerk, irrational, dogmatic, emotional, panic-inspired legislation. Of the more than a hundred million legal gun owners in the U.S., a literal handful have caused problems of a scope we're hearing about today. This aspect, whereby the millions in the barrel suffer because of the actions of a tiny minority of bad apples, really galls me. I think I'm not alone in feeling personally insulted by what's going on; these are such times when we see just how ignorant and unjustifiably biased our lawmakers can be.
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