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Thank you all. Learned some more again today. Regards, Roberto

JRH, thank you for the thoughtful comments. I'd be concerned with the safety also if it were not blocking the sear, but it does. The fact that it also blocks the hammer from overrotating back, past full cock, is probably a quirk of the part patterns and tolerances. I swapped the original...

JRH, sorry I took pictures but realized I need to host them somewhere on the net and I don't have a place to host/link to.

Thanks, RC. If I were to overlay my 1991 on the top picture, you would see the safety cam part, where the #1 arrow points to, blocks the cutout in the hammer when it is engaged. I can file the back of the cam to unblock the hammer and leave all safety action to the front part that blocks the...

Yes, Drail, with stones Brownell's and care and patience learned from years of 1911Tuner's posts. The EGW and Harrison thumb safeties block the sear and thus the lock the hammer on their respective guns. The Colt 1911 mil pattern locks the sear but also physically blocks the hammer using the...

Drail/brickeyee do your thumb safeties allow a slight rearward movement of the hammer past full cock when engaged?

Understand, and thank you Drail. The safeties have been fitted and all pass the safety tests. They all block the sears solidly. The mil pattern safety was the first I've seen that strongly blocks the hammer using the cam in the hammer cutout as well as the sear. I expect hammer rotation...

I want to swap the 1911 thumb safety from my Wiley Clapp LW Commander to my Colt Series 80 1991. It passes the safety tests on the 1991, including the click test. When overrotating the hammer (a Harrison retro spur hammer) past full cock, it turns smoothly until it kisses the GS tang. Now...

Keep it stock and sell it in MD. As of 10/1/2013, the ONLY ARs allowed to be sold in the state will be HBARs. :banghead:

In my case, it is astigmatism. it looks like a comma.

I used Brownell's Oxypho on the face of my JP trigger. Works fine.

Add the JP single-stage to that list. I have one on my large pin HBAR.

You can make a punch from a worn down drill bit. Cut the flutes off, then grind a sharp chisel edge. A careful tap with a hammer makes an almost mil-spec punchhole with a captive lip.

I got two of them but consider myself a noob at this. One thing I noticed is that distinguishes the earlier from the later is the wood used. My earlier one was a tiger striped walnut, my later one beech. The beech one is finished in shellac with an almost orange tint. The walnut one is also...

Thank you Dan and cvoharley! We got another life member!