I'm with Old Colonel and cannot believe that there is (was) no real reason for sideclips. In old catalogues guns are praised with "fivefold locks" of course two of them beeing sideclips. Gunmakers didn`t made them (BTW many of the belgium made guns have them) just for looking good or cutting hands. I'm curious if there is anything different in handling guns in the US??? I never had any problems nor ever heard of it!

Kind Regards,
Wolfgang