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Originally Posted by Bruce Lee M
California requires a very expensive drop test of pistols to be sure they don't discharge if dropped.
They also have to have a loaded chamber indicator.
Single action revolvers are exempt.
Since I have purchased several pistols since the tests were started without the magazine disconnect, I don't think that feature is a requirement.
There are plenty of pistols on the approved list at the DOJ website.
Every big manufacturer of 1911 pistols has pistols for sale in Ca.
Bruce
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All of the 1911's that are on the list were approved prior to the mag safety requirement. S&W has listed some models but not others, The M&P 9 is on there, but the 9L and 9 Pro are not. Since the mag safety is quite easy to add to those models, I guess S&W figured the number of sales of the long slide versions did not warrant the fees involved in getting on the list. In a big middle finger to the state, I have removed every one of the mag safeties on all the handguns I have that had them. It is a 95 cent part on the M&P series guns, and takes about 20 minutes to remove. I suspect that some manufacturers are now holding off on listing new models pending the outcome of a suit filed that was on hold pending Mc Donald.