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Post by Paws on Dec 12, 2008 23:59:43 GMT 12.75
OK, I give up. How in the world do I set the safety on this thing? It is supposed to operate exactly like the 1911 which everybody in the military learned on. Problem is Air Force isn't part of the military! We had 38 revolvers! I've read everything I could find which was very little on the 380; mostly the 1911. Says got to be locked and cocked before the safety can be set. So there I was locked and cocked with a full clip in and one primed with the hammer in ready to rock or condition 3. Could not get anything associated with the safety levers to do anything so ended up discharging it. Will keep it in condition 2 until I know what the heck I'm doing with it. Anybody know how to set the safety?
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Post by Mars on Dec 13, 2008 1:29:21 GMT 12.75
I had a llama in .45 caliber. The safety was a switch just above the grip where it could be turned on/off easily with the thumb.
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Post by Paws on Dec 13, 2008 2:25:13 GMT 12.75
This one has a switch on the left side above the grip but is anything but easy. I know it has to have the clip in, round in the chamber before it will engage. I wonder if I need to drop the hammer to half or closed before it will engage. Hope not, too damned dangerous lowering a hammer on a round.
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Post by Mars on Dec 13, 2008 2:47:42 GMT 12.75
Mine worked easily, flip up or down with just the thumb. I forget which was the safe position. Yours may be malfunctioning.Mine worked if the magazine was in the gun or not. The mag release should be a button on the opposite side of the grip. I always had mine cocked and locked in a holster that had a leather strap that blocked the hammer and held the gun in the holster.
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Post by Paws on Dec 13, 2008 6:35:34 GMT 12.75
Fiddling with it some more I discovered that with the clip in and empty I can get the charger back and locked with the hammer at half cock, move the safety lever very slightly and the chamber remains open. The trigger is locked in this position. I like your idea of cary in condition 3 with the leather strap though real well. Oh the safety lever and magazine release button are both on the left and thumb operated. I'll get some dummy ammo before I mess with it anymore.
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Post by Mars on Dec 13, 2008 14:48:55 GMT 12.75
Yours is probaly a way newer design then the one I had and way more accurate I hope. If I aimed at somebodies head at 20 yards I'd probaly hit them in the knee. Yes, it was that bad. The first time I shot it I put a box at 10 yards, aimed at the box and hit the ground halfway to the box. Mine held the action open when I emptied the magazine or inserted an empty mag and pulled the slide back.
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Post by Paws on Apr 17, 2009 1:19:27 GMT 12.75
I'm surprised. I really like this pistol. It fires soft, accurately, and cleanly. Smooth and quick out of the holster too. I haven't checked the serial number yet but as I recall Uncle Jim got it in the early 70's maybe late 60's somewhere around the time he was getting out of service. I found amo for nine bucks a box too which helps!
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Post by Snake Eyes on Apr 17, 2009 23:29:16 GMT 12.75
I'm surprised. I really like this pistol. It fires soft, accurately, and cleanly. Smooth and quick out of the holster too. Paws, Can't ask for much more from a handgun....Looks like you got a keeper. snake-eyes P.S. Lady next door bought a Ruger .380 auto and when she finally found ammo it was $25 a box. Popular ammo is becoming very hard to get....and when you do find it,it is at a premium price. Rifle ammo in .223 and .308 is very hard to find,and when you do expect to get gouged.
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