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8. Absolute top quality to be employed in all components with no substitutes in materials or methods.

9. Tremendous reliability of function and smoothness of operation to be absolutely mandatory.

10. Addition of a trigger disconnector to positively eliminate the possibility of accidentally firing when shucking the slide while holding the trigger to the rear.

This illustrates the thumb engaging the central position of the BPS’s ambidextrous safety without moving the trigger finger to operate the safety for a fast shot, as is necessary with a conventional crossbolt safety.

With these project objectives now clearly established, I was at last ready to start the new design layout with a clean sheet of paper. This was the beginning of many decades of long, laborious hours of detailed design work for me. It also involved an intensive study of the competition to analyze their good and bad features.

I was then engaged in making the largest and most complete design layout I have ever made. After countless design studies following the project objectives, the layout consisted of detailed sectional drawings of the action in the locked firing position, the eject position, and the loading position. Full scale outlines of all the action components were illustrated along with a complete parts list and heat-treat specifications.