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Posted: 5/14/2024 6:46:58 PM EDT
Love the gun but it came with an unacceptable 6 pound trigger pull. I did a typical trigger on a 1911/2011 and got the trigger pull down to 4 pounds.
My problem is I am left handed an can’t get the right side safety to seat. The safety has a tab that fits into a slot in the frame for retention. I can’t a get the safety to seat and get the tab to fit in the slot. I have tried with the cocked and uncocked. Is this type of ambi safety retention typical of a 2011 frame? Any ideas on what can do?  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 6:49:34 PM EDT
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Don’t ask me how I got the right side safety out. I don’t know how I did it.
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Posted: 5/14/2024 6:49:46 PM EDT
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Take the slide off?
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Posted: 5/14/2024 7:05:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Princeton: Take the slide off? That wouldn’t do anything. The slot that the tab on the fits is in the frame. I just tried taking out the left side safety and trying to seat the right side safety. That accomplished nothing. The tab won’t go into the slot. |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 7:07:17 PM EDT
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I do have nuclear option. I can use a dremel to grind off that tab.
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Posted: 5/14/2024 7:19:13 PM EDT
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Remove the slide from the frame. Disassemble the frame to the point where you need to remove the safety selector. Wiggle out the left side selector; this will allow the right side to fully seat and rotate the tab back into position. Reinstall left selector, and reassemble the pistol.
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Posted: 5/14/2024 7:35:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AT-ST83: Remove the slide from the frame. Disassemble the frame to the point where you need to remove the safety selector. Wiggle out the left side selector; this will allow the right side to fully seat and rotate the tab back into position. Reinstall left selector, and reassemble the pistol. I already tried removing the left side safety. The tab still wouldn’t go into the slot in the frame. |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 7:39:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dump1567]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AT-ST83: Remove the slide from the frame. Disassemble the frame to the point where you need to remove the safety selector. Wiggle out the left side selector; this will allow the right side to fully seat and rotate the tab back into position. Reinstall left selector, and reassemble the pistol. This. Make sure the slide is off. raise up that lip on the right paddle so it's pointing towards the sky. Insert the right paddle bar into the hole in the slide/beavertail. Now rotate the paddle/lip down so that lip can fit into the cutout in the grip. The right side is inserted before you install the left side. Make sure the hammer is cocked. And as you wiggle the left side past the plunger spring assembly, you line-up the right side paddle with the left paddle so the tongue and groove line-up in the middle of the grip safety. |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 7:42:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dump1567: This. The right side is inserted before you install the left side. Make sure the hammer is cocked. And as you wiggle the left side past the plunger spring assembly, you line-up the right side paddle with the left paddle so the tongue and groove line-up in the middle of the grip safety. My problems is the tab on the right side won’t go into the slot in the frame. Look at the pics. |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 7:45:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dump1567]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Johhnyrotten: My problems is the tab on the right side won’t go into the slot in the frame. Look at the pics. Make sure the slide is off. raise up that lip (the leg that fits into the grip slot) so it's pointing towards the sky. Insert the right paddle bar into the hole in the slide/beavertail. Now rotate the paddle/lip down so that lip can fit into the cutout in the grip. Your second pic shown below should let it fit in if the slide is off. And make sure the left side isn't inserted yet. Attached File |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 7:53:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Johhnyrotten: I already tried removing the left side safety. The tab still wouldn’t go into the slot in the frame. It will absolutely go back in. It came out, so it will go back in. You will need to rotate the safety starting at 12 o'clock, and rotate it clockwise to slide it into the slot. |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 7:53:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dump1567: Make sure the slide is off. raise up that lip (the leg that fits into the grip slot) so it's pointing towards the sky. Insert the right paddle bar into the hole in the slide/beavertail. Now rotate the paddle/lip down so that lip can fit into the cutout in the grip. Your second pic shown below should let it fit in if the slide is off. And make sure the left side isn't inserted yet. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/496960/IMG_1799_jpeg-3214470.JPG After looking at the pics, taking the slide off might work. Back in a bit. |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 7:56:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Johhnyrotten: After looking at the pics, taking the slide off might work. Back in a bit. Yes, taking the slide off is the answer. I've done it countless times with 2011's. |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:07:06 PM EDT
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Taking off the slide didn’t work. You can see the angle that I need to seat the right side safety. In the next pic it’s starting to engage the the left side safety but the frame prevents the right side from fully engaging. I’m thinking that judicious use of a dremel will work and still have retention of the right side in the slot
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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:14:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dump1567]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Johhnyrotten: Taking off the slide didn’t work. You can see the angle that I need to seat the right side safety. In the next pic it’s starting to engage the the left side safety but the frame prevents the right side from fully engaging. I’m thinking that judicious use of a dremel will work and still have retention of the right side in the slothttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/496960/IMG_1802_jpeg-3214525.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/496960/IMG_1801_jpeg-3214526.JPG Go back and read what I wrote. REMOVE THE LEFT SIDE SAFETY BEFORE INSTALLING THE RIGHT SIDE. The right side is installed before you put in the left side. I gave details how to do this in my prior post. Leave the dremel alone. If you can't figure it out, take it to a gunsmith. |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:15:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:18:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dump1567]
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Watch this from 5:28 and on.
 Installing Atlas Gunworks Safeties in your Staccato, Prodigy or any other 1911DS/2011 style pistol |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:26:02 PM EDT
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Taking the frame off and installing the right safety first worked! Thanks guys!
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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:27:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:35:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AT-ST83]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Johhnyrotten: Taking the frame off and installing the right safety first worked! Thanks guys! If only 3 different people had already told you that...glad you figured it out. |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:45:51 PM EDT
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Bookmark this post in case you ever take it apart again.
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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:49:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Princeton: Bookmark this post in case you ever take it apart again. I think it’s indelible on my hippocampus! |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:49:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: lazyengineer]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dump1567: Go back and read what I wrote. REMOVE THE LEFT SIDE SAFETY BEFORE INSTALLING THE RIGHT SIDE. The right side is installed before you put in the left side. I gave details how to do this in my prior post. Leave the dremel alone. If you can't figure it out, take it to a gunsmith. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dump1567: Originally Posted By Johhnyrotten: Taking off the slide didn’t work. You can see the angle that I need to seat the right side safety. In the next pic it’s starting to engage the the left side safety but the frame prevents the right side from fully engaging. I’m thinking that judicious use of a dremel will work and still have retention of the right side in the slothttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/496960/IMG_1802_jpeg-3214525.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/496960/IMG_1801_jpeg-3214526.JPG Go back and read what I wrote. REMOVE THE LEFT SIDE SAFETY BEFORE INSTALLING THE RIGHT SIDE. The right side is installed before you put in the left side. I gave details how to do this in my prior post. Leave the dremel alone. If you can't figure it out, take it to a gunsmith. Oh at this stage, I'm about ready to pop some popcorn and suggest he livestream giving it a go with the dremel  |
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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:56:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Johhnyrotten: I do have nuclear option. I can use a dremel to grind off that tab. Dremel is always the option. Just make sure to have a nice strong drink of liquor to steady your hands first. |
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