@Hstanton1 can you post a pic of the gun with the grip safety unpressed? I don’t think I could use one that required that much activation/movement either.
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I’m not a 1911 genius or anything like some of the folks around here, but it looks like that grip safety and your hand may not be ergonomically compatible. I think you need a bigger memory bump on the bottom of the grip safety to counter act the hollow space (red arrow) caused by how your hand is cupped while you grip the gun.
IDK if Nighthawk or @theJanitor or anyone else might have any recommendations about somebody who could weld a bigger bump or wedge onto that safety or what company might offer something that would fit better.
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I mentioned that because I have no way of knowing if Nighthawk would desensitize the grip safety enough so you would disengage it consistently - they would have no way to know if they'd hit the mark.
ETA: has anyone suggested gluing a smallish square piece of rubber or leather onto the speed bump to gauge how much more material you would need before buying another or having yours welded?
Last edited by DDTSGM; 11-14-2023 at 09:58 PM.
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I have a grip safety with a hard rubber pad cemented on for loan to a Lady shooter.
A nearby gunsmith welded up a double height bump for a customer.
So you can be accommodated.
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I used to do this, and there was a thread where I described in detail why. I’ve since modified my grip to have my right thumb riding on top of the safety, and the modifications have actually improved my grip with all autos (it works just fine for striker guns, etc.).
Obviously moving one thumb down required the other accommodating. What I do now is have my support thumb riding along the frame, and that for me naturally resulted in my left forefinger slipping past my strong hand fingers and making direct contact with the grip panel on the right side. End result is the weak hand thumb and forefinger are creating a vice effect. I’ve had good luck with that helping with recoil. It also if anything helps with grip safety deactivation.
This is hard to describe in text and I’m not near a gun right now. Al to day some experimentation may not be bad.
This was the other half of my question on beaver tails. If there is one (and I’m sure there is) with a larger than average memory bump, I’d like to know about it. I don’t think this is a particularly common issue with 1911s but I can’t be the only one to have run into it.