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Swartz firing pin block?
- Thread starter bluedog
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parrothead2581
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Here's an article from American Rifleman, courtesy of m1911.org, describing the Swartz system. http://www.m1911.org/technic12.htm
As the headline for the article states a variation of the Schwartz system is used in the Kimber Series II guns.
Colt discontinued the Schwartz safety in the gear up for production for WWII.
When Colt reintroduced a safety in the Series 80 guns they went with another system that is activated by the trigger rather than the grip safety.
There are pros and cons to both. Many shooters over the decades have doubted whether either the Schwartz or the Series 80 system is needed.
tipoc
Colt discontinued the Schwartz safety in the gear up for production for WWII.
When Colt reintroduced a safety in the Series 80 guns they went with another system that is activated by the trigger rather than the grip safety.
There are pros and cons to both. Many shooters over the decades have doubted whether either the Schwartz or the Series 80 system is needed.
tipoc
vox rationis
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Well take this with the proverbial grain of salt, but when I was researching 1911's I came across a couple or so posts that described the Swartz mechanism becoming deregulated and blocking the firing pin even when the grip safety was depressed with the result being the gun not firing. This might not be the best feature for a self defense gun, but I'm also somewhat convinced that this type of malfunction is probably very very rare.