Posted: 7/22/2006 3:49:34 AM EDT
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OK, here's my question: From looking at photos of the USP, it seems that the safety is on 'fire' if it is UP. This seems odd to me - as the safety is right where my thumb would be (similar to the 1911)... Is there a variant that is on 'fire' with the safety depressed and 'safe' with it in the 'up' position (eg S-F, instead of F-S-D)? Or is there something I missed motivating HK to have the safety work opposite of the 1911 & similar designs? |
Nah, I saw the 'S' over the 'F' and the white line... Assumed that S alligned with the white line meant 'SAFE' (eg the weapon in the pic above would be on fire and you'd push it down for safe) Guess handling one would be better, but I'm in the ROK, and civillian gun posession is quite restricted (let alone posession by aliens in the armed service of a foreign government (a very friendly foreign government that allows local nationals to serve with us & has saved the ROKs ass for years, but foreign (to them) none the less)) .... That will have to wait untill I get back to the states.... Thanks... |
I think your confusion comes from how the lever moves. The pivot is in the back of the lever, closer to where the letters are. So it's the front of the lever that moves up and down. When you push the front of the lever up, the S will be lined up with the white line. So pushing it down does put it into Fire position. Pushing up into Safe. And if you have the decocker, pushing it all the way down decocks. |