7 Mar 01

>From a friend at the S&W Academy:

"When the P99 pistol was ordered by the NJSP, the S&W Academy staff went there to train their trainers. The decocking policy described in your posting is, of course, NOT what we teach. We teach decocking the same way that you do. When we were there, the version of the pistol the NJSP had did NOT have a manual decocking button at all, as that is the way they ordered it. So, when we were there, we didn't even mention manual decocking.

As you know, NJSP pistols have since been refitted with manual decocking buttons. We have not been invited back since the change. I have no idea where the cock-eyed procedure you mentioned came from, but it didn't come from us.

We're as frustrated as your friend is!"

/John