Posted: 7/15/2010 11:19:32 AM EDT
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Does anyone know if I can take off the backstrap with a round in the chamber without it firing? When doing with with an empty gun, the pin protrudes as if it were fired normally. I don't want to find out the hard way. |
| Don't have my manual (for my PPS) but I'm 99% certain that the whole purpose of the backstrap is to act as a "decocker". It enables you to safely decock the weapon without having to pull the trigger. Especially for field stripping it, but I think I've seen it advertised as a safety thing (ie. you can store it, put it somewhere and it can't be shot). So yes, you should be able to remove the backstrap with a round in and it won't fire (otherwise it wouldn't be any safer than pulling the trigger to field strip). |