I have a Nighthawk sear/hammer assembly but will need to fit the safety to use. How hard is it to fit.
I have a Nighthawk sear/hammer assembly but will need to fit the safety to use. How hard is it to fit.
install + test for proper safety operation - 90+% of the time it will require no fitting - if it does not function properly + you are not confident in doing non correctable alterations have a professional do it for you -
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If it doesn't fit right in and work--- this is not a entry level, kitchen table gunsmithing project.
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To do it right you need to know what you are doing and how to check if the safety is blocking the movement of the sear.
If the safety isn’t blocking the movement then you can hear a click when the trigger is pulled with the safety on and then the safety is moved to the fire position and pressure is applied to the hammer.
The click is the sear moving back into position.
Improperly installed safety can cause the gun to fire when the safety is put in the fire position.
YouTube should have a video showing how to do this!
Last edited by deltaenterprizes; 12-19-2022 at 02:00 PM.
Ed is right. I didn’t care for the ambi-safety on my Targetmaster so I purchased a RH safety and installed it. First off it wasn’t a drop in fit. Second you’ll need to possibly file but definitely stone one not flat surface to get proper engagement. Problem is if you take off too much you firearm is unsafe. So you need (or at least I needed) to stone, fit, test, disassemble, stone more, over and over until it works properly. It will take some time. My safety works as it should but I don’t think I’d do it again.
Assemble it with the grip safety left out so you can see what's going on inside, and see how the safety blocks the lower leg of the sear from moving. If the safety won't snick on all the way, look there at the back of the sear to see if the lug is hitting the sear and can't travel any farther.
I also like to take a tiny round burr in a dremel and put a detent where the plunger contacts it, then put a little teardrop on the bottom of that, if makes taking the safety off pretty smooth.
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I ruined 2 thumb safeties when I was building my .45 ACP from parts purchased from Wilson Combat and Caspian. Had my gunsmith install the safety as it was making me nuts trying to figure out the precise angle to file the safety stud.
I’ve only installed about a half dozen 1911 safeties (ambi, extended, etc). I don’t know how unusual this is, but all of them went in without problems. The basic John Browning design for a military handgun just about required that the fit be standardized sufficiently to minimize effort to fit any of the parts and have them function properly.
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never pick a fight with an old man - if he is too old to fight he will just kill you -
in this current crisis our government is not the solution , it is the problem ! -
ILLEGITIMI NON CARBORUNDUM
as they say in latin
Think that I would be more nervous if the new safety just went in! Could be short from the get go. Oversize provides custom fit. I reference Kuhnhausen book on 45's Then decide if I am capable. GW
Warren, I installed a "Drop in" safety in a 1911 a few years ago. It's worth your time to let a gunsmith do it.
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