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Section 16: Gun Work Subject: Roll Your Own Msg# 1210800
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| I agree with you on having only the single-sided safety. I shouldn't have said I'd walk away from the cheesy double-sided type because it can of course be replaced. But-fitting the lugs on the safety is actually one of the more challenging jobs on a 1911. A really good quality part installed on a pistol with quality parts may not need fitting, but if it does, it will probably need the services of a 1911smith. | ||||||
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I don't see the average shooter running out and buying this kit based on his article--he doesn't make it sound easy. I thought the same thing and had visions of taking a shoe box full of parts to my local gunsmith. One thing I disliked was the offside tab on the safety lock, put there to allow the right side stock panel to hold the safety in place. That wouldn't affect me because I don't have any 1911s with ambi safeties and would replace that part with a single, left-side safety lock, probably a "bullet-proof" version from Wilson. I have acquired 1911s with both kinds of ambi thumb safeties and both have been trouble free but I shoot right-handed and prefer having just one safety lock on the holster-protected side of the frame. |
Even so, it looked like a fun project! A shooting buddy at the indoor range has several Tisas 1911s and all of them shoot well and appear to be built close enough to G.I. standards to accept standard parts and accessories.