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HD 1911 Ambi Thumb Safety Blue Reviews

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HD 1911 Ambi Thumb Safety - Blued Carbon 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 and measure .328" wide.
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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52 BELMONT AVE,
QUAKERTOWN
Pennsylvania
18951

Installed on a Kimber 2K11 .45. Of course took some fitting but with good files and 20 mins it fit right into place and functions perfectly. 450 rounds later and no issues.
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Posted 4 months ago
George has always made great parts and this Ambi is no different. Great product team.
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Posted 7 months ago
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Posted 7 months ago
Great product as always from EGW!!
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Posted 8 months ago
Just purchased a springfield prodigy. Replaced all of the MIM parts with EGW parts,the highest quality available.
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Posted 1 year ago
Way better than stock. It is smoother to operate.
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Posted 1 year ago
Purchased the blued ambi safety for my Springfield Prodigy. The pistol is currently visiting the manufacturer for an intervention on failure to-feed issues and once it returns will install and update this review. But out of the package, the product appears to be very high quality with a great finish and living up to EGW's reputation. Looking forward to replacing all the internals w/ EGW parts.
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Posted 1 year ago
These things are rock solid, and the sleeve over the pivot legs of the safety makes them MUCH more solid than your typical ambi safety. I have used these before, and I swear by them. The only reason that I didn't rate it 5 stars, is because EGW's version of these for 1911's offer a slimmer thumb paddle. The only option for Prodigy's have a wide paddle, which is fine on the left side, but a bit obtrusive for me on the right side. I would like to see EGW offer this safety for Prodigy's with a slimmer right side paddle. Other than THAT, these things are the gold standard.
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Posted 1 year ago