Never made much sense to me to have a SAO competition pistol with a firing pin block. That's not to say it isn't a nice gun, I just wonder if that's why it didn't sell in enough numbers to stay in the lineup.
It makes sense if you're a foreign company that has to meet the U.S. import "points" requirements needed to legally import a gun to the U.S.
That's why the 85 Combat -- which didn't have a firing pin safety --had adjustable sights: to meet the point requirements.
That said, I bought a used 75B SA (9mm) from a forum member some years back, which had been worked over by a local gunsmith, and that gun was so smooth/slick and refined that it was hard to tell there was a firing pin block or the extra linkage in the gun. It apparently can be done.
Others just remove the linkage and do some work so that timing remains appropriate. (Doing that is above my pay grade, but they pull it off.)
I liked the straight, two-way adjustable trigger and the extended beavertail.
