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Originally Posted by Danke
They're talking about airsoft here, not real steel Sigs.
The Japanese makers have a gentleman's agreement to add safeties to the fake pistols.
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Originally Posted by ILLusion
As part of Japan's ASGK regulations, all airsoft guns must employ some use of a working safety mechanism, regardless of whether the real steel counterpart has a safety or not.
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lolwut?
NO, this is BS. You have no clue what you're talking about. I have a Maruzen P99, and just like the mkI release of the real P99, it has no safety whatsoever.. no trigger lock, no slide lock. The only safety mechanism it employs is just a visual indicator - the firing pin protrudes externally when cocked and has a red tip for easy visibility. The P99AS and P99QA DO have a safety, and Maruzen models of the QA reflect this as well. The Maruzen models are approved by Walther, and so externally are exact replicas. Claiming that there is a regulation or agreement in this regard is pure fabrication.
The TM P226 GBB DOES have a safety - as indicated in Crunchmeister's post it is the slide-release lever. When pressed from the opposite side it locks the slide and prevents the trigger from being pulled more than about 1/4 travel. I'd also note that Crunchmeister's picture definitely appears to be the SIG commercial release of the Navy SEAL-edition P226, so this feature must be included on the real thing as well. If pugs144 claims he's never been taught to employ this, what purpose does it serve? The statement
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the heavy initial double-action pull negates the need for an externally safety
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seems somewhat laughable to me, but I view this from a civilian or police perspective where there are circumstances that the trigger may be pulled and suffer an accidental discharge - untrained people getting access to the weapon, criminals attempting to take the weapon, etc. This is why most newer semi-auto pistols have duty holsters for law enforcement with secure release mechanisms available as well. I would expect military personnel are trained to be more circumspect in dealing with live weapons than the public, hence no 'need' for a locking safety.