Sear Safety question and classification?

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally Posted by Karl

Re: "I guess the cops kept shooting themselves in the foot." The sear safety prevented firing a loaded "upper" - barrel/receiver assembly when detached from the "lower" - frame assembly. Why this was a problem I don't know. Can't imagine anyone field stripping a loaded automatic pistol. Perhaps one of the experts has an answer. KFS

Abstraction.
Carelessness.
Laziness.
Negligence.
Ignorance.
Stupidity.

In ascending order. And you know it happens. It apparently happened enough with P08s that it became a problem to be solved.

Ironically, August Weiss speculated that this was more of a problem with the army than with the police ("The Mauser Parabellum").

--Dwight