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Old February 20, 2010, 12:03 AM   #10
The Tourist
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I believe that on a Mark IV Series 80 Colt with the internal safety plunger, there is no half-cock. It has a polished "flat." If the trigger is pulled from this flat, the hammer still falls.

For me the real abusive practice is using a traditional style 1911-pattern pistol with the orignally designed extractor. Lots of guys lock back the slide, insert a magazine and the slam the slide forward by pressing the slide lock.

On the newer designs with the extractor pinned externally to the rear of the ejection port, the extractor will easily "spring open" when the slide is dropped.
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