Jim's Browning '74C series 9mm

[senona]

@"Ninurta" @"Snarl"  .... to pick up where we left off in the shoutbox, you guys were asking about the safety.

Here is the safety (the mag is out) --- being as it looks as tho the safety is OFF
And yes, it looks rusty in this picture

Yeah, that safety is "off" or in "fire" mode. When it's on safe, the little hook fits into the notch on the slide.

I thought as much, but it won't budge.

I've been trying to move it, of course with the mag out.

I wonder if it could have been bumped or jostled out of position, when we used to travel, because I cannot imagine Jim leaving the safety in OFF position.

It does have the original leather case,  and the one flap sits right on top on it, making me wonder if over time, it got nudged downward. And of course now, froze and stuck in that position.