Magazine disconnect mechanism

Abstract

A magazine disconnect is operable to prevent firing the gun by trigger pull when a magazine is not present in the magazine well. The magazine disconnect includes a blocking component that is movable between a blocking position and a non-blocking position. In one example, the blocking component is a lever located rearward of the magazine well and arranged so that installing a magazine into the magazine well causes the lever to rotate the non-blocking position. In absence of the magazine, the lever is biased to the blocking position where it blocks firing the handgun by trigger pull. The blocking component can engage trigger bar, sear, or other component of the fire control assembly.

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