Fireant Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 O.K. I've searched and can not find Brians original post on how to do this. Does anybody have any pics? What the cut piece should look like? Where exectly does it go? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassy knoll Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 I printed the instructions off the old board but basically if you have the backstrap off and the grip safety hanging there you should be able to figure out what has to be done to make it work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 As GN points out, then cut the shock buff into a horseshoe shape and insert it between the GS and the MSH when you reassemble, making sure it drags on nothing else like the hammer strut. The tension between the MSH and the GS both pushing on the buff keeps everything in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Does it bother any one else that you might end up with a chunk of shock buff floating around in your gun? Know lots of guys who do it but I have always been reticent. Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 That is why I have always pinned mine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 "Might" how? There's nothing to dislodge it, and nowhere for it to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Monster Ever heard of a guy named Murphy or his Law? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 MonsterEver heard of a guy named Murphy or his Law? I have. That is why I shoot a Glock! Thank you...thank you....I'll be here all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 very funny Flex, but I'd rather it jammed than KABOOMED... PS, love the emoticon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 I once had a too-short pin come out and tie everything up during a match. Not fun when the trigger won't move at all. Of course the pin-piece fell out once I retired to the safe area and thus it worked perfectly there. Does wonders for your confidence thinking "is it going to work? is it going to work?" every shot thereafter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 I'm so happy that I've always been able to activate the grip safety and don't have to worry about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.40AET Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Have you given any thought to just cutting the nose off of the grip safety. Cut the safety far enough back (about a 1/2") that it cannot ever touch the trigger bow and you will never have to worry about it again. It even looks like the safety still works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireant Posted January 21, 2004 Author Share Posted January 21, 2004 Is that the piece that points in toward the frame when you put in together? Being a recent Glock convert I'm not sure of what some of the parts are (there are a lot of them too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Yes that is the piece. You could also take a wrap or two of electrical tape around the grip safety, and see if you like it "pinned". Also do not deactivate any safety if this pistol also does double duty as a carry gun. Even if you occasionally carry it, don't do it. The lawyers would have a field day with that. Ray C. P.S. My vote goes to the "moon slice" shock buff wedgie treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 ...if you are a tinkering fool, you can file on the nose until all you need to do is sneeze on the safety to deactivate it. Don't tell any lawyers, but that's what I did on my carry gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 As the Tinkerer might say, "Just get a big hammer and smash the hell out of it, till it doesn't touch anymore." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 As the Tinkerer might say, "Just get a big hammer and smash the hell out of it, till it doesn't touch anymore." I never said that. And I've been able to actuate every grip safety on every gun I've ever owned or shot with zero mods. It's the one thing the Tinkerer doesn't mess with, and if I did, I'd use an impact wrench. So there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 As GN points out, then cut the shock buff into a horseshoe shape and insert it between the GS and the MSH when you reassemble, making sure it drags on nothing else like the hammer strut. Actually, no. You only want a Shok Buff piece to the right side of the hammer strut. If the buff presses on the leftmost leg of the sear spring, the one that powers the disconnector, it'll up your trigger pull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Also do not deactivate any safety if this pistol also does double duty as a carry gun. Even if you occasionally carry it, don't do it. The lawyers would have a field day with that. Y'know, this reminds me of a conversation I had with Bill Laughridge of Cylinder & Slide Shop on the topic of pulling the magazine disconnector out of a Browning Hi-Power. Bill doesn't offer this service anymore (and the only reason not, he said, was "pure-ass product liability") but back when he did he was talking on the phone to a California judge who was listing the stuff he wanted done to his personal Hi-Power. The judge said, "And pull the mag disconnector, of course." Now, you'd think that if anyone has seen people get screwed for doing anything with a gun it would be a California judge. Bill asked him, "Aren't you afraid you'll get 'crucified in court for deactivating a safety device on your gun'?" The judge, literally, laughed at him, and said, "That NEVER happens. It's just something people scare themselves with." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Have you given any thought to just cutting the nose off of the grip safety. That portion is called the "grip safety tongue," just in case you wanted to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 ...if you are a tinkering fool, you can file on the nose until all you need to do is sneeze on the safety to deactivate it. I've heard this referred to as "sensitizing" the grip safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonub Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Why should we pin our grip safety? So far with an ed brown memory groove, I have never experienced a failure to disengage the grip safety on any of my 1911s. Pls elaborate will pinning the grip increase my performance? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 If you have big hands when you make your draw, the web of your hand MIGHT not depress the grip safety. There you have it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Or if you have thin hands that don't have enough meat to depress the safety even with a sensitized memory bump safety. Pinning the grip safety won't increase your performance if the grip safety works for you. However if a grip safety give you fits, pinning it will greatly increase your performance since the gun will actually work! I now like the "old fashioned" hole drilled in the mainspring housing + steel pin option, but the shok-buff method works as long as you fit it just right and it is installed TIGHT. In my experience it's a lot harder to get the buff fit correctly than it is to drill the hole in the mainspring housing and file the pin to length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Me and you Vinnie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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