Shear_stress
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A couple of weeks back, I started a thread asking whether or not I should buy an Arcus 94, a Browning High-Power clone made in Bulgaria. The overwhelming response was to buy it. Being the impressionable person I am, I decided to listen to the internet. Today I brought the Arcus home from the shop.
The gun appears quite well made with a surprising amount of attention paid to the internal finish. It is even handsome in an angular sort of way--like the lovechild of the High-Power and a Sig. Unfortunately, like the former, it has that infernal magazine safety. From what I gather, the safety is there to: one, bugger up what might otherwise be a nice, crisp trigger pull and two, to ensure that magazines do not drop free when the release is pressed.
So, while I would never, ever advocate the removal on an important firearm safety feature, I decided I should remove this important firearm safety feature. It's a free country, after all. The process went like this:
1.) Enter the search terms "browning+magazine+safety+removal" into Google.
2.) Open page from "alpharubicon.com" or something.
3.) Follow two of the steps given.
4.) Remove pin punches recently purchased from Sears from package. Place two thick phone books on floor in lieu of Brownell's pin removal block.
5.) Use plastic mallet and gap between phone books to drive out pins.
6.) Play with two remaining trigger pieces. Marvel at simplicity of trigger design.
7.) Reassemble.
8.) Test for function. Notice that trigger pull is reduced by 475 pounds and magazines now drop free.
9.) Feel way, way too proud of self.
Observations:
1.) The Browning/Saive design is simple and awesome.
2.) The magazine safety is annoying but easilly removed.
3.) Ridding the gun of this safety removes a lot of the gravel, speed bumps, and pumice from the trigger pull.
4.) With firearms as expensive as they are, it sure is nice to have something cheap to play gunsmith with.
5.) The internet is awesome.
Edited to fix spelling error.
The gun appears quite well made with a surprising amount of attention paid to the internal finish. It is even handsome in an angular sort of way--like the lovechild of the High-Power and a Sig. Unfortunately, like the former, it has that infernal magazine safety. From what I gather, the safety is there to: one, bugger up what might otherwise be a nice, crisp trigger pull and two, to ensure that magazines do not drop free when the release is pressed.
So, while I would never, ever advocate the removal on an important firearm safety feature, I decided I should remove this important firearm safety feature. It's a free country, after all. The process went like this:
1.) Enter the search terms "browning+magazine+safety+removal" into Google.
2.) Open page from "alpharubicon.com" or something.
3.) Follow two of the steps given.
4.) Remove pin punches recently purchased from Sears from package. Place two thick phone books on floor in lieu of Brownell's pin removal block.
5.) Use plastic mallet and gap between phone books to drive out pins.
6.) Play with two remaining trigger pieces. Marvel at simplicity of trigger design.
7.) Reassemble.
8.) Test for function. Notice that trigger pull is reduced by 475 pounds and magazines now drop free.
9.) Feel way, way too proud of self.
Observations:
1.) The Browning/Saive design is simple and awesome.
2.) The magazine safety is annoying but easilly removed.
3.) Ridding the gun of this safety removes a lot of the gravel, speed bumps, and pumice from the trigger pull.
4.) With firearms as expensive as they are, it sure is nice to have something cheap to play gunsmith with.
5.) The internet is awesome.
Edited to fix spelling error.
The magazine disconnects seem to keep falling out of my Hi-Powers as well.