My frustration after reading the "Frequently Asked Questions for the Production Division Equipment Rules (Appendix D4)" is that this should have been done waaay sooner or left as is. Now I have to re-tool my equipment that in the end will not change my performance or the pistols, nor delete any "edge" over my competitors. It will only cost me more time and money to get "same as it ever was".
If no safeties are to be removed or disabled I am ok with that...S&W calls it a mag safety, to me, nuff said. Redefining something that the manufacturer has defined is problematic to me. Are we making this exception because we don't like this feature or that it comes in different configurations (with and without said safety)?
Well so does the CZ SP-01 in regards to the FPB. The only difference is that CZ added a "Shadow" stamp to a particular configuration of the SP-01 platform. S&W, arguably, did not add or remove a stamp (or at least not 100% correctly as I understand) to tell the difference on mag safety installation. The frustrating part to me is that all of the models I am talking about are specifically on the approved list, so what are we trying to fix here? I guess i am not sure. If you are allowing the modification because it comes from the factory in the modified configuration, then be consistant.