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mike56
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Looking to purchase a Smith Wesson 1911 E SC .45 pistol. Description says MA Compliant.
What exactly does that mean as far as the physical pistol? Crazy CA stuff, or just an ok on their list?
 
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12131
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* Loaded Chamber Indicator (LCI)
* 10-round max capacity
* 10.5-lb trigger pull on guns without manual safety


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cslinger
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10.5-lb trigger pull on guns without manual safety


Wow really? Would that apply to the single action of a DA/SA pistol as well basically making it DAO??

Just when I think I knew all the stupid laws……. Roll Eyes


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12131
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Basically it has to do with "childproofing", so it would apply only to the (initial) DA pull on a DA/SA gun. SIG DA/SA pistols have that 10.5-lb DA pull, anyway, so, it's a moot requirement. On striker-fired pistols, however, either have the manual safety or must raise the trigger pull weight to minimum of 10 lbs.

Here is the exact wording from 940 CMR 16.05(2):

quote:
It shall be an unfair or deceptive practice for a handgun-purveyor to transfer or offer to
transfer to any customer located within the Commonwealth any handgun which does not contain
a mechanism which effectively precludes an average five year old child from operating the
handgun when it is ready to fire; such mechanisms shall include, but are not limited to: raising
trigger resistance to at least a ten pound pull, altering the firing mechanism so that an average
five year old child's hands are too small to operate the handgun, or requiring a series of multiple
motions in order to fire the handgun.

https://www.mass.gov/doc/940-c...ndgun-sales/download

So, since OP's wanted gun is a 1911, all it needs to be MA compliant is that it has the Mass hole (the LCI), since the capacity is less than 10, and it has external safety.


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On that particular handgun, it's the loaded-chamber indicator. It's a 1911 with a manual safety and the trigger pull is probably in the 4 - 5 pound range, just like any other off-the-shelf, production 1911.


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