Picked up a compact from PSA when they had them for $249. the day i got it i started with tow mags of CCI Minimags, then two mags of Federal automatch, and finally several mags of Winchester bulk. had one failure. The first round of the win bulk didnt cycle the slide enough to pick up the next round. all other after that first round cycled fine. hits were low so i adjusted the rear sight up a bit. decent enough accuracy to get 7-8 hits out of a mag on a 12" plate @ 50 yards.

Yesterday i decided to tear it down to examine the internals and polish the contact surfaces. used 1000 grit sand paper and then polished with flitz on the rear guide blocks and around the neck of the barrel where the slide makes contact. also did this on the feed ramp. also stoned the hammer engagement surface a bit.

So i wanna remove both the mag and manual safeties. Looking at the internals on the mag safety i should be able to just dremel off this bent lip that stops the trigger bar from moving backwards. (punch pin is pointing to this lip in the pix below). i dont believe i see any other purpose of this lip. anyone agree that this would remove the mag safety?






onto the manual safety. Pix of the exposed sear block below. Note that the rear roll pin holds the block in place. there is another solid pin that holds the sear in place under spring pressure. it has a grove on it that the sear spring rides in.  i would remove this solid pin first. the sear and spring might come out of the block so note the spring placement. Then remove the roll pin. also note the sear block is under pressure from the hammer spring down in the grip. it might jump out too. once removed the safety bar will practically fall away. its held in place by the same solid pin that holds the sear. looking at its mechanics it only stops the trigger bar from moving backwards. so im thinking i can remove the safety bar by using a flat washer on each side of the sear block to take up the space. they would need to be about the same thickness as the safety bar. thoughts on this? if i wanted to keep the bar i could also just dremel off the bar near the external safety levers and be done with it.

left side block (roll pin is holding everything in place)



right side block

worked on my compact a bit. removed the mag safety by driving out the trigger pin from right to left.. i also removed the manual safety levers but just cutting them off with a dremel. i tried a couple ways to remove it without just cutting but this was the easiest solution. there is a small spring that holds the sear pin in place that is held in place by the safety bar. so i decided to keep it. maybe someone will make some frame plugs to fill the holes.

i also undercut the trigger guard, cut a notch for my weak hand index finger, blacked out the rear sight and stippled it. also made an iwb holster since im using the compact as a trainer for my Shield.








couple vids of me running the compact on my tree

Very nice. I just picked one up a couple days ago. Haven't gotten to shoot it yet but you have me itching.

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