Re: 1947 LC Smith 30" Field: how safe is the safety? Archived Message
Posted by David Williamson on October 25, 2015, 6:36 pm, in reply to "Re: 1947 LC Smith 30" Field: how safe is the safety?"
Jason, I do not have any of mine apart at this time to show you how the safety link blocks the triggers not the sear/s. These pictures should help. The slanted back end of the sear is what rests on the trigger plate, naturally one for each side. This is why the triggers have no movement in them when it is on SAFE. Once the safety is pushed forward to OFF the safety bar is now rearward letting which ever trigger you pull to let that plate rise up and disengage the sear from the hammer. The picture shows the hammer cocked. This other picture just shows the whole lock. You can see in this picture how the back end of the sear is rounded making less friction on the trigger plate. After many thousands of rounds, there will be an indentation in the trigger plate where the sear has worn it causing the trigger pull to be a little longer. As to an interrupting safety sear, I do not know of any American made guns with them. From what I was told, guns with interrupting sears are "Best Guns". My way of thinking, if they were needed they would be put on. Most European guns are not loaded by the shooter, they are passed off to the loader and I would bet they are handed back with the safety off. So if dropped the interrupting sear would prevent it from firing. I don't have that problem. I have on there hammer screw, it is actually an indicator showing the if cocked or fired.
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