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Sidearms & Scatterguns HELP! m9 safet issues

Re: HELP! m9 safet issues

Is it a new production, or an older gun? And I just want to clarify, when you let the slide forward, it comes off safe, but the hammer stays cocked? Or it comes off safe and the hammer falls also?

There's a spring loaded ball and detent that keep the safety lever in the safe position. If it's a well used pistol the detent and/or spring could be worn just enough that the jar of the slide returning to battery pushes it over the edge and it cams forward.