JasonRBenjamin Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Just got a hold of a Match. The Safety clicks when put on not so much when taken off. Not as positive engagement as all the other guns that I own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmbaccolyte Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Mine clicks on and off easily too. My Polymer requires much more effort (of course its a smaller safety-lever too, so maybe that's part of it). It could be that the Match wasn't intended for CCW usage so the manufacturer figgured they'd make it easy on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnba67 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 My match isn't nearly as positive as I would like for cocked and locked carry. It also has never came off on its own. I beleive there is a spring and detent ball under it. A stiffer spring might up the feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I don't think its designed any differently, yours may just be a manufacturing odd ball. You can take a Dremel and open up the hole in the frame a little where the detent rests to make it more positive if you desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonRBenjamin Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) I will clean out the detent. Am I allowed to ride the safety like on a 1911? If so does anyone have a larger size safety lever avaliable that fits the match? That might make it feel better to me.... Edited September 13, 2013 by JasonRBenjamin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dugiv Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 My match also has a mushy safety which makes it easy to accidentially put on safe when shooting. My stock 3 on the other hand is totally positive and clicks both ways. I dont know of any aftermarket safetys available. Im currently trying to improve the factory one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yardbird Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Ride that safety! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I will clean out the detent. Am I allowed to ride the safety like on a 1911? If so does anyone have a larger size safety lever avaliable that fits the match? That might make it feel better to me.... Yes, you can ride the safety, and yes there are extended safeties for the Match, I'm not sure who makes them, but my buddy has an extra set he would likely sell. They look like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torogi Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 When i was shopping for safeties for my stock II, I found that the detent ball/bearing on the standard safety are shallower or smaller compared to the extended ambi safety (it will fit but it will be loose). Now, comparing the extended and gold custom safety, the latter has slightly bigger detent giving a better positive click. I hail from CZ, that i installed the rami safety on my shadow since its rare in PD anyway to use the safety. When I got my stock II, I went the same route but that is when i found out that the regular safeties dont work well. I now use a gold custom and ride my thumb on it. Work pretty well, except my weak hand. Got a nice blister since i grip it high enough that im hitting its underside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 My Match's "extended" safety is more positive clicking than my Gold Team or Good Team ambi safeties...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Its all about how the notches are cut into the frame. Some times the notches are cut so that the pin in the safety does not seat fully into the detent in the frame. You can modify the edges of the notches in the frame to allow the pin to fully engage the detent and this will give you a more positive safety engagement in both positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madworx Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 On my new match the safety does not click in either direction. Its just stiff and drags. Don't see it as an issue. I ride my thumb on the safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asphirosis Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 EAA has the Gold Team safety for $120. Yeesh. Their price hikes are mad. Anyone know where I can get a one-sided Gold Team safety? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torogi Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 EAA has the Gold Team safety for $120. Yeesh. Their price hikes are mad. Anyone know where I can get a one-sided Gold Team safety? 120 for gold team single sided safety?? It used to be 84. That is a steep increase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony S45 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 My 9mm Match arrived this week. The safety snicks off with positive assurance. On is firm enough but without the snick. I'll check the frame as CHA-LEE suggests when I give it a fluff/buff. Must add that relieving the frame takes guts. Overall I'm quite pleased with the build quality of this gun --- an excellent value! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birddog6424 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 My Match is the same. Nice firm click to off, just kind of nothing to on. But it's a comp gun, I don't carry it. And I ride the safety when I shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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