I am highly obliged by your kind and informative reply. please explain no.4”stay away from slide mounted decockers/safeties”?
I can’t speak for Radio Silence, but I have found slide mounted de-cockers such as on the S&W 4506 etc... to be much more difficult to use (and more so with small/medium hands) than the frame versions such as the Sig P220.
But hey, I’m a revolver guy. My .45 is a Smith 25 custom modified by Badger Sports in 1960.
When clearing a malfunction the standard approach is to sweep your hand over the slide to both clear the jam and rack the slide to cycle the next round to get the gun back in action.
The danger with a slide mounted safety or decocker is that you could inadvertently flip the safety as you sweep your hand over the slide while racking.
At least this is what I’ve been taught. Seems to make sense.
Howdy and welcome to FR. I had the “case in the face” syndrome with an otherwise flawless 1911 and it turned out to be a failing extractor. Little piece chipped off one corner and it changed the case trajectory completely. (I changed it out for a Chip McCormick and it’s a sweet shooter once again). It might be worth a look - a new extractor is cheaper than a new firearm. Not that I’d want to discourage you from purchasing a new firearm... :-)