How does one go about un-setting the dry fire feature on a Browning Medalist? Mag in or out, safety moved after or before the trigger is pulled? I've tried pushing forward and in...backwards and in...wiggling and in...with no results. No manual with this nice little pistol and I really haven't found anything in on line searches. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mark

Go here and order a reprint copy of the manual: http://www.browning.com/customerservice/ownersmanuals/index.asp In the meantime, here is what it says in my manual: To take the pistol off dry frire, cock the pistol by pressing down on the safety latch. Then grasp the ends of the safety latch between thumb and forefinger and pull outward, than upward, then rearward. (Note: Practically no movement will be apparent in the outward motion.) This procedure will return the safety latch to its normal position. The technique of taking the safety latch off the dry fire position is purposely not easy for an inexperienced person in order to increase the integral safety feature of this mechanism. However, once the technique is learned the operation is very easy to perform. (Note that after reverting from dry fire to normal operation per the above procedure, the pistol will be in a cocked state.)

 

The pistol belongs to a friend of mine who may be looking to sell. He has had it in dry fire mode for a few years and couldn't figure out how to get it back.
I'll give it a shot and see if I can figure it out.
Thanks for the reply and the procedure Leon.
Mark

 

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How does one go about un-setting the dry fire feature on a Browning Medalist? Mag in or out, safety moved after or before the trigger is pulled? I've tried pushing forward and in...backwards and in...wiggling and in...with no results. No manual with this nice little pistol and I really haven't found anything in on line searches.Any suggestions?Thanks,Mark

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mgpellet0815 ~ This gent, (Patriot) has a video on You Tube that shows what to do. Give it a peek (link below). I know that it is a stiff lever to move around but once you do it a couple times it feels natural. Good luck. That’s not my Browning Medalist in the photo but mine is just about the same excellent shape. The video below is the first of three and I would suggest that you watch all three, he does a darn good job on them. IMHO
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Shows how to get it ON dry-fire sand how that works, but doesn't show how to get it off. Wonderful (And beautiful) gun, would like to have one (have kicked myself for not getting one back in the late '60s when i could have, though would have been a trifle of a stretch, they weren't cheap and I was a junior officer and then an impoverished law student). I will admit that the Ruger Mark I have, at least after it got the Clark trigger, shoots as well for me as a Medallist would - i can't use everything the Ruger has, and the same would be true of the Browning. Would like to have one anyhow, eh?

Mark, if your friend decides to sell and you can afford it, you'll be happy if you buy.

 

Shows how to get it ON dry-fire sand how that works, but doesn't show how to get it off. Wonderful (And beautiful) gun, would like to have one (have kicked myself for not getting one back in the late '60s when i could have, though would have been a trifle of a stretch, they weren't cheap and I was a junior officer and then an impoverished law student). I will admit that the Ruger Mark I have, at least after it got the Clark trigger, shoots as well for me as a Medallist would - i can't use everything the Ruger has, and the same would be true of the Browning. Would like to have one anyhow, eh?

Mark, if your friend decides to sell and you can afford it, you'll be happy if you buy.

Hi Clyde, thanks for the suggestion but I did say in my post that he should watch all three of the videos. The video I posted was just the first one of the three. You got me to thinking though, that I should just post all three and make it that much easier, so I did. All the best ~ Ron.

 

i have a 1963 one ....sold the 1969 one... only difference is the sight to rib how its attach... they shot the same...good video.

 

I had one in the UK, in the days when you could own handguns. Sold it when I came over in 1968 and regretted it ever since. However, landing in the PR of Mass with it soon after Robert Kennedy's death would not have been a good idea. Dave_n

 

I have been looking for a well priced one for some time but they do seem to retain their values well. Still, if a cheap one were to emerge I would be pleased to grab it. My day will come...

 

i had two a 1969...1963. best one..should have kept the other too!....saw it later two years at $1,200? sold it for $ 875 i think?