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G26ster wrote:

JALLEN wrote:Ever heard of a decocker?

I had a Sig 226 Navy for years. When you rack the slide, a round is loaded, the pistol is cocked, hammer back. You press the decocker, the hammer goes down, now you are ready to go D/A. No problem!

I've only had one pistol with a decocker. It always made me nervous dropping the hammer with a loaded chamber. Sure, any part of any pistol can fail, but a failure of the decocking mechanism always entered my mind when decoocking. Just me I guess, but I didn't like doing it.

ScottDLS wrote:

oljames3 wrote:

ScottDLS wrote:M16's started having a forward bolt assist I think with the A2 model in the early 80's? Probably due to the complaints/experiences with the weapon in 'Nam. For most of us who don't drag our pistols through the jungle and/or mud, probably press check is unnecessary.

I think modern semi handguns rarely malfunction. In the early '80's when many PD's and Agencies were switching from revolvers I wondered why they hadn't some so sooner. Word was that LEO's didn't consider double action semi auto handguns reliable enough for daily carry. Now you'd ne hard pressed to find many carrying revolvers...

1973 in BCT, my M16A1 had forward assist.

Now that you say that, maybe it was the M16A1 that first introduced bolt assist.....pretty sure the original 16 didn't have it.