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Old 12-10-2011, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Lost Lake View Post
This cannot be a correct statement.

The only M&P I have that will not break down by pulling the trigger has a mag safety. With the mag safety the trigger will not operate without a mag in the well, and the slide won't come off with mag in the well. So you have to both remove the mag and flip the sear disconnect.

Without a mag safety the M&P breaks down just fine by pulling the trigger. And my M&P's without mag safeties have sear disconnects also.

So while S&W put sear disconnects in their M&P's, they can easily be broken down by pulling the trigger which means S&W did not put the sear disconnect in there to make positively, absolutely sure that no one could fire the weapon while field stripping it. They put it there as an alternate means of breaking down the gun.

The trigger is fully functional on an M&P without a mag safety.
His point wasn't that it's impossible to break it down by pulling the trigger. The point of the sear disconnect lever was to prevent shooting yourself while taking it apart. Glocks you HAVE to pull the trigger to take the slide off. No need to check the chamber and put your pinky finger in there to push a lever. Just pull the trigger. People have shot themselves cleaning a gun with glocks. Smith and Wesson put the sear disconnect lever in there and tell you to push it down in the instructions so you HAVE TO make sure the chamber is clear. While it's possible to take it apart, and doesn't harm the gun, without activating this lever...the intentions were to prevent someone from trying to field strip a loaded gun.
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