American Handgunner Jul/Aug 1981 - Jeffersonian

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HOLSTER
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Barrels up to 6", send $5.95. Over 6", send $6.95. Send check or M.O. No C.O.D. MO
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CUSTOMCOMPETITION HANDGUNS
FROM THE ACCURACY SPECIALIST,
ALPHA PRECISION
The "FIRST IN ACCURACY" is our name
will find theP9S avoids this problem.
Some ~ompetitors use extensions on the
magazine release button on their Colt to
avoid this probiem. I never did,due to an
actual experience that a fellow officer had.
The police department was making a raid
on an activity that included one suspect
that was' known to be armed. Our biggest
officer was to kick open the door and cover
the suspect. The dobr crashed open, the
officerjumped into the room, took a classic
Weaver Stance and yelled "freeze," followed
immediately by the clang of his
magazine hitting the floor. He had hit the
magazine release with the heel of his left
hand.
When using the P9S, or any other gun
with a bottom magazine release, one must
be careful in prone positions not to allow
the magazine release to scrape on" the
ground. Nick did this in th'e 1980 Bianchi
Match, and the magazine dropped costing
him many points. Dori't however, switch
back and forth between your types. Make
your mind up and practice with one kind.
" THE BACKWARD SAFETY
The "backward" safety is the same as on
most o(the German-made semi-autos and
the Smith & Wesson model 39 and model
59. No amount of practice will make an
upward motion of the safety as natural
feeling as the downward motion used by
Colt. This problem too was solved by Nick
Pruitt and will work on the Smith &
Wesson too. By welding on a lever with a
slightly changed angle the safety works
with an upward or downward motion.
The trigger stop is available from H&K.
The plastic trigger guard assembly is available
with or without a trigger stop. A
perfectly functional trigger stop can be
made by using a short self-tapping screw
through the plastic trigger guard.
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SILHOUETTE,"AND SPORT
ALPHA PRECISION, INC., Dept. 01,1231 Sunderland, Ct.
Atlanta, Georgia 30319 (404) 458-0477
SA TO DA AND BACK
I have saved the best for last. There are
advantages to being able to easily convert
the gun from single to double action and
back. To accomplish the conversion one
need only cock the weapon, take up all the
slack out of the trigger travel and mark a
point just ahead of the trigger on the
plastic trigger guide that extends down•.
from the action of the gun. After marking
the part remove it from the gun. Use a
small drill bit and drill laterally through
the piece. Cut ofa 1'8" length ofa small nail
and fit it into the hole. Reassemble the
gun, pull the trigger and insert the pin in
ihe hole you drilled. The gun can now be
used single action only as the trigger will
not travel far enough foreward to engage
the double action. All that is required to
return the gun to double action is to pull
out the pin.
With the P9S, an officer has an outstanding
duty gun and is not haridicapping
himselfin the least for serious competition
except in matches requiring unreasonable
magazine changes. I certainly ~
intend to keep using mine. ~
AMERICAN HANDGUNNER . JULY / AUGUST 1981