Posted: 5/10/2010 6:30:35 PM EDT
I added a S&A checkered flat MSH to my '76 Colt Government Model, and boy let me tell ya - what a DIFFERENCE a flat MSH makes!
It just feels so much better now, and points just like I am used to. Now I just need to find the right thumb safety, one that doesn't have a shelf that goes all the way back (very uncomfortable!) I'd really like to find a thumb safety just like the one on my Baer TRS: 
But whenever I look for a Baer extended thumb safety, I either get ambidextrous ones or this one: 
...which is NOT the same as the one on my TRS. I just like how the shelf doesn't go all the way back, which tends to dig in my thumb and cause redness/tenderness/bloody-mess, depending how much I shoot. |
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That is a beautiful piece you have there.
I have always got along well with the standard M1911 (Long trigger, Flat MSH) and the M1911A1 (Short trigger, Arched MSH). My Delta came with the long/arched setup. I hate the feel with my small hands. That was all the inspiration I needed to ditch the shitty plastic MSH for a steel checkered flat one. Suddenly, the feel improved dramatically. I wonder how I'd like short/flat. |
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That is a beautiful piece you have there. I have always got along well with the standard M1911 (Long trigger, Flat MSH) and the M1911A1 (Short trigger, Arched MSH). My Delta came with the long/arched setup. I hate the feel with my small hands. That was all the inspiration I needed to ditch the shitty plastic MSH for a steel checkered flat one. Suddenly, the feel improved dramatically. I wonder how I'd like short/flat. My next mod includes a long solid trigger! |
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I, too, switched to the Flat MSH when I discovered that I shot the 1911 a lot better one handed with it as compared to the Arched. Arched looks better but the flat shoots better one handed, IMO. Look for a high quality WW II style safety and have that polished and blued to match your pistol. BTW...that Colt is just plain GORGEOUS!!! |
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Take a look here for thumb safeties. Brownells Thumb Safeties
I think you will find something you like there. I like the Wilson Combat Tactical myself. |
