The OP was wrong.
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By the way, there have been many American pistol designs that have used heel releases, and many European pistol designs that have used thumb releases, so calling them "American" versus "European" is a misnomer anyway.
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You missed the point. I'm not the fella that came up with the terms "American style mag release" or "European style mag release". The butt heal release has been called a European style since decades before I was born. Common nomenclature.
The concept of an "American preference" for a mag release located on the side of the frame rather than the butt heel actually came from European manufacturers. This "American preference" was one of the reason H&K moved the mag release on it's now defunct P7 from the butt to a paddle type beneath the trigger guard and on the frame to form the P7M8 and later versions of the same gun in order to have more entry to the law enforcement market in the U.S.
From wikipedia...
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The R9 and all of its variants have a 'European-style' magazine release at the base of the grip.
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Books dating back to the 30s and 40s reference the same differences in style irregardless of where the gun was manufactured, Europe or the U.S.
Granted newer shooters have begun to refer to the H&K and P99 paddle style mag releases as "Euro style" but this is a mistake and clouds things up as the term "European style mag release" already has a meaning and is taken.
So the more folks call the paddle type mag release a Euro Style mag release the more babies will smoke cigars and the people who wheel their kids around in $900. strollers while jogging will get upset.
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