george wrote:Not familiar enough with the Colt Mustang. Some striker fired pistols have a trigger safety, which prevents the firing pin from hitting the primer unless the trigger is depressed. Some hammer fired guns have a safety notch to prevent the hammer from hitting the primer if the full cock sear breaks or fails.
The
Colt Mustang is a "cut down" version of the
Colt Gov't .380, which is itself a "kind of" mini-1911. Today it is also sold by Sig as a
P238, among other variants.
I used to own a 150th Anniversary Edition Colt Gov't .380. It was finicky as heck, and I never developed the habit of carrying it because I didn't trust its reliability. I eventually traded it in on the purchase of a Springfield XDM-45 Compact 3.8.
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