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HD 1911 Ambi Thumb Safety Stainless Steel Reviews

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HD 1911 Ambi Thumb Safety - Stainless Steel This ambidextrous 1911 HD (heavy duty) thumb safety is the perfect upgrade for your 1911. This 1911 thumb safety is not a drop-in part and will require fitting. Replace your stock 1911 thumb safety with our 1911 HD ambi thumb safety. Use our ambi to upgrade your single sided 1911 or as a replacment for your worn out or broken ambi. We are excited to be one of the few to offer a machined from solid steel thumb safety. We saw a need for a cleaner, more solid design as a result of consistent failures of inferior cast and MIM thumb safeties currently on the market. The only way to keep the safeties as straight as possible is to heat treat the steel and then machine it in the hardened condition. The thumb safety is serrated for better gripping capability. Both paddles are machined from solid blocks of heat treated steel.
We include 2 special hammer pins for frames that measure .750 to .765 wide. The hammer pin is also the down stop for the right paddle. Using our swiss screw machines, we manufacture the hammer pins, shortened flat headed .110 sear pin, and our Patent Pending sleeve. The parts are all heat treated. The ambi joint is machined and flat. Not tapered which tends to work out and loosen over time. The sleeve joins each side inside the frame tangs. The grip safety rides on the round sleeve and is not influenced when operating the safety. The sleeve prevents the safety from expanding where the sides join. The sleeve functionally makes each side longer for more secure operation and less flex. On the safety lug that contacts the frame on the left hand side, we machine a radius down stop instead of a pointed contact found on many safeties The t-slot on the right hand side prevents the safety from walking out. No need to relieve your right hand grips for the safety.
This thumb safety still requires fitting for proper function in your 1911 and is not a drop in part.STI width Pins are now available. Patent Number: 10,126,086 B2 Warning: This product may be alloyed with trace amounts of lead and other elements which are known to the State of California to cause reproductive harm and cancer. To prevent exposure, do not alter the product by welding, grinding, etc. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

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Absolutely needs to be filed in spots to fit properly. Female tab has to be closed more so the right side won’t fall out.
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Posted 3 weeks ago
The safety was well made but it is far from a perfect fit on my Springfield Prodigy, when in the fire position the safety leavers hit the grip due to what looks like an angle difference between this unit and the factory safety module. I was able to make it work to an acceptable level by extending the detente in the fire position and removing a small portion of the corner that engages into the slide notch (may not have been needed but it was to close to the slide for my comfort) I am giving it 2 stars not for the quality of the part but because of the fit to the Prodigy, as I said the angle between the factory and this set of thumb levers is enough different to cause interference between the levers and the grip.
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Posted 1 month ago
Very happy with all things I have purchased. Very well made
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Posted 5 months ago
The parts showed up at my front door quickly and work and look great. I will be shopping for more parts for my other pistols.
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Posted 9 months ago
This is the second one I’ve bought. The extra sleeve design is awesome. This ambi safety will definitely be on my future builds.
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Posted 10 months ago
Great replacement for the original, which kept coming loose and locking up. Looks great on the black prodigy too!
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Posted 1 year ago
This is the best, solidest 1911 ambi thumb safety on the planet. Plenty of steel for gunsmith shaping, or leave as-is. Sear engagement lug fitting required of course. I use the 10-8 1911 bench block, which has a fixture specifically for thumb safety lug fitting.
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Posted 1 year ago
The EGW ambidextrous safety was very easy to shape, fit, and blend to match the contours of the Dan Wesson Heritage I installed it in. The sleeve and hammer pin make for a rock-solid assembly. The Armorer's Tool is fantastic, and a great addition! The only problem I encountered was the fact that someone had installed Ed Brown grips and the top of the right-hand grip would not allow the safety to lower down completely. Some time spent with a file set and some Scotch-Brite cured this problem and does not detract from the looks of the firearm. Overall, I am perfectly happy with the EGW safety and will use them from now on!
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Posted 2 years ago