Posted: 9/19/2011 4:34:36 AM EDT
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I have a stainless TRP that I carry in an IWB holster from Nighthawk custom. On a handful of occasions when I have drawn the pistol to retire for the evening, I have found the safety to be off. I carry the pistol in condition 1 so you can imagine my concern to find the pistol w/ hammer back, chambered and safety off. In examining the pistol while holstered it appears that the slightest movement of the pistol in the holster disengages the safety. The act of pushing the grip forward in the holster while seated is enough to disengage the safety. Is there a method to stiffen the safety? I also have an MC operator and in comparison the Operator seems to have a slightly stiffer safety. My operator is my daily carry but I carry it in a crossbreed supertuck and I've never had the safety problem with it. |
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I had a kimber do that with a MTAC for a while. After the leather got a good grove warn quit. Same thing happened to me, except I was carrying a Nighthawk. I eventually had to get rid of the holster because it would disengage the safety so often. I've found the best holster to use is one made from kydex that will completely cover the safety. |
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There may be an easier method but it's just a ball and detent type arrangement. If you take the safety off, you will see the groove that the plunger rests in. You can make that hole a little deeper to make it harder to disengage the safety. Rock71 please forgive me for posting contradictory information, but deepening the groove makes it harder to engage the safety, not disengage it. The way to make a crisper safety that is more difficult to take off safe is to modify the corner where the safety lock plunger engages. The area just left of the arrow in my picture is fairly rounded. By recutting the radius below that corner, you can change the feel and resistance of the safety. Care must be taken not to change it too much, as it will make the safety impossible to take off safe. It's very easy to ruin a safety this way. I would highly recommend taking it to a smith who has done this before. Another way to do it is to modify the safety lock plunger. Instead of having a rounded fave, you can make it conical. Personally, I don't like doing this as it accelerates wear, but it's very easy to do with a Dremel or drill press. Just chuck it up and run it against a stone. Again, take too much material off, and you ruin a part, but safety plunger locks (also know as detent pins) are easy and cheap to come by. Either is a fairly easy fix for someone who knows what they are doing. The former will require refinishing the safety if you want it to look professional. If you don't care about appearance, you can likely get a 1911 jockey to do it on the cheap without a refinish, or even do it yourself. 
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There may be an easier method but it's just a ball and detent type arrangement. If you take the safety off, you will see the groove that the plunger rests in. You can make that hole a little deeper to make it harder to disengage the safety. Rock71 please forgive me for posting contradictory information, but deepening the groove makes it harder to engage the safety, not disengage it. The way to make a crisper safety that is more difficult to take off safe is to modify the corner where the safety lock plunger engages. The area just left of the arrow in my picture is fairly rounded. By recutting the radius below that corner, you can change the feel and resistance of the safety. Care must be taken not to change it too much, as it will make the safety impossible to take off safe. It's very easy to ruin a safety this way. I would highly recommend taking it to a smith who has done this before. Another way to do it is to modify the safety lock plunger. Instead of having a rounded fave, you can make it conical. Personally, I don't like doing this as it accelerates wear, but it's very easy to do with a Dremel or drill press. Just chuck it up and run it against a stone. Again, take too much material off, and you ruin a part, but safety plunger locks (also know as detent pins) are easy and cheap to come by. Either is a fairly easy fix for someone who knows what they are doing. The former will require refinishing the safety if you want it to look professional. If you don't care about appearance, you can likely get a 1911 jockey to do it on the cheap without a refinish, or even do it yourself. http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp284/hobbs5624/101_7356-1.jpg You are correct. Thanks. |
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There may be an easier method but it's just a ball and detent type arrangement. If you take the safety off, you will see the groove that the plunger rests in. You can make that hole a little deeper to make it harder to disengage the safety. Rock71 please forgive me for posting contradictory information, but deepening the groove makes it harder to engage the safety, not disengage it. The way to make a crisper safety that is more difficult to take off safe is to modify the corner where the safety lock plunger engages. The area just left of the arrow in my picture is fairly rounded. By recutting the radius below that corner, you can change the feel and resistance of the safety. Care must be taken not to change it too much, as it will make the safety impossible to take off safe. It's very easy to ruin a safety this way. I would highly recommend taking it to a smith who has done this before. Another way to do it is to modify the safety lock plunger. Instead of having a rounded fave, you can make it conical. Personally, I don't like doing this as it accelerates wear, but it's very easy to do with a Dremel or drill press. Just chuck it up and run it against a stone. Again, take too much material off, and you ruin a part, but safety plunger locks (also know as detent pins) are easy and cheap to come by. Either is a fairly easy fix for someone who knows what they are doing. The former will require refinishing the safety if you want it to look professional. If you don't care about appearance, you can likely get a 1911 jockey to do it on the cheap without a refinish, or even do it yourself. http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp284/hobbs5624/101_7356-1.jpg You are correct. Thanks. Me being correct is a rarity. Thanks for not being offended. 
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